About Us
A disciplined breeding program on the Saskatchewan horizon.
Horizon Cattle Company is a registered Black Angus seedstock operation near Warman, Saskatchewan. Our goal is simple to say and hard to do: build a consistent, well-balanced cow herd that produces both masculine bulls and feminine females.
Our story
We started our herd with the proven maternal greatness from the Coleman Donna, Lassie 113 of McCumber and Bar-E-L Erica A74 genetics. Over time the program has tightened around those families, because they have stood the test of time and continually churn out amazing cattle year after year.
We strive to keep our bloodlines tight and focus the herd around proven females, sires and genetic crosses. There is little guess work in our matings, and that process creates a uniform herd that produces a very consistent Angus cow from the bottom to the top.
Our goal is to produce balanced black Angus cattle that don’t lean too far one way or the other and end up sacrificing either maternal or performance qualities. This is the fine line a breeder walks, and it requires a disciplined program and approach.
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Uniformity over trend
We don’t chase any single EPD or fad. We evaluate every cow and work to make her next calf more complete than the last — incremental improvement, year after year, until the whole herd looks like it came out of the same mould.
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Proven females first
Our cow herd nearly all stems from Coleman Donna 732, a full sister to the famous Coleman Donna 714, alongside Lassie 113 of McCumber and Bar-E-L Erica A74. Each original Coleman cow also goes back to Charlo, known for wide based, low birth, maternal cattle that are moderate and efficient on grass.
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Outcross with a purpose
We deliberately bring in older Jorgensen genetics through Copenhagen and the three-dimensional Greenvale bulls. Crossed on feed efficient maternal lines like Donna, Miss Wix, Lassie and Erica, they create a blend of hybrid vigor that is hard to find and replicate in the Angus breed.
Breeding philosophy
“We are continually evaluating each cow and determining how to make their calves more complete each and every year with incremental improvements. That is the fine line a breeder walks.”
Kevin Buyan · Horizon Cattle Co