Charolais Herd Sires

LT Rio Blanco 1234

A performance giant

CE: 1.1; BW: 3.1; WW: 45; YW: 92; Milk: 5; TM: 27; SC: 1.4; CWT: 50; REA: .57; Fat: .047; Marb.: .10

Unsurpassed for a balance of performance, scrotal and carcass merit, Rio Blanco’s 2006 EPDs secure the third place spot on the new AICA Yearling Weight Trait Leader list. Data submitted to AICA on over 870 progeny, shows Rio Blanco to be a high-performance superstar.


BW
Adj. WW
WW Ratio
Adj. YW
YW Ratio
Bulls
89
712
102
1338
103
Females
84
627
101
954
110

Rio Blanco had ratios of 130 or greater in four traits — weaning, yearling, marbling and ribeye — among more than 100 contemporaries. He was the second high-selling bull in the 2002 LT Bull Sale at $18,000 to Callis Charolais, Pate Charolais and David Miller in Alabama.

Semen: $18 per straw; $35 signing fee.
Semen available through Lindskov-Thiel Ranch