Mid-State Maines

Mid-State Maines Breeding attractive, good tempered cattle that perform in both the pasture and show ring.

Located on Turning Leaf Farm nestled in the mountains of Cambria County, PA, Bob and Capri Mikesell produce Maine Anjou and Maintainer breeding stock and youth project cattle from a home-grown cow herd developed from nearly 30 years of AI breeding.

We're overstocked on bulls. (Or maybe understocked on cows.) Offers considered on these two hombres. Commercial or show ...
06/07/2026

We're overstocked on bulls. (Or maybe understocked on cows.) Offers considered on these two hombres. Commercial or show oriented herds - these guys are bred for both. Semen tests in hand.

Two exceptional Maine Anjou bulls need some girlfriends. Black bull is calving ease, semen tested, and ready to go to wo...
05/17/2026

Two exceptional Maine Anjou bulls need some girlfriends. Black bull is calving ease, semen tested, and ready to go to work. Red bull will be tested at the end of the month. He should sire show steers. Both from very maternal cow families. Call or text for more information. 717-860-9274.

I don't think we've pictured this one. All the hip, top and muscle you'd expect in a high % Maine Anjou bull in an affor...
04/21/2026

I don't think we've pictured this one. All the hip, top and muscle you'd expect in a high % Maine Anjou bull in an affordable package. May We All son. Negative BW EPD. Semen tested and ready to work. Couple other high quality bulls available.

03/15/2026

I debated long and hard about posting this clip. It represents the bull really well. But the background represents operational reality in a Western PA March. Rest assured, the only AI in this reel was the straw used to conceive Mid State Confluence.

Sneak Peek! 3 High Maine bulls for sale this spring. Pictures and videos coming in March. BSEs scheduled for early April...
03/01/2026

Sneak Peek! 3 High Maine bulls for sale this spring. Pictures and videos coming in March. BSEs scheduled for early April. Sires represented: Game On (red polled PB), Break the Bank (blaze), and May We All.

10/18/2025

This heifer may be the best steer we ever raised. Here I AM sired. She checks all the boxes:
o Undercarriage
o Muscle
o Hair
o Bone
o Ideal maturity pattern
o Presence (If her daddy looked like this, he was aptly named)
She should run with the boys as a market heifer AND papers as a 3/8 Maintainer for jackpotting purposes.
Broke to tie but needs consistent work. Probably not suitable for an inexperienced showman.
I wish I had time to make this one look as good as she could, but she does pretty well on her own.

Good workout! Best of luck in your remaining contests!
10/16/2025

Good workout! Best of luck in your remaining contests!

*Cows are sold. Thanks for all the interest!* Couple older bred Maine/Maintainer cows for discussion. Reasonable. We're ...
10/11/2025

*Cows are sold. Thanks for all the interest!*
Couple older bred Maine/Maintainer cows for discussion. Reasonable. We're short on hay or they'd stay. Heifer calf pictures are their 2025 daughters. Cow pictured is a BC Classic ET maintainer. The other cow is a Bourbon Street out of the pictured cow. Both due March/April 2026 to a calving ease 3/4 Maine Simplify son. Thanks for looking!

Marshall is back on the market and needs a home. No-doubt calving ease pedigree with as balanced a set of EPDs as you’ll...
08/23/2025

Marshall is back on the market and needs a home. No-doubt calving ease pedigree with as balanced a set of EPDs as you’ll find in a Maine Anjou bull. All the convenience traits too – foot and udder quality, docility, and polled. Easy keeper. That BCS is from nothing but grass.

This is a no-holes, professional grade 18-month old bull.
Mid-State Marshall – March, 2024 - ¾ Maine Reg # 553584,

Simplify x GCC Gold Standard

EPDS
CED 11 (top 35%)
BW -2.0 (Top 4 %)
WW 50 (Top 20%)
YW 66 (Top 30%)
Milk 20 (Top 45%)
Total Maternal 46 (Top 15%)

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187 Amish Lane
Nanty Glo, PA
15943

Telephone

(717) 860-9274

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