Close portrait of a McIntosh Brothers cow

The maternal foundation

Great herd bulls start
with great cow families.

We do not call a cow great because of one picture, one pedigree, or one calf. She earns it by doing the important things right—and repeating them.

Cows that have earned their place

Built around families.
Proven over generations.

01 · The Twila family

One foundation cow.
Generation after generation.

LWHF Twila 107C established the standard: maternal, productive, and able to make the right kind repeatedly. Her daughters WAM Twila 830F, WAM Twila 934G, and WAM Twila 946H have carried that influence forward in our herd and donor program.

LWHF Twila 107C standing in pasture

LWHF Twila 107CDam of Distinction · Foundation female

WAM Twila 830F standing in pasture
WAM Twila 830FDam of Merit · Dam of Woodford

The next generation

WAM Twila 830F produced WAM Woodford 499M, a calving-ease, maternal bull who weaned at 956 pounds. Another daughter of 107C, WAM Twila 946H, produced a $13,500 All American son and earned a place in our donor program.

02 · The 6311 family

A cow that only
comes around once.

CCRO 6311D—Big Bertha—has done more than raise good calves. She has produced herd sires that have made an impact.

Two different sires. Two sons that mattered: Manifesto and the $23,000 high-selling Capone. That kind of repeatability is why we continue building around her influence.

  • 6311 × FrontrunnerManifesto
  • 6311 × GodfatherCapone
CCRO 6311D Big Bertha standing in pasture
CCRO 6311D “Big Bertha”The foundation behind multiple herd sires
Circle A Primrose 2425C standing in pasture

03 · The Primrose family

Blue-collar cows.
They simply do not miss.

The Primrose cows may not always demand attention in the pasture. Their production does.

They are consistent, solid, predictable cows that raise the right kind year after year. They stay productive, last, and pass that consistency forward.

We bought Circle A Primrose 2425C in 2003 because she was a granddaughter of Primrose 2424, the dam of EXT. Her influence lives on through a family valued for longevity, consistency, and doing the job without excuses.

JCMC Ava Grace 752 standing in pasture
JCMC Ava Grace 752Third generation of the Ava Grace family

04 · The Ava Grace family

Three generations.
A place earned.

JCMC Ava Grace 752 is the third generation of a family that earned its place through production.

At nine years old, 752 earned her place in our donor program through the quality and consistency of her calves.

The standard

Identify the good ones.
Make more of them.

Every cow family shown here earned its influence the same way: through useful cattle, repeated over time.

See the herd sires they produced