Hodges Fine Art

Hodges Fine Art
PO Box 975
122 McLeod Street
Big Timber, MT 59011

406-932-6834

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Longhorn Skull

Call us about longhorn skulls we have available in a variety of sizes and prices.

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Hodges Texas Longhorn Cattle

We have been raising registered Texas Longhorn cattle since 1979, as a sideline. Our herd is very small, usually around 20 head of brood cows. The bloodlines we have settled on are predominantly Butler, with a lot of Bold Ruler influence. Our cattle are bred very close, as we feel that this will throw more consistent genetics, especially on an out cross. We don’t want to raise bulls that throw a mixed lot of calves.

Mirlo and CalfThis is a hardy herd, gentle, and well mannered. They are not pets, however. We have a zero tolerance policy for fence crawlers, mean cows, or non-breeders. They are a healthy herd, without a lot of unnecessary medications and vaccinations. The heifer calves are all Bangs vaccinated. Our first priority is a maintenance free cow that raises a good calf every year. Horn size next, with color in the back seat.2003 Longhorn Calves

We sell bull, heifer, and steer calves as available. Only three or four of the best bull calves and the best heifer calves are kept each year for sale as breeding stock. Our cows all can be for sale, each at a different price. We don’t hide the best ones in another pasture.

Sometimes we offer great older bulls for sale. Steers are sold to people interested in seeing a large set of horns and a beautiful hide. They really are a spectacular animal!

If you are interested in purchasing Texas Longhorns, see our Longhorns For Sale below. For details and pricing information, contact Dave Hodges.

We have recently sold Trail Dust 40

Trail Dust 40 This is Trail Dust 40 as a three year old. Horn length is 68.5", measured on November 6, 2007. All of our 2006, 2007 and many of our upcoming 2008 calves are sired by Trail Dust 40. His pedigree holds the top names in the breed, including such bulls as Roundup, Chuckwagon and Bold Ruler; and cows such as Tari Graves with horns measuring 75".

Sire: Hunts Command Respect, 5-time winner of the Texas Longhorn Breeders Association Horn Showcase, the official horn measurement competition in Fort Worth, TX. He won his class in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, 2007 as a 3, 4, 5, 6 and now 7 year old, with an official horn length of 75 3/8" tip to tip.

Dam: Saw Dust 23, sired by Chuckwagon. As a three year old, she came in third in her class at the 2005 Horn Showcase competition in Fort Worth, TX, with an official horn measurement of 66 3/4" tip to tip. She measured well into the 70's", fall 2007.

Hickock Hickock as a baby calf
We used a yearling son of Trail Dust named Hickock (shown above, forefