Texas Longhorn

They were pretty much dairy cattle with really bad horns hundreds of years ago.

And they've just kind of stuck around and then they've gone crazy in the states they have like a big big deal over there and they've got some really cool genetics and cattle selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars it's wild now they're their own formal breed and especially here in australia it's a what's called a closed stud book now so you cannot breed a purebred texas longhorn with an angus for example and register that calf anymore so it's got a really refined bloodline which is really exciting for the breed and really important for small breeds to maintain that quality

What has all of that, the genetics and the breeding done for their character and their natures?

Oh, they're super docile.

Again, it's not something that people love to talk about, but anything that doesn't fit that bill should be culled and not bred with.

So anything that looks at you sideways, anything that doesn't behave in the yards, anything that you can't handle super easily, it's probably not something that you want to carry on in your breeding program.

That is Geordie Thompson from J.P. Cattle Company or Co. in Seton, north of Sale, speaking to Fiona Broome about that Texas Longhorns.

Three-metre horns.

So a lot of the street names out there are named after cattle.

There's one called Longhorn.

There's one called Hereford.

Now, under the current or the prior rules...

Later on the program, celebrating rare breeds.

If you're a lover of rare breeds, I met a few of them when I went out to the Texas Longhorn show back in August.

That's where I met some Charolais sheep.

Didn't know that was an option before I got the chance to meet Douglas.

And this is important enough to our story to pause for a touch of background.

Texas was the undisputed capital of the beef cattle business, thanks to the hardy animals you probably know today only as football mascots, the ornery Texas Longhorn.

There were about 1.2 million of them in the state when the Civil War broke out.

Most sold locally or into nearby states.

If you're new here, this is one of our Monday mini episodes, short, data-focused recaps of the most recent public Texas Longhorn consignment sale.

Our regular, full-length episodes dive into ranch stories, breeding insights, and interviews, so be sure to explore those as well.

If you're wanting to learn more about pricing and trends in the Texas Longhorn market, you'll want to tune in to today's episode.

I'm Jamie.

And I'm Molly, and we're the owners of Hired Hand Software and Hired Hand