McClayland Cattle Page

08/31/2026

08/31/2026

08/28/2026

0902

08/24/2026

Maternal made?

“Well, if that’s where you’re going, I wouldn’t start from here.” That old punchline comes from a joke about a driver in a shiny car racing down a country road. Realizing he is lost, he stops to ask an old farmer for directions. After sizing him up, the farmer gives that blunt advice.
That joke often comes to mind when I see bulls with “maternal” in their names—or when I hear some of the claims being made about them.

Nine serious breeders valued CH Domino 053 enough to pay $233,000 for a one-quarter interest in him as a 10-year-old bull. By then, the maternal performance of his sons and daughters was already well established.
• CH Domino 053 sired another 3,261 calves from 1981 to the present.
• His 917 daughters processed through TPR produced 2,830 calves with an average ratio of 102.3.
• Just one example...a son, CH Domino 359, produced 609 daughters with 2,782 calves that averaged a 102.4 ratio.

08/07/2026

0901

04/16/2026

We often think we are “improving”, but all we are really doing is just “moving”.