Our mission is to provide a balanced genetic package in all essential
traits. For over 30 years, our emphasis has been on the cow, believing
it takes a great cow to raise a great bull. Our cow herd must provide
excellence in mothering ability, udder structure, athletic phenotype and
quality carcass analysis without compromise.
We ensure that the bulls we raise and sell into both purebred and
commercial herds are balanced in their phenotype with lots of growth,
maternal performance and carcass. Our goal is to provide genetics that
can multi-task.
We are committed to producing Hereford and Red Angus cattle that provide
Balanced Genetics Without Compromise
-Bernie, Stacie and Rachael Buzanowski
Here at Snowshoe we have focused on cow families since we first got into the seedstock business.
In fact, most of our cowherd traces back to only a handful of cows that we used to form our herd.
Below is an example of some of our top cow families as they exist today. We put a great deal of
effort into maintaining a cow herd that consists of functional cows that will hold up in the real
world and provide a consistent calf crop. We believe these cow families further that goal and live
up to our motto of Balance Without Compromise.
The Katie family is one of several that came from our most influential female, 3F, “Vickie,”
who was bred by Bernie and Stacie in 1996. The T10 cow is the matriarch of this line which
is known to produce sons and daughters that have a great deal of muscle and mass, but in a
very eye appealing package. The Y27 cow and her son Bannack earned the honor of Reserve
Champion owned pair at Junior Nationals in 2015. Bannack went on to be a solid herd sire for
us, leaving behind sons and daughters with exceptional carcass merit, including Outlaw who
is featured in our Reference Sires. In addition, other Katie daughters have done
exceptionally well, producing sale standouts and good replacement females.
The Selena family started with the purchase of the K6 cow in 2005, bred by Horner family at
Deep Run Farm. The maternal influence that cow has left on our herd is very noticeable as
you look through our sale catalogs on any given year. The Selena (or Serena) name shows up
on countless pages. This cow family has been consistently good uddered and full of
longevity. Our Ruffneck bull featured in the Reference Sires is out of a cow in this family
and he is a prime example that this cow family not only produces front pasture kind of
replacement females, but herd bull quality sons as well.
We purchased the original Tori 12J cow from Dirt Road Farms in 2002. Since that time this
cow family has seen donor cows, herd sires, and replacement females. One notable member of
this family is our late herd sire Tuff, sire of Ruffneck, who was out of a family favorite,
31S. This bull produced sons with a great deal of raw muscle and daughters with just the
right amount of refinement. The females in the Tori family have primarily been moderate, big
bodied females, with good feet and legs, and top quality udders.
The Breeze family is another one that can be traced back to the old matriarch Vickie. The
T24 cow heads up this family; she produced nothing but heifers for much of her long life and
nearly all of those daughters were put back into the herd. This cow family offers capacity,
soundness, and good udders. You will see thick, masculine sons out of these females each
year in our bull sale and several daughters have seen success in the show ring, which just
shows the quality that comes from this line.
Churchill Lady 9115 is the matriarch of this line, purchased from Churchill Cattle Co. in
2002. The Lady family has produced show heifers, herd sires, and replacement females, with
the udders improving in each generation. Today the Lady family is better than ever and
continues to uphold the goals held here at Snowshoe, producing well balanced cattle that put
replacement females back into our herd and solid range ready bulls into the herds of our
commercial customers.
The Mystic cow family stems from the purchase of several pregnant recips carrying embryos
out of RPH Miss Manip 6023 and a daughter of 6023 from the dispersal of the Ray Reichman
herd in Manhattan, MT in 2004. The pregnant recips were all carrying calves sired by the
great PW Victor Boomer P606, one of our all-time favorite sires. From those pregnancies came
seven daughters that formed the foundation of the “Mystic” cow family. This family consists
of refined females that consistently produce top quality sons and daughters that have done
well in our herd and the herds of our customers.
Here is the current sire lineup of the bulls we own that are making an impact on our program. We
believe in using our own genetics, if they are good enough for our customers then they should be
good enough for us too, so you will see that several of these sires have a Snowshoe prefix.
However, we also source herd sires from other reputable breeders who breed cattle that fit our
program. Semen is available on most of these sires, so please call us about how you can get these
balanced genetics into your program.
