About Starwood

We have been in the registered Brangus business since early 2001. We specialize in show heifer, replacement heifers, and herd sire prospects. All heifers will have their parent verified at weaning where they can be shown in any open show because this is now mandatory for selective open shows. Cows are AI-ed to some of the best bulls in the Brangus breed. We also use embryo transfer to further enhance the genetics and quality of show prospects, replacement heifers, and herd sires.

No heifers are retained for replacement heifers leaving our top heifers to be sold at private treaty because we purchase top replacement front pen ET heifers from Gene Trust sales each year. These heifers are flushed to top bulls in the brangus breed. Our goal is to only have top ET cows in our herd and we are about 90% there today.

Our bulls are sold through private treaty. Our cows get annual booster shots and are wormed twice a year. Our calves also get their required shots, boosters, and wormed. Our cattle are developed on high quality grasses and hay (Tifton 85), along with the appropriate minerals and supplements.

We are also using “Genomic-Enhanced EPDs” on all bulls by sending a DNA sample for testing before the bulls are weaned. This  “Genomic-Enhanced EPDs”  will make the EPD’s more accurate at the time of sale ensuring that you get progeny’s that closer match the EPD’s that were  projected. This is extremely importing when selecting a bull that can be put on heifers and be certain that you will not have calving problems.

All cross fencing is done with electric fences. As soon as a new calf hits the ground, they learn to respect fences at an early age. We spend lots of time each day working with the cattle to ensure they are gentle and easy to work with.

Keeping records on our operation is very important to have the required data where you know where you are, where you came from, and where will you need to be going. One of the big part of the records is the animal records. The International Brangus Breeders Association (IBBA) has the tools (THR) on line to do that. We are proud to have won the the top honor in Texas for the fall of 2015. See data below on the subject.