Herd Report

Host Scott Beck visits Vision Angus in Holyoke, Colorado, for a spotlight episode previewing their upcoming Female Sale on October 24th at the Beef Barn. Scott sits down with Brent Vielesmeyer and his son Austin to walk through the sale offering top to bottom — and as Scott says, "there is no bottom."

The episode covers the elite donor cows anchoring the sale, led by Lot 1: the Evergreen 245 cow (sired by Square B Atlantis), offered with her Rygate heifer calf and a Prosper pregnancy or embryos. Brent and Austin also break down the Mill Brae 8305 cow and her standout Sits Eternity flush heifer, Rita 492 (bred to the hard-to-find HF High Country 7L), and daughters of the Erika Evelina 243 cow — plus embryos and pregnancies from each donor.

Austin then walks through eight registered Angus show heifers and a steer, including lead-off PVF Capone and PVF Kingpin heifers from the Phyllis cow family. The discussion highlights disposition, youth development, and the goal of raising show heifers that become productive herd cows.

The sale will also feature Montana Judgment daughters, bred heifers to sires like Flint, Venerate, and Prairie Rain, and a semen package at the end. Bidding available online at salering.live. For more info, visit the Vision Angus Facebook page or call Brent at 970-520-9006.

Host Scott Beck visits Delaney Cattle in Valentine, Nebraska, for an on-location interview with Josh Delaney and his daughter Rietta. Recorded outdoors along the river on Labor Day weekend, the episode covers:

• The operation: Delaney Cattle is a cow-focused Angus breeding program built around three foundational cow families — the 801, the 1500 (a $2,750 dispersion purchase that became a cornerstone matron), and the 5016. Josh emphasizes breeding cows, not numbers, and has built a tight 30–36 day calving interval by strictly culling late breeders.
• Clipping & semen services: Beyond the breeding program, Josh runs Delaney Cattle Services — now in its 10th season, clipping roughly 9,000–10,000 head of bulls per winter with a 10-person crew. He also reps semen for ST Genetics and Alta Genetics, and sells private semen including the Highway 83 bull.
• First bull sale: Their inaugural production sale last February sold 12 bulls, averaging $12,250 with a $21,000 high seller, promoted entirely through Facebook and word-of-mouth with no paid advertising.
• Standout cattle: Scott highlights the 611 bull (an Eternity son) as one of the best calves he's seen all year, along with the 601 (by Highway 83 out of a Fair N Square cow) and the 616 ET calf.
• Rietta's role: Rietta's daily interaction with the cattle gives them their signature docile disposition — the bulls have been "Rietta-ed." She shares stories about her show cattle, her family's Louisiana fishing trips, and closes the episode by singing "Jolene" and the National Anthem.
• Upcoming sale: Delaney Cattle's second bull sale is set for the last Saturday in February in Valentine. Contact Josh at 308-360-1974 or find Delaney Cattle on Facebook and Snapchat.

Host Scott Beck visits Macholan Angus in Linwood, Nebraska, for an in-depth herd tour with Keaton Macholan. Recorded on August 6th under ideal overcast conditions, the episode covers the operation's impressive cattle program heading into their 7th annual bull sale — held the first Tuesday in March at the Columbus Sales Pavilion in Columbus, Nebraska.

Scott and Keaton walk through the entire herd and highlight what's shaping up to be perhaps the best set of bulls Macholan Angus has ever raised. Out of nearly 60 head, only five weighed under 700 pounds — a standout result given the drought conditions earlier in the year.

Key topics include:

• Home-raised sires stealing the show: Marathon and Summit, both bred at Macholan Angus, are producing calves that rival or exceed the AI-sired groups. Scott and Keaton discuss several standout Marathon and Summit bull calves and heifers, including a thick, deep Marathon calf out of a young second calver.
• Tetons: A sire used on heifers that threw heavy, growthy, easy-calving bull calves with great commercial appeal, along with feminine, wedge-shaped females.
• Significant: A bull whose calves were highlights of last year's sale, with another tremendous bull calf out of the 1803 donor cow this year. Significant females are being retained.
• Iceman: A Foxhoven-bred cleanup bull whose heifer calves are turning heads.
• Cow families: Discussion of standout donors including Lady No Doubt, Marathon's mother (a third calver already being flushed), and Hollywood daughters raising exceptional calves on limited resources.
• The "miracle heifer": Keaton shares the story of a Marathon heifer calf that survived 28 hours alone in a January blizzard — no frozen ears, no mother — found by his wife in the corn field. She's now a beautiful heifer and is staying put.
• Breeding plans for the coming year: Keaton reveals the sires he's using for next year's calf crop, including a heavy emphasis on homegrown sires (Marathon, Summit) alongside outside AI sires like Foxhoven's Stamina, SAV Gravity, Eternity, and his own lot 1 and lot 14 bulls from the previous sale.

