Trojan Hill Farms

 

Dear Friends,

 

Welcome to our 33th Annual Private Treaty Sale and Open House. The year 2025 marks the 78th year of raising registered Angus cattle and 38 years ofraising registered Charolais cattle for Trojan Hill Farms. The best part of being in the seed stock business is seeing your customer successful. We have over 95 percent repeat customers. If you are not in this group, we would like to add you to being a customer. We also include the registration number of all the bulls so you can look him up in his breed at the association website. This will provide a complete update EPD and a complete pedigree. The year 2024 was a real turnaround. Out of drought and we had normal rainfall. We had a record corn crop. We were blessed with a multiple cuttings of hay. We weighed our bulls on December 20, 2024 which gave us a 84 day gain record. We have always tried to give our customers all of the information available. We are proud of this fact. Once again, our cattle made money on the grid with 40% being prime and the rest choice. These cattle did not make the heifer or bull pen. For the last nine years, we have tested our cattle for carriers ofBVD. As ofto date, all of our cattle have been negative. We also test for Angus and Charolais breed genetic conditions. The Angus and Charolais bulls have been tested HD50K. The EPD has been enhanced from the DNA testing. The bulls have not been on creep feed. Studies have shown that bulls and heifers are more fertile and live longer without creep feed. Our bulls, over the last ten years have passed a fertility test 95% of the time . They were placed on test September 27, 2024. Our ration is a high roughage corn silage. Our goal with this feed is to have a two and one half to three pound daily gain. With free choice hay available at all times, the bulls grow instead of just getting fat. We have been carcass testing and ultrasound testing for twenty four years. This year, the Trojan Hill Angus Bulls AI are sired by Identified, Stellar, County Road and Resilient. The Charolais Bulls AI sires are Silversmith. A l l yearling bulls must stay here at Trojan Hill Farms for fertility testing in April. These bulls will be ultrasound tested by a certified technician in March. Terms of sale are: all bulls are sold on a first come, first serve basis; ½ of purchase price payable upon selection of bulls; we will keep the bulls until the first of May 2023. Free delivery within 100 mile radius or $50.00 off if you pick up bulls.

 

Please call Phil for an appointment. 
 

Phil and Darryl Archer 

Phil's cell phone #641-680-6769     Home phone #641-675-3769 

Customers Testimonials: 

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• Jim, Gary, Jeff Lindquist, and Kenny Pamperin, Green Top, MO have used Trojan Hill Farm genetics for the last 25 years. During that time, they have received premiums from $20 to $40 per hundredweight for their calves.
   

• Curtis Heemsbergen, Selma, IA said the last Angus bull he purchased from Trojan Hill Farms was used for 10 breeding seasons. He was very satisfied.
   

• Tom Canon, Newton IA, purchased a Charolais cow, Heiress Of Trojan 720, from Trojan Hill Farms. Recently he sold½ interest for $34,000