Langford Ranch News
Our Goal is to Raise the Best Hereford Cattle You Can Buy !
Sale Day at the Langford Perks Inaugural Female
Production Sale, Sunday Evening, October 16th, at the
Langford Ranch Sale Headquarters, northeast of
Okmulgee.
It was a great day...lots of folks came out to see and
bid on this outstanding offering.
Quarter Interest and Half Possession of The
Great Herd Sire, "Bailout" sold as Lot 1 in
the fast moving, exciting sale and went to:
Whispering Pines Herefords,
Kimball, Minnesota @ $26,000.
The Sale Averaged $7209.00.
Eddie Sims, auctioneered, with Dustin Layton, Sale
Manager, and Ruth Sims both on the block. Deb
Andras, Dr. Jacquelyn Langford Taylor, Catherine
Taylor clerked.
Jim Boyd, Joe Rickabaugh, Chisolm Kinder, John
Andras, Matt Sims were Ring Side. We appreciate
their expertise and thank each one.
The Perks Ranch Crew: Doug Perks, Wade and Bree
Perks, and the New Perks Ranch managers, Tom and
Tammy Boatman, along with their 5 yr old twins, Kade
& Kendal Boatman travelled from Illinois and Fort
Worth.
The Langford Ranch Crew: Geoff Andras, Jerry and
Justus Parmley did so much to make sale day go
smoothly. We all worked hard and had lots of fun
preparing for this Special Sale.
Our Langford - Perks Bailout Partnership continues to
be a tremendous success.
Our international Bailout partners are Bonhaven Beef
Cattle, South Africa, and Elm Lodge Polled Herefords,
Ontario, Canada.
Bailout's progeny have done a terrific job for so many
breeders across the nation.
Bailout adds pounds and quality to his calves...
... And they consistently Win in the Show Ring!
Bailout is truly a Profit-Center Herd Sire.
Leon Langford and Doug Perks visit with the
Chad Ledbetter family.
Standing Room Only During the Sale!
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Doug Perks and Watson Langford Enjoying a Great Sale Event !
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With Sincere Thanks to Our Buyers
From 15 States --New York to New Mexico:
The Neidemeyer's from Albuquerque, New Mexico The Entwistle's from New Holland, Illinois Albin Farms, Newman Illinois Blake Voss, Beaufort, Missouri The Mullins, Wheelersburg, Ohio Double O Herefords, Inman, Kansas The Gould Family, Stillwater, Oklahoma The Galloway's from West Burlington, New York Couch Cattle Co., Fairmont, Oklahoma Myers Family, Siloam Springs, Arkansas Harden Herefords, Sulphur, Oklahoma Rafter J Ranch, Abilene, Texas Ledbetter & Son, Morris, Oklahoma Hidden Oaks Ranch, Hamilton, Texas Whispering Pines Herefords, Kimball, Minnesota JJB Cattle Co., Independence, Iowa Topp Herefords, Grace City, North Dakota T-Bone Ranch, Antonito, Colorado Dry Creek Farm, Pell City, Alabama Edwards Farms, Winterville, Georgia Miller Cattle Co., Council Hill, Oklahoma Hickson Family, Knoxville, Iowa St. Clair Family, Jefferson, Iowa Kinsella Farms, Creston, Iowa Wiswell Family, Elkhorn, Wisconsin Gilroy Family, Morris, Oklahoma Grand Zero Farms, Siloam Springs, Arkansas Lamle Herefords, Isabella, Oklahoma Spearhead Ranch, Copperas Cove, Texas Turkey Feather Ranch, Ada, Oklahoma Holmes Hereford Farm, Wheaton, Missouri Street Cattle Co., Cave City, Arkansas Hamilton Farms, Searcy, Arkansas Spinks Family, Prairie Grove, Arkansas Lynch Family, Beggs, Oklahoma
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At the American Royal Livestock Show in
Kansas City, and the annual meetings of
the American Hereford Association, we
visited with many Hereford breeders,
learned the latest news from the
Association, showed our cattle, and came
back home more determined than ever to
raise more of the Best Hereford Cattle You
Can Buy! -- The demand for Hereford Bulls
& Females is Tremendous.
The cow/calf producers are seeing the best
market conditions in decades.


December News
The Oklahoma Hereford Association held their
annual meetings, banquet and sale recently.
Leon was happy, surprised and very honored
to receive the Hall of Fame Award.
Leon thanks all the members for this special
recognition.
We all enjoyed visiting at the Oklahoma
Hereford Association meeting. Curtis Curry
turned the president's gavel over to Max
Stotz for the coming year. And Watson was
elected a New Director of the Association.
News from Kansas City:
During the American Hereford annual
meetings in Kansas City, Our partnership
Herd Sire:
L3 Winn Rambo 851
was awarded: Show Bull for the Year-
North West Region.
This popular bull is owned with Largent & Son,
WY. The Largent family was busy getting ready
for their bull sale the weekend of the Kansas
City meetings and were not able to attend.
Click on the link above named "Group
Video" and you will be able to view a video
of a group of our Bulls for Sale now at the
ranch. These bulls will be ready for service
for spring calving cows for breeding the
spring of 2012.
Several videos of our Denver and Ft. Worth
cattle are on our Photos page...so take a
minute and see the latest photos taken last
week by Kyla Copeland.
Pictured above receiving Show Bull of the Year Award are
Craig Huffines, AHA-Executive Secretaary, AHA Director
holding trophy to be sent to Largents, Leon Langford, Suzy
Langford, Watson Langford, and Geoff Andras.
One of the first TNT daughter in production,
she will be in Denver and Ft. Worth showing
as a cow calf pair, be sure and check her out