At Messmer Red Angus, we concentrate on the production of profitable seedstock with you the customer in mind. We emphasize calving ease, fertility, maternal traits, quiet disposition and performance with muscling on moderate frames. Also we recognize the added value that strong carcass characteristics will mean to our customers as their cattle pass on through the feeder-to-slaughter chain. We firmly believe that there is nothing more important than the maternal strength of our herd.

We are very much a "hands on" operation it's second generation of Red Angus production, having started in 1962. Our year begins with synchronization and AIing of the yearling heifers in mid May, followed shortly thereafter with the AIing of individual selections from our cow herd. All females are then taken to seperately lotted summer pastures and exposed to selected performance herdsires. From then on it's twice a day (or more) drive through each pasture for visual inspection over the following 4-6 weeks. This proves to be an extremely adventurous time as we observe herdsires, dams and calves in various stages of interaction and growth.

Calves are weaned in early fall and all are placed on a conditioning ration before being worked onto the customized bull or replacement heifer formulations.

All bulls are developed on a growing ration and each animal is given an equal opportunity to excell. Monthly weights and perfomance data are compiled with only the select being chosen for our Annual Production Sale - the last Wednesday of February, Stockmen's Livestock, Dickinson, ND.