Our A.I. and Braunvieh Herd sires are from a variety of genetics that we have incorporated into our 20 years of  breeding Braunvieh cattle.   We selected for; Gestation length, Calving Ease, Fertility, Performance, Eye Appeal, Carcass Value and Disposition in our Braunvieh blood lines.  We have produced winners in the show ring with two national show heifer champions from our genetics.   We have retained some of the top maternal traits out of our cows herd from these sires.   Their dam's are some of our top females with several generations to look back on for reference.  Big volume cattle with width, heart girth and structurally sound feet and legs are one of our selection criteria's.  We use A. I. and Embryo in our herd and clean up with our Braunvieh Herd Sires for a varied calf crop.  We aim to produce the highest quality animal for our program and our customers.  We have semen available and frozen embryos for sale.
  Fullblood Braunvieh Herd Sires.  We have progeny and semen available for sale from these sires.   No AI certificate on any TLC Sires.
TLC Bud J9103  OB30398

  • Sire: Silverwood Dragon 4Y  OB3578
  • Dam: TLC Bruna F6234  (Ueli)
  • He consistently produces a moderate frame, square hips, deep rib, big foot and soundness. 
  • His daughters have beautiful udders and moderate frame size 5.5-6.0
  • He was Grand Champion Bull at NAILE when he was 9 months old.  He produced TLC Star who was National Show Heifer of the Year in 2006-2007.
  • Sire of the 2010 Grand Champion Beefbuilder heifer DRCC Winning is Fun owned by Reighly Blakley. 
Silverwood Dragon 4Y   OB3578
  • Sire: Kerholm Robi Norman  CA3851
  • Dam: Starline Miss jenny 12U ET  CA4783
  • He consistently produces Champion Sons and daughters.   Six frame, square hips, deep rib, big foot and soundness. 
  • His daughters have beautiful udders and consistently produce superior progeny.
  • Number one in the breed for Yearling EPD.
TLC Viagra K2363 ET OB38218
  • Sire: Silverwood Dragon 4Y
  • Dam: TLC Anna F6496 ET (Vernon x A97/8)
Viagra (a name most folks don't forget)  consistently produced growth and good framed cattle that excel.    Breeding bulls that matured quickly and bred power genetics from the Dragon and Northstar Vernon blood lines.  His females grew fast and matured quickly and we were able to breed most of them at a year of age due to their extreme growth pattern.    We used him in the clean up program for several years and we ran out of use for him but found a program that can utilize his powerful bloodlines.  Sold to Nohavitza Ranch in Texas.
Number two in the breed for Yearling EPD.
Magnum  ET (Deceased)   OB31668
  • Sire: Silverwood Dragon 4Y   OB3578
  • Dam: GLB 814   OB1288

Magnum was a Silverwood Dragon son out of the famous 814 cow.   He was produced from a flush that we purchased from her in 1997.  Magnum was a keeper from the very beginning.  Our friend Robert Goodwin saw his potential and acquired half interest in him when he was just a yearling.  He spent most of his time in south Texas on Roberts ranch and only made it back to Oklahoma once for our production sale one year.  He met an untimely death when lighting struck 11 head of Roberts.   We were all saddened to loose him so young.  But his bulls and heifers have left his mark on several herds.  Fancy moderate framed cattle that had great eye appeal and performance.   Semen Available

Black Icon H27 ET   PB25994

  • Sire: RCB Black Uno ET  PB14293
  • Dam:  Midnight Dream PB14668
  • 93.75% Braunvieh 6.25% Angus
  • Calving Ease Sire birth weight average 80- 85
  • Gestation shorter 283 days average.
  • Consistently produces great durable cattle with show ring style.
  • His daughters have beautiful udders and consistently produce superior progeny that also carcass in the top ten.
  • We have used his daughters in our Club Calf program with success.
  • Three Star Tenderness Gene
  • Oklahoma Junior Cattlemen Feed Out 2002-2003 1st Place profit steer sired by Black Icon out of 60 head in the contest.
  • Oklahoma Steer Feed Out 2002-2003.  1st Place Profit Steer sired by Black Icon out of 135 steers of all breeds tested.
  • Great Western Beef Expo in Sterling CO 2002-2003 1st in Feed Efficiency-1st in Daily Carcass Gain - 1st in Net Return and 7th in Average Daily Carcass Gain over all breeds represented.
  • Adds a great disposition.
  • Semen $25 Unit No AI certificate 
TLC Turnpike ET OB30072  
  • Sire: Ueli
  • Dam: BRG Marlene C313
  • Largest framed bull we ever used in our program but he had the best calving ease of almost any sire we used.  We used him safely on heifers.   His daughters are simply awesome in all categories.   They have perfect udders, are great mothers and have great dispositions.  He had extreme bone and was very good on his feet and legs.  If you want to add frame, bone, muscle, length and depth to your herd.  Use Turnpike.   He is the grand sire to TLCC Hardy.  Turnpike is no longer in the herd.   He passed away in 2006.  He was a big gentle giant at the Thorne Ranch for many years.  He adds milk and pounds at weaning.  

TLC Buds Starwar   OB60755
  • Sire: TLC Bud J9103 
  • Dam:  Miss GCC 5/8   
  • Division Yearling Bull over all breeds in Mercedes Texas in 2008.
  • He is a very impressive Bud son that we have bred heifers to without any problems.  His daughters pictured below are very impressive.  He continues to  be producing what we want and our customers want.  Semen $50.00 Unit.
TLC Polled Knight  PB64668
  • Sire: Polled Lightning 
  • Dam:  TLC Anna F6496 ET  
  • He is a very impressive Lighting and Anna son that we have retained to breed to our Black Icon daughters.  He is the full brother to 2008-2009 Nationals Show Heifer of the Year TLC Anna's Light T7392 ET.

Purebred Braunvieh - Homozygous Black and Homozygous Polled
Note: Purebred can be as close as 99.2% by breeding up, but never will get to 100%
Purebred Polled Braunvieh  Herd Sire For Sale
TLC Anna F6496 ET the Dam of TLC Polled Knight and National Show Heifer TLC Anna's Light T7392 ET.  Picture taken Sept 2009.
TLC Thia J9456 a Silverwood Dragon daughter out of a Dado Dam.  Swiss Way Thelma 40T.  Same dam of TLC Helena J9104 ET Donor.
Typical Viagra daughter.  Big stout pretty females.. This heifer is owned by Mike Harrison of Lone Pine Braunvieh and he says she is his top cow.
Semen available
We purchased Silverwood Dragon in his prime in 1997 from the Randall Ranch in Broadus, Montana.  He consistently produced their top cattle and he went onto prove himself time and time again in ours and many herds in the states.  He was very docile and easy tempered.  Produced more herd sires than any other Fullblood bull we have ever used.  He was consistent in calving and his steers fed very well with big 18-19 inch rib eye's and average .18 - .25 back fat on carcass that graded yield grade 1-2.  Marbling was outstanding!  We thought enough of Dragon that when he passed away we buried him in the front lake pasture.  His son's and daughters have proven his legacy.  Semen Available for sale.
Silverwood Dragon 4Y Progeny
Our Bud daughters and son's have been impressive in the show ring and breeding pastures.  TLC Bud is sire also to : TLC Buds Starwar a full brother to the National Show Heifer of the year TLC Buds Star is proving himself as a superior Fullblood bull.  He was division bull at Mercedes Texas in 2008 over all breeds.
Other Fullblood Bulls in our Program
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