V8 Ranch
38 animals · Brahman, Brahman (Red), Brahman (Grey) · Boling, Texas, USA
The Magic Is in the Cows
Registered Brahman since 1944. Herd sires, donor females and semen from Boling, Texas.
Why V8 Ranch
Cow Families First
“The magic is in the cows.” V8 breeding is built around legendary cow families such as Miss V8 906/2, +Miss V8 165/4, Claydesta 807U5 and +Miss Priss.
Proven in the Ring
More than 100 National and International Grand or Reserve Grand Champions since 1976, and 12 HK Memorial Trophies for Premier Exhibitor at the International Show.
Decades of Records
Strict selection and culling plus performance records kept since 1976: one of the most complete cow herd production histories in the United States.
Legacy Sires
Three bulls that each defined an era of the V8 herd. Semen still available.
Current AI Sires
Featured sires from the V8 lineup, with ABBA EPDs and current domestic and export semen prices.
Champion Donor Females
Donors from the V8 cow families, including National and International champions.
The V8 Story
V8 was founded in 1944 by Howard Parker of Center, Texas, a Ford dealer who named his cattle ranch after the engine. His herd became known across the country for outstanding cow families with gentle dispositions.
In 1971, one week before Christmas, Sloan Williams negotiated the purchase of the V8 herd and brand from a pay phone in Red River, New Mexico. Sloan and Mollie Williams, both from deeply rooted Texas ranching families, moved the herd to Wharton County, where it has lived ever since.
Jim Williams returned from Texas A&M in 1976 to manage the purebred Brahman herd, with Luann running the ranch office. He put in the strict selection and culling guidelines and performance records the ranch still follows. Sires such as +Mr. V8 287/5 “Superstroke,” +Mr. V8 380/6 “The Machine” and +Mr. V8 146/8 “Sloan” each defined an era of the herd.
Today at least three generations work side by side: the purebred Brahman herd and show barn at Boling, more than 2,000 commercial cattle at the Hungerford Ranch, and two online Made for Magic sales each year for V8's top heifers.
Our Journey
V8 is founded
Howard Parker of Center, Texas establishes the V8 herd and names it after the Ford engine.
The Williams family buys V8
Sloan Williams buys the registered herd and V8 brand and moves the cattle to Wharton County.
Jim Williams takes the herd
Jim manages the purebred Brahman herd and starts performance record keeping. V8 shows its first National Champion Female.
The Golden Gate Sale
The first ranch production sale breaks six world records for Brahman sales.
Record female sale
One-half interest in Miss V8 472/9 sells for $150,000 at Made for Magic IV. +Mr. V8 380/6 becomes #1 of all time in the ABBA Register of Renown.
Made for Magic
Two online Made for Magic sales per year, plus domestic and export semen from the V8 AI sire lineup.