Reference Sires                    last updated 02/10/09

Gardens Prime Star    14740749    02/08/2004    E242   AMF

The # 1 bull of the breed for Marbling EPD at +1.17.  Prime Star was the top selling bull in our 2005 Production sale, purchased by Express Ranches and Monarch Farms.  Prime Star recorded an individual IMF ratio of 177 in our program that has been focused on and collected both harvest and ultrasound carcass data since 1990.  With 656 progeny scanned in 243 contemporary groups - Prime Star ranks again as the #1 sire of our breed for Marbling EPD,   Prime Star scanned a  9.1 (average prime) with .21 inches of rib fat and .19 inches of rump fat.  His Production, Carcass, and $Values are outstanding.

Jointly owned with Express Ranches, Yukon, Oklahoma and Monarch Farm, Folsom, Louisiana.   Semen Available through ORIgen.

Gardens Wave    13818764    10/11/2000    A272   AMF

The #2 bull of the breed for Carcass EPDs with a Marbling EPD of +1.12.  Gardens Wave is an excellent bull to use to reduce mature size, improve marbling EPDs, increase rib eye area, improve $Yield Grade while advancing the efficiency of your operation with his $EN value of +27.97.   He is  one of the most unique bulls we own with great calving ease (top 6%) marbling (top 1%), REA (top 4%) to his outstanding $Values putting him in the top 1% for $Wean, top 1% for $Grid, top 1% for $Quality Grade, and just misses being in the top 1% for $Beef.  We recently sold half interest in Gardens Wave to ABS Global.  Semen is available through ABS.

 Check out his new kill data we have listed on our front page.

Semen available through ABS Global.

Gardens Tsunami    15268074    10-13-2005    F87         No Carrier Ancestor

Gardens Highmark is the #7 bull of the breed for Mrb. EPD at +.99.  He has well balanced EPDs from start to finish.  His progeny continue to produce outstanding carcass results, as well as his daughters being our top scanning sire group. His dam is a member of Express Ranches elite donor cows.   Of 112 steers killed in 2005 at Creekstone that were owned by the Osborn Cattle Company, 32 of them were sired by sons of Gardens Highmark.  These steers average marbling score was 7.5 with four of the steers grading high prime (10.0 or better).   Highmark scanned ( a modest 80), with .12 of a inch of backfat and a 13.4 square inch ribeye.  A very prolific semen producer.   Currently, Highmark ranks in the top 1% of the breed for $Grid, $Quality Grade and $Beef.

Highmark's latest kill data is listed on our front page. 

#N-BAR EMULATION EXT                        AMF
Calved 2/1/86        10776479         Tattoo U23

We purchased EXT in the fall of 1987 to be used as a cover bull on our heifers, he has gone on to be one of the greatest angus bulls to date.  EXT's superior influence can be found throughout our herd. For calving ease, moderate mature size and superb females, there is no equal.  Owned jointly with Sinclaire Cattle, PA.
Semen available through Green Garden Angus.

# Pathfinder

GARDENS PRIME TIME     AMF
Calved 2/8/93       12007667         Tattoo 3246

Prime Time continues to be an excellent calving ease and carcass sire.  His sons, N Bar Prime Time D806 and Summitcrest High Prime continue to excel as superb carcass sires.  

His daughters are among our best young cows, moderate in size, with excellent udders.  Owned jointly with Summitcrest Farms, Summitville, Ohio.

Semen Available Through Green Garden.

Gardens Matrix is an outstanding son of SS Traveler T510, out of one of our best Scotch Cap OB45 dams (pictured below).  Matrix pulls together outstanding productions numbers and his lineage contains some of the best moderately framed, easy fleshing, high scanning females at Green Garden. 

Gardens Bonus scanned a 6.34 on the Cupp with .15 inches of backfat.   His Marbling EPD of +.81 puts him in the top 1% of the breed.  His dam is a pathfinder daughter of Gardens Transition from the Susie cow family that produced Gardens Prime Time.  A37 is probably one of the best phenotypically made bulls we have ever produced.  He carries balanced EPDs for start to finish with great carcass potential.  We highly recommend Bonus for use on heifers.

Gardens OB45 9254 ranks in the top 3% of the breed for $EN at +21.73 along with carrying a -3.5 on Feed Efficiency as identified with the Bovigen LLC.  His IMF ratio of 106 with a backfat ratio of .97 indicates that he should be an excellent carcass sire as well as having superior calving ease and growth.

We have long been interested in genuine curve bending genetics to improve the efficiency of beef production.  We think

Intrepid is an exceptional prospect, as he weaned off at 69% of his dam's weight and his yearling weight was 138%

of his dam's weight.  He scanned a 4.57 (Ratio 101) with a 16.2 ribeye. This bull is an excellent example of calving ease, growth, and  carcass value.

His first calves are on the ground and look very promising. 

Gardens Surge is another exciting sire at Green Garden.  Surge should be a genuine curve bending bull.  We already have him plugged into two commercial herds that will collect kill data for us.  Now we just have to wait 2 years.  But we are having fun!  Surge combines high energy values (top 2%) plus outstanding DNA for feed efficiency.

Gardens StarTime G259   15568406    9/23/06    No Carrier Ancestor

StarTime G259 is a very interesting individual as he combines outstanding DNA and production numbers.  He ranks in the top 1% for marbling EPD, the top 2% for $Grid, the top 1% for $Quality Grade, and the top 10% for $Beef.  He is as good of looking bull as we have ever raised.  His first calves are on the ground this fall.  We are excited.