Farm Blog

This is an updated family photo.  It was taken in June, 2023.

Our youngest cowgirl is getting to know the steers.

We purchased 2 heifers from Vintage Angus Ranch in California.  They will be future donor cows.                The bulls and heifers are now in their winter pens.   Plus, we have bulls in the Midland, Montana bull test and the Michigan bull test.

We are about 80% complete in the calving process.  We also have our 2022 bulls for sale.    We have 5 bulls in the MSU bull sale and 2 bulls at Midland, Montana bull test.   In addition, we have bulls on the farm for sale.

2023 is off and running. We have bulls which will be ready for service later this spring. There are 8 bulls in the Michigan Bull Test, 3 bulls at the Midland Bull Test in Montana and 12 bulls here at home.
Calving will begin very soon. We recently purchased 2 cows from Benoit Angus in Kansas. We will use them as donor cows. One is from the Payweight 872 family. The other one is from the Sandhills 568 family.

DF497  Registration #19527392  is a 2019 Colonel daughter.  She was AI bred to

Rainfall on 4-26-20.  She is due on 2-03-21.

DF485 Registration #19536310 is a 2019 Cash daughter.  She was AI bred to Rainfall on 4-19-20.

She is due on 1-27-21.

Both heifers were pasture exposed from 5-21-20 to 6-24-20 to DF bull Registration#18578963.

These heifers will be offered at the Great Lakes Region Angus Sale in Shipshewana, IN at Shipshewana Livestock on Saturday, October 24, 2020 at noon.  In addition to the live auction, it will be online with DVAuction.  The heifers are available for viewing at the farm until October 23.  They can then be seen at the Shipshewana Livestock barn.

We have 8 bulls at the farm for sale.  The photos represent some of them.  They are 13 and 14 months old.  Their yearling weights range from 1230 pounds to 1470 pounds.  Some of the sires are:  Sensation, Epic, Renown.  The breeding soundness exams will be completed on March 18.                  Also, we have 6 bulls at the MSU Bull Test.  They will be sold on March 21 at the Bull Test in Crystal, MI.  In the sale order, our bulls will be sold 3rd (1st angus bull), 16 (has a ribeye of 19.4″), 19 ,20, 24, 33.  You can view their videos at MIBulls.com.

About half of the calves have been born.  We have many possibilities for bull test candidates. They seem to be growing quickly.

Dawson Farms has consigned 2 heifers to the Great Lakes Angus Sale in Shipshewanna, Indiana on October, 26, 2019.

F459 (reg. # 19197960) was serviced to Flat Top (reg. # 18094501) .  She is due 1-14-20.

F448 (reg. # 19196274) was also AI’d to Flat Top. She is due 1-10-20.

The heifers can be viewed at the farm prior to the sale. Call and come for a visit.  517-524-8941 farm

Lot 34 is the second to sell in the auction on March 16.  He is a Discovery son. His actual birth weight was 78 pounds, and at the off test weighing, in February, he weighed 1395 pounds.  His average daily gain, while on test, was 4 pounds per day.  His DOB was 1/24/18.  Also, we have bulls 8,9,10,13,17 and 38 in the sale order (out of 65 bulls making the sale).  For more information call us 517-524-8941 or visit www.DVAuction.com.

We have one 2017 bull for sale, in addition to the yearling bulls.  If you need a more mature bull, you may want to look at this guy.