We purchased Hector to add capacity to our red breeding program. Robust and elevated in his look, Hector moves ideally thank to his incredible feet and correct structure. Hector’s daughters are exceptional – feminine, nicely extended through the front end, and full of body. Hector sons are big-topped, big-butted, and layered with the same consistent muscle pattern; these bulls are the future. In addition to his practical qualities, Hector’s influence is already being recognized in the show ring. He sired DRT Lonesome Artemis 310M (pictured below). Artemis was crowned the Grand Champion Bred Heifer at her first showing at the 2025 Canadian National Junior Gelbvieh Show in Swift Current, SK.
Pictured is Tommy-sired DRT 100M.
Fertile with a capital “F,” he sired (naturally) 51 of our 2025 purebred calves! Sons combine growth and gains with thriftiness and eye appeal. His 2026 sons averaged 3.9lb ADG. Tommy is a true dual-purpose sire and has also been used successfully on well-managed heifers. He’s known to get females bred up early in the season and more than got the job done with this offering. If you need several half-brothers to put out with large groups of breeding females, consider these bulls. His versatility allows him to suit many types of programs, and he will produce tremendous bull and excellent females to build a herd on. Below is DRT Lonesome 393N (page 26 in the 2026 catalog), who won Champion Intermediate Bull Calf at the 2025 Canadian Western Agribition National Gelbvieh Show.
We selected this promising Favre son for his calving ease characteristics. He covered his pasture group of yearling heifers easily and early. We’ve been impressed by his first group of sons on offer, they feature a modest birth weight without sacrificing growth, the average ADG of All Natural sons is 4.40 lb! His daughters have also made a mark on our replacement heifer pen, we have some All Natural show female prospects selected for the 2026 season.
Outcross genetics that complement our red program… introducing Generation, an Eminence son. Dark in colour, has a long, easy stride and a clean, eye-appealing look. He comes from a truly unique pedigree – out of a breed-changing mama cow with incredible body type, a pretty front end, and an exceptional udder. We were excited to pursue this Eminence x Sunshine combination, expecting depth of body, big hip, vigour, and growth – and this bull delivers. A great example of the look and quality these next-generation bulls demonstrate.
Steady is a long-time favourite sire, typically mated to a select group of top-end, elite females, including the Sapphire matriarchy. We can count on him to produce clean-fronted, smooth bulls that have a big foot underneath them. He has excellent feet and legs, and brings valued traits such as length, depth, and overall capacity to his sons. He’s versatile, and has sired some very exclusive replacement females in our program, such as DRT Sapphire Gem 10N, showed below with her dam DRT Lonesome Sapphire Jewel 3L. Backed by a foundational cow – just like his maternal brother Macon – Steady continues to make an immense, positive impact on our program.
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The 2026 bull offering is the final group of Hat Trick-sired bulls. His sons were among the most sought-after in our 2025 sale. He remains one of the most consistent sires we have in terms of birth weight and growth. He produces attractive, easy-moving sons, but his biggest contribution has been the many high-quality, noteworthy replacement females he sired. We’re excited to watch these herd-building daughters perform for years to come. His progeny consistently average 86 lb at birth with strong gains. He’s produced quality calves in both our commercial and purebred herds. His genetic dependability, growth, and maternal strength make him a standout contributor to any program.
Brewster was used exclusively on heifers, and he has proven to be a calving ease dream. His standout traits include docility, added length of body, and the ability to pack thickness onto a moderate frame without sacrificing dimension or capacity. His sons averaged just 72 pounds at birth, then went on to post an impressive 4.14 pound ADG across the group. This is our first group of Brewster sons offered for sale, and the entire offering is homozygous polled – making them an easy fit for a wide range of breeding programs.
This promising young herd bull, a Destiny-son, has a select number of offspring for the 2026 season, including DRT Lonesome Chaplin 519N, pictured below.
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Yellowstone’s final group of sons sold in the 2025 sale. Yellowstone was proven to sire attractive, well-balanced, smooth-fronted bulls with eye appeal. We’ve retained dozens of Yellowstone females in our herd. Adding that extra look, he marked his calves well and sired numerous show champs including DRT Lonesome Sapphire Jewel 3L . Sapphire Jewel was crowned the 2025 National Junior Gelbvieh Show Grand Champion, as well as 2024 Champion Junior Female at Canadian Western Agribition, and Reserve Grand Champion Gelbvieh Female at the 2024 NWSS in Denver, CO.
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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Jubilee’s final offering was in 2025. Jubilee sired many elite females and his offspring patterned well, had an attractive phenotype, and were time and again among the highest-gaining sire group. Jubilee put capacity, ease of movement, length, growth, and depth, all in one package into his offspring, including the dozens of Jubilee daughters we have in our herd are proving to be fertile and reliable.
What an impact Macon had on our herd, and his legacy is continued in the many productive females we have. A proven calving ease sire who ambitiously covered many females every year for many breeding seasons. 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.
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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 have been used in both Davidson Gelbvieh and Lonesome Dove Ranch programs and we’ve recently dipped back into the tank to use him for some exclusive AI progeny.
We’ve appreciated Mr Good’s bulls offered in the 2025 sale. He was raised by a maternal powerhouse and we have several noteworthy young cows in our program. He’s an all-around good herd bull that has accomplished a lot for the Lonesome Dove program in a short time. His 2025 sale offering gained an average of 3.9lb ADG.
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. He’s known for breeding soundness, ease-of-movement, and smooth bodies into his progeny.
Steadyeddy proved himself to be a dynamic asset in our red program. He added 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 was fertile? We rolled numerous Steadyeddy daughters back into our program and he sired a prolific number of bulls, including 15 sons in his final sale offering for 2025! (Pictured below is a Steadyeddy daughter, DRT Lonesome Malena 428L).
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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.
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 was a female legend in our program, a four time Dam of Merit, and raising notable daughters of her own.
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 relied on Sunset to fill the gap as a heifer bull for the 2023 breeding season. As a result, we had 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 sons with whopping yearling weights.
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, and we have retained daughters as well.
