Altenburg Super Baldy Ranch, LLC

The Willie and Sharon Altenburg family own and operate Altenburg Super Baldy Ranch located just north of Fort Collins Colorado. For the past 35+ years, the Altenburg’s have been producing and improving their seedstock offering by selecting the best genetics available and then raising them in the same fashion as their commercial customers do. “We run the cows on a large grazing association in the summer, trail them home, graze hay stubble and stalks and calve outside in February. “If that’s what our bull customers do, shouldn’t we make cattle that add value to the same production systems they use? That’s our philosophy here,” says Willie. The Altenburg’s run 185 mother cows and utilize some cooperator customers to produce the 90-100 bulls they market each 3rd Saturday in March at the Centennial Livestock Auction at Fort Collins. Though the primary offering is either SimAngus or Simmental bulls, they also market a select group of both Angus, both black and reds. The family also consigns high quality females to the well known “Wild Wild West Sale” which is held during the Simmental events at the National Western Stock Show in January at the Adams County Regional Park in Brighton, Co. As early adopters of technologies such as EPD use, A. I. and Embryo Transfer from elite donor females, the genetics produced by ASR find their way across the country and even around the world. It is not uncommon to see the Altenburg’s utilize sires produced on their own ranch. “Breed complimentarily is almost as important to our program as heterosis is to our commercial customers”, says Willie. “We try to select and produce Simmental genetics that do what continental genetics should do, grow fast and efficiently as well as add ribeye area and carcass yield. Our Angus and Red Angus programs prioritize calving ease and carcass quality, but we try hard not to chase extremes. Fertility, disposition, udder quality and structure are basics, we don’t make any decisions around here that jeopardize positive progress for these traits”. Call and stop by the ranch anytime to visit the Altenburgs and learn more about the “Super Baldy” plan to add value. Willie is also very well known and respected as a long time industry advocate. He has worked in the artificial insemination industry for nearly 40 years and is one of the most widely recognized leaders in that business, the world over. He currently serves as Associate Vice President of Beef Marketing for Genex CRI. Recently, Willie was awarded the 2010 Industry Partner Award by, Colorado State University for his contributions to the beef business. He has served on the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Board of Directors, American Simmental Association Board of Trustees, Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) president, along with local membership and participation in beef industry groups. Willie & Sharon Altenburg & Family 970-568-7792 - Home 970-568-7882 - Fax 970-481-2570 - Willie willie@rmi.net
Owner(s):	Willie & Sharon Altenburg
Address:	570 East County Road 64 Fort Collins, CO 80524
Phone:	(970) 568-7792
Upcoming Sale(s):	Altenburg's Super Baldy Bull Sale, March 16, 2013, Centennial Livestock Auction at Fort Collins
Website:	http://www.altenburgsuperbaldy.com/

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