Established in 1944 when WWI US Calvary farrier and dairyman Jim Collins and his son James moved their families from Montgomery, Alabama, to Cusseta, Collins Farms has a long history in Alabama’s cattle industry.
Since 1997, the farm has developed groups of home raised bred heifers for sale in consignment sales and private treaty at the farm. These predominately commercial Angus heifers are developed using an extensive lifetime animal health program and have been developed on forages and blended co-product feeds. For the past several decades Collins Farms has focused on selecting bulls that are very close genetically and have used many sets of flush mates and ¾ brothers in the cowherd. This practice produces a herd of females that are basically half siblings, which makes it easier to select outcross matings while staying within the Angus breed. Lots 163 (sire 6032) and 164 (sire 6066) are commercial Angus females bred to a calving ease Niagara son (1811), which will calve in early January. Lots 165, 166 and 167 are half-sib (sire 260) registered Angus heifers bred to a Yon Full Tank E472 son (H50). The registered heifers were ultrasounded for pregnancy and there should be two heifer calves (Lot 165 and 166) and one bull calf (Lot 167) born from mid-October through late November. |
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