The episode wraps with a round of Fast Money — a Family Feud-style game where Keaton answers five questions and puts up one of the highest scores in the show's history.

Listeners can reach Macholan Angus at 402-615-2824, online at macholanangus.com, or on Facebook and Instagram. Herd visits are welcome.

Host Scott Beck heads to Linwood, Nebraska, for a pasture tour at B-Gee Angus — a hidden gem of the Angus industry that's been selling bulls private treaty for over 40 years. Brian Goff, the man who started it all back in the '70s, is joined by his son Cliff Goff and right-hand man Eric "Cookie" Tomsak for a wide-ranging conversation covering cattle, breeding philosophy, and life on the ranch.

The big news: B-GeeAngus is holding their first-ever bull sale on Sunday, February 28th, right at the ranch, in partnership with DV Auction and auctioneer Matt Lowery. Scott, Brian, Cliff, and Eric walk through the cow herd, bred heifers, bull calves, and heifer calves that will anchor the offering — highlighting blo odlines like Musgrave Longmire, SAV Magnify, 7S Splash, Tahoe, Duke, Glacier, Thedford, and Architect. They also dig into BG Angus's decades-long AI program (all-natural heats, no CIDRs), their decision to raise their own herd bulls, and the records Brian has kept on every sire used going back to the 1980s.

Beyond cattle, the crew swaps stories about hunting deer and calling in bobcats, close encounters with lightning on the pasture tour, Brian's sailfish catch in Costa Rica and a grueling 200-pound tuna fight, halibut fishing in Alaska, and Cookie's walleye trips to South Dakota. It's a fun, heartfelt episode about family, farming, and the future of a program built on the mama cow.

Host Scott Beck visits Scott Angus Cattle in Belgrade, Nebraska, for an in-depth Ranch tour with father-and-son duo Marlin and Sam Scott. This ~58-minute episode is a detailed walkthrough of the Scott Angus cow herd, covering multiple pastures and the genetics behind their program.

Key topics covered:

• SAC Hold The Phone — A homegrown SAC bull (out of the legendary 200B cow) that Scott Beck calls the standout sire of the tour. His bull calves and heifer calves are described as some of the best cattle Beck has seen, with exceptional fertility (80–90% AI conception rates), jet-black coats, and strong phenotype.

• Other sires discussed — Boyd Bedrock, Schieffelbein Top Gun, Ellingson Declare, Baldridge Badger , Ellingson High Country, SAV Territory , SAC Nebraskaland, and the newly purchased Sitz Phenom bull (a joint purchase with Bob Harrell of Oregon), which Marlin acquired at the Sitz sale.

• Cow families and genetics — Deep discussion of the 200B cow family, the 1241 "America" cow, the 1312 cow, the 139Z cow (still producing embryos at 14 years old), and the Badger 7201 heifer that's already gaining attention on social media.

• Pasture-by-pasture tour — The WRP pasture (registered cows with AI'd bull calves), the Imus pasture (mature ET bulls, and the spot where Sam proposed to his wife), the heifer pasture west of grandma's (ET heifers including Territory 9811 flush sisters), first-calf heifer pairs, and the Greeks pasture (registered cows with Hold The Phone heifer calves).

• Family and legacy — Marlin reflects on the ranch's history (his grandfather started it in the late 1920s), the transition to the next generation (Sam, Stephanie, AJ, and Abby), and his gratitude for his wife Kelly's partnership. Sam shares his progression in the operation and his passion for the cattle business.

• Personal stories — Sam's proposal story at the Imus pasture, a hilarious Nate Schuster proposal anecdote, and Beck's own proposal gone wrong.