SUMMER 2026
NEWSLETTER
CAVENDERRANCHES.COM | INFO@CAVENDERRANCHES.COM
A Message to Our Customers and Friends
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his fall we begin our 4th year operating under the Cavender Ranches banner. It’s a perfect time to pause, reflect on our progress, and look ahead with confidence and excitement.
Over the past several years we have intentionally strengthened our foundation:
breed. These elite females will be offered at our three major sales and through additional marketing channels going forward. Our goal is clear: deliver young females that will power your cow herd for the next decade and beyond — whether you market them as high-dollar replacement heifers, feed out steers that excel on value-based grids, or retain ownership for premium returns.
• Built a top-tier team by blending seasoned veterans with talented new additions who bring fresh expertise across both our commercial and registered operations. • Grown a diversified, nationwide customer base that values the variety and quality of our genetics — whether they’re selecting registered bulls and females or commercial cattle tailored to their specific needs. • Remained deeply committed to growing the Texas Brangus market. We’ve helped many new customers launch successfully, and it’s incredibly rewarding to watch them become avid Brangus breeders who are now poised for long-term success. Their confidence in our genetics means everything to us. We continue to grow our registered herd in both size and At Cavender Ranches, helping our customers succeed isn’t quality through an aggressive Embryo Transfer program. just talk — it’s the foundation of everything we do. When We are mating our very best cows — including the newest generation of young donors — with our top young herd our customers win, we all win. sires and proven industry leaders, then offering embryos LEADERSHIP THROUGH GENETICS AND SCALE at reasonable prices to loyal cooperators, supporters, and We are pushing the accelerator on our genetic vision in new customers who want to accelerate genetic progress in the registered herd. By combining elite Angus cow lines their programs. with our proven Brangus genetics and advancing many into UB2 and new first- and second-generation Brangus We also support our commercial customers through — while preserving thickness, moderation, ample bone, additional value-added programs: marbling, sheath design, and overall attractiveness — we • Assisting with marketing truckload lots of steers to feedlots. are producing a truly unique product in the industry with leading performance. Attention to detail and • Buying commercial heifers from our customers, developing and breeding them, then offering them uncompromising standards remain the hallmark of the back as bred replacements or retaining them in our own Cavender brand. commercial cow herd. The results speak for themselves: exceptional uniformity and consistency across generations that gives us — and MARKET OUTLOOK REMAINS STRONG our customers — high confidence in the predictability and With national cattle numbers declining and beef demand performance of our newest bulls and females. We’re seeing at historic highs — driven by improved genetics and strong real-world success stories from both registered consistently tender, high-quality beef — the outlook for and commercial buyers, along with consistent positive progressive producers is excellent for the next several years. feedback.
In 2025 we made the bittersweet decision to sell our Charolais herd. This has freed up significant land and resources to expand our Commercial Female program, positioning Cavender Ranches to become the largest and most reliable supplier of high-quality replacement females in the country.
PROUDLY LEADING THE BRANGUS BREED Cavender Ranches leads the Brangus breed in marketing’s. In the last 12 months alone we have sold over 500 bulls, 330 registered cows and calves, and 1,350 commercial females. Our production sales have gained national attention for both the depth of quality and the strong sale averages achieved over the last three years.
This spring we artificially inseminated nearly 1,200 females While the industry sees continued consolidation and to some of the very best Cavender Brangus bulls in the multi-breeder partnerships, we proudly operate as a single, (Continued on page 2)
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