Hat Trick is one of the most consistent sires we have in terms of birth weight and gains. His 2025 crop of sale bulls are attractive and easy-moving. His daughters are versatile and developing into nice females. Many of his sons are among the top-ranked bulls in our 2025 pen, het the Hat Trick sons average just 86lb at birth. This VIP-sired herd bull continues to make an impact. We’re excited for another set of calves to hit the ground this spring.
Yellowstone has proven himself to sire attractive, well-balanced, smooth-fronted bulls with eye appeal. We’ve retained dozen Yellowstone heifers which are also standouts in our replacement pen. Adding that extra look, he marks his calves well and he sired two show prospects including DRT Lonesome Sapphire Jewel 3L. Sapphire Jewel won 2024 Champion Junior Female at Canadian Western Agribition and was crowned Reserve Grand Champion Gelbvieh Female at the 2024 NWSS in Denver, CO.
He’s versatile, many of his sons could be used for either cows or on well-managed heifers. Yellowstone was raised by an extremely good cow, Lonesome Glass Slipper, who features slightly different bloodlines, and Julio 115F who goes back to the original Julio 432J, an iconic herd bull from Vernon and Eileen’s program. He also has some notable maternal siblings including Lonesome Champagne 32F.
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Tommy-sired bulls have been demonstrating an ability to combine growth and gains with thriftiness and eye appeal. He was used exclusively on cows this past year although this past year however he has been dual-purpose and has been used on heifers as well. He’s known to get females bred up early in the season. His versatility allows him to suit many types of programs. He will continue to produce tremendous bulls and excellent females that will be hard to part with. His 2025 sons on offer averaged 3.9lb ADG.
This is Mr Good’s first crop of sons on offer and we have been excited by all the qualities this promising sire brings to the table. He was raised by a maternal powerhouse and we have several noteworthy up-and-coming heifers int he replacement pen in addition to his strong group of sons on offer for 2025. An all-around good herd bull that has accomplished a lot for the Lonesome Dove program in a short time. His sale offering gained an average of 3.9lb ADG.
Steadyeddy has proven himself to be a dynamic asset for our red bull battery. He adds that extra hip and muscle mass, a little more hair, docility and performance to his offspring. On the female end, he has sired beautiful daughters with consistently good udders. Did we mention he’s fertile? We have rolled numerous Steadyeddy daughters back into our program and he sired a whopping 15 sons in his final sale offering for 2025! (Pictured below is a Steadyeddy daughter, DRT Lonesome Malena 428L).
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We purchased Hector to fill in our red breeding program. A Destiny son, Hector brings style and performance to his sons. We have two bulls on offer in the 2025 sale, and a lot of females in the replacement pen. Watch for more offspring as his career develops.
We retained Lonesome Payce for use as a heifer bull. Sired by our trusty Macon herd sire, who is well known for calving ease, longevity, and producing good, moderate daughters with lovely udders and good feet, Payce was a good fit. He sired two sons in our 2025 bull offering, including DRT Lonesome Apprentice 322M, the red bull pictured at left.
We relied on Sunset to fill the gap as a heifer bull for the 2023 breeding season. As a result, we have one son on offer for the 2025 bull sale, DRT Lonesome Here & Now 192M. Sunset is cherry red, has a good foot under him, and has calving ease genetics but raises suns with whopping yearling weights.
Your last opportunity to bring home a Jubilee son. For his final year in service, we bred him to some elite females and are happy with the outcome. Jubilee prospects pattern well, have an attractive phenotype, and once again were among the highest-gaining sire group among our 2024 offering. Jubilee puts capacity, ease of movement, length, growth, and depth, all in one package into his sons and the dozens of Jubilee daughters we have in our herd are proving to be fertile and reliable.
Our last set of Macon bulls on offer, he will be missed! A proven calving ease sire who ambitiously covered many females every year for many years. Macon was dual purpose, working equally as well on mature cows. His calves always hit the ground running with vigour and strength, sensible birth weights and an ability to gain. We have dozens of Macon-sire females in production and they all have a good foot under them, including DRT Lonesome Champagne 32F who won Reserve Champion Mature Female at 2021 Canadian Western Agribition.
Ross and Tara purchased Like Gold, a Cowboy son out of a Banjo daughter, to fill a gap for both heifers and cows. This bull has offered and provided extra style along with calving ease and vigour that everyone wants when calving heifers. He tends to produce clean-fronted, attractive sons and daughters. His sons had an average birth weight of 85lb at birth in 2023.
We retained Lucky Shot to replace Ruttan, a herd bull that continues to have a lasting impression on the Lonesome Dove program through his daughters. Lucky Shot has a unique maternal pedigree that goes back to Cowboy. His dam is a female legend in our program, having raised notable cows.
Eastman brought depth of body and capacity to his sons. While 2022 was the last sale we had his sons available for purchase, we retain several Eastman daughters in our herd today.
Lonesome Dove Ranch purchased this top selling herd bull from Thackeray Land and Cattle as an outcross sire. He was 2017 Reserve Senior Bull Calf Champion at Canadian Western Agribition. While no longer in service, we have several Epic daughters in production.
Cattle producers appreciate Ruttan’s performance and smooth eye appeal. Over his career, Ruttan consistently bred plenty of females each season and he stamped his sons all the same. His herd bull prospects featured muscle, depth, thickness, hair and length and his daughters are exceptional. We have many in production and they have beautiful udders among many other characteristics. Ruttan sons are in service in both Davidson Gelbvieh and Lonesome Dove Ranch programs and in 2024, we are expecting a few more sons thanks to our 2023 AI breeding program
We retired Graham in 2023 but he proved himself as a calving ease bull, and sired calves that were thrifty, stylish, and moderate framed. We currently have several Graham daughters in production.
Julio’s final group of sons was offered in our 2022 sale. Julio offspring are smooth-made, streamlined, and have an attractive head. He had tremendous length of body and he put that length and growth in his sons while maintaining their moderate frames. His daughters are feminine and productive and currently in production on the ranch.
Over the years, Sam reliably sired stout, reputation red bulls that know how to grow. His final group of sons were offered in 2023. He was an attractive bull that put performance, capacity, hair and depth into his progeny – in spite of dry conditions, his sons consistently posted impressive weaning weights, as well as ADG and WDA. We currently enjoy several Sam daughters in production on the ranch.
Hall of Fame was a long-time dependable sire for the Lonesome Dove program and demonstrated his longevity well. His dam was a long-time matriarch who consistently raised top offspring each year. Hall of Fame’s final set of bulls were offered in the 2019 sale. His sons have worked well in many purebred and commercial cattle programs. Hall of Fame daughters are fancy and productive and have found homes in some high profile purebred herds across all of North America. His daughters are some of our favourite dams on the ranch. He has sired past Junior Bull Calf Champion and Reserve Sr Heifer Calf Champion at Agribition.
Lonesome Dove Ranch added Worley to their herd sire line up in 2015 and he had sons offered in the 2017 and 2018 bull sales. His progeny were exceptional and we retained many Worley females however due to an unfortunate injury, he was retired after the 2017 breeding season. At birth, his calves were ambitious, grew quickly and were phenotypically correct. Lonesome Dove donated a daughter, DRT Lonesome Bianca 40D, to the Man-Sask Gelbvieh Association at CWA 2016 in Regina, where she raised more than $8500!
