Griswold Cattle

06/02/2026

Calving ease ✔️ CED +22, BW -5.3
Maternal ✔️ look at his mother, look at his sister, if you want numbers his $M is 124, he’s in the top 1% of the breed
Foot quality ✔️ you won’t touch his daughter’s feet. Claw top 2%, Angle top 10%
Udder quality ✔️ his dam and sister are beautiful uddered, not just a week after they’ve calved and their calf has figured it out but when they calve, perfect teat size and perfect front and rear udder attachment while still milking. Top 5% for milk, top 15% for teat, top 20% for udder.
Fleshing ability ✔️they don’t see a bad day, they milk, raise a good calf, and still keep their good looks and charm. Top 10% for EN.
Eye appeal ✔️ if I could make 10,000 females like Nightwatch’s full sister 9309 I would. Stunning doesn’t begin to describe her.

COLEMAN Night Watch 9259
AAA #19583413 • Angus
ACT BW 59 | ACT WW 702
Coleman Charlo 0256
Sire. Coleman Bravo 6313
Coleman Donna 714
Connealy Thunder
Dam. Coleman Donna 4203
Coleman Donna 714

Breed for calving east first and foremost on those first heifers but breed for cow power! The first Night Watch calves came 100% unassisted and were immediately up and sucking with extreme vigor.
Night Watch’s full sister Coleman 9309 will go down as one of the most complete females on the ground and on paper. She is rare, she is unique, and she is the kind you want to replicate time and again. Her progeny and genetics are on fire, they are sought after. People find her with her genetic profile, they fall in love with her when they see her in living color. She is a diva.

Calving ease with cow power, it’s something to hang your hat on!
» CALL FOR PRICING ON LARGE HEIFER PROJECTS 405-780-3300 (tel:405-780-3300)

06/01/2026

U.S. CATTLE REPORT 📈 Heifer Retention Is Starting, but Not Yet Enough for Meaningful Expansion (Peel) 📈

According to Derrell Peel, the U.S. cattle industry continues to move toward herd rebuilding, but expansion has not fully begun. The cattle industry has historically been characterized by cycles of inventory and prices, with twelve cyclical inventory peaks over the past 129 years, from 1890 to the most recent peak in 2019. These cycles have persisted regardless of whether total cattle inventories were trending higher or lower.

Today, reduced cow culling is providing the strongest indication that liquidation is ending. Beef cow culling has fallen from a peak of 13.2% in 2022 to an estimated 7.1% in 2026, which would be a record-low culling rate. While strong calf prices since 2023 have encouraged producers to retain more heifers, Peel notes that meaningful expansion has yet to occur. As he explains, "heifer slaughter is down simply because there are fewer cattle, but it has not declined enough to indicate substantial heifer retention." The beef replacement heifer inventory increased just 0.9% year-over-year on January 1, suggesting only the earliest stages of retention.

Peel says the best measure of herd rebuilding is total female slaughter—cow and heifer slaughter combined—as a percentage of total cattle slaughter. That percentage peaked at 51.8% in 2023, the highest level since 1985, and has since declined to 48.8%. However, it remains above the 47% threshold that has historically signaled herd expansion. Most of the decline so far has resulted from lower cow slaughter, meaning further progress will depend on greater heifer retention.

Historically, once female slaughter falls below 47%, herd expansion has typically lasted several years. Peel suggests it may take another 6 to 10 months for the industry to reach that level. As rebuilding continues, cattle slaughter and beef production are expected to decline further, tightening supplies and supporting stronger cattle prices. As a result, Peel believes the highest cattle prices of the current cycle are likely still ahead.

06/01/2026

Kids will make you think outside the box, slow down just a little and see it through there eyes. It may just work. Just so you know it did😜

05/30/2026

05/30/2026

It’s a harsh reality that when you lease ground sometimes good things end before you wish they did. Part of our Poteau ranch has sold and the ladies that graced those pastures sell today, May 30th in Perkins, OK.
143 head of solid cows, average 1500 Ibs, all fall bred to G-bulls, angus based. Call John 405-780-3300. Sale also available on .