WELCOME TO JO BULLS – Johansen Black Herefords!

WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE PURCHASED JN Balder Y475, the top bull in the J&N 19th Annual Production Sale. We also purchased JN Balder Y413, which is an amazing and good looking bull. Click on the Herd Bulls to learn more. 

 

Welcome to Jo Bulls! The ranch is operated by Scott Johansen and his two sons, Brock and Dane Johansen. We are located in what is designated as Southeastern Utah in Castle Dale. Our family has been operating the ranch for five generations.

 

We have a tradition of running red Hereford cattle. In 2009 we decided to try Black Herefords and artificially inseminated some cows to WR Rocky S104 and WR Curve Bender 8616. We were very impressed with the calves, so we decided to purchase three bulls from J&N Ranch’s 2010 sale. We are now running seven Black Hereford bulls and are transitioning all of our cows to Black Herefords. We have also added F1 cross heifers and registered Black Hereford heifers to our cow herd.

We are the first Black Hereford breeder in the Rocky Mountain area. The environment is very well suited for this breed, so we are sure that there will be many that will join the ranks.

We operate on the high desert (5,000 + feet) on private and BLM land in the fall, winter and late spring. We operate in the high mountains (8.000 + feet) on private and Forest Service land in the summer and early fall. We only have the cows in the pastures by Castle Dale during the calving season, January through April. Because of this, our cows must forage well and must be able to range. We believe in developing hardy cattle that can produce large weaning weights. Our cows are out on the range for a large part of the year, so they must also be very fertile, because they are only pastured with the bulls for two months of the year (on the range, they may never see a bull).

Our ranch is truly a family operation. Brock has six children and Dane has two children. Every child has their own horse and can be seen trailing behind the cows or bouncing around in the feed truck. We believe in raising good kids and good cattle. Those goals happen to compliment each other really well.

Please read through the rest of our website, and feel free to contact us. We enjoy talking, emailing, and texting about cattle. We also enjoy showing people around the ranch.