26J was the high-selling bull in our 2022 Annual Bull Sale. We kept spring possession on 26J
that year and his first sons are being offered in the 2024 sale. These sons are proving to
display the same traits as 26J himself; they are thick and good footed with a solid data to
back them up. 26J’s Dam is a Dam of Distinction in our herd with a great udder. The 26J
daughters are developing well and are some of our best replacement heifers, we look forward
to seeing them in production and are sure they will be as good of cows as 26J’s mom. 26J
himself had an 80lb birthweight, an adjusted 205 day weight of 607lbs, and an adjusted
yearling weight of 1225. His carcass ultrasound results were just as impressive: 15.41 REA,
REA/WT 1.4, Marb 4.30, Fat 0.35 in.
Semen: Please call to inquire about semen availability.
Ruffneck is a bull that we are extremely excited to be putting back into our program. This
bull resembles the wedding of two of our most powerful cow families – the Tori Family and
the Selena Family – and we are proud that his pedigree is stacked with Snowshoe prefixes on
both the top and bottom side. Ruffneck’s mother has a near perfect udder, just like her
mother and grandmother. This bull also has a great deal of red meat and checks a lot of
boxes. His first calves are hitting the ground spring 2024 and we expect big things from
them.
Please call to inquire about semen availability
Bolder is the latest addition to our herd sire lineup. We purchased him in CSC Livestock’s
2023 internet sale because of the mass and thickness he displays and the outstanding cow
power that is behind him. Bolder’s mother has an exceptional udder and we look forward to
having cows like her around. First Bolder calves at Snowshoe hitting the ground Fall 2024!
Owned with CSC Livestock, WY; Pelton Polled Herefords, ND; and Semex Beef
Semen available through Semex Beef.
We purchased Amplify in the spring of 2023 because we loved the look of his mother; she is
the kind of cow we need more of. We have also used Entice and related bloodlines, so Amplify
fit with the direction our program is going. Look for this bull to add bone and length in
his calves in the future!
We purchased Drover from Topp Herefords in 2019 because he offered a great deal of balance,
he was thick, wide based, and good numbered; he also had excellent pigmentation. All of
these things are still true about Drover and these traits have carried through to his
calves. Drover is a low birthweight sire and a trait-leader for Calving Ease. We have used
him on heifers with great success, but he is certainly not limited to being only a heifer
bull. The Drover offspring have been well received by our customers, both sons and
daughters. The daughters have also proved to be top-quality cows with beautiful udders.
Outlaw was a Bannack son who we retained for use in our herd. He was a long bodied,
masculine bull who possessed great carcass traits. Much like his sire Bannack, Outlaw is a
trait leader for Carcass Weight, REA, Marb, BMI, BII, and CHB. The Outlaw sons have proved
these carcass EPDs to be true in their ultrasound results and they have gone on to make an
impact in many commercial herds. In addition to the carcass traits, Outlaw has also produced
some very stylish daughters that have been featured in our past sales and others that are in
production in our herd.
Semen not available.
Our daughter Rachael added her own cows to the ranch in 2020. She purchased a group of females
from Ludvigson Stock Farms in Montana and has been improving those cows ever since. Because we
have only been in the Red Angus business a few years we have not had a chance to develop our own
cow families like we have the Herefords, but the cows featured below are a small sampling of the
quality that this herd already has to offer. We hold these Red Angus females to the same high
standards as the Herefords, seeking Balance Without Compromise. In addition, we
have been sourcing
top quality sires from various programs around the U.S. and Canada to help build this program.
Below you will also see the herd sire we have added to the lineup here at Snowshoe, a red bull who
promises to take this program in the right direction.
Cow Herd
LSF SRR Luckychar 1011 E7517 and 2023 Township Heifer Calf
We purchased Roll On from the Rhodes Red Angus sale in 2023. At the time he was a powerhouse
bull who was impressive on the move. As he has grown up and matured these characteristics
have not gone away. Roll On also offers a balanced set of EPDs and actual numbers, being low
birthweight, but high growth and solid across the board on both carcass and maternal. The
first Roll On calves are hitting the ground this spring, 2024, and they are not
disappointing! They are already taking off and keeping up with our other calves sired by
some of the top AI sires in the breed. These calves will be exciting to watch and this young
herd sire surely has a bright future ahead of him.
Owned with York Creek Red Angus, NE; Rhodes Red Angus Ranch, SD; and McCormick Reds, MN.
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Snowshoe Cattle Company
Bernard and Stacie
Home: (308) 726-2138
Cell: (406) 855-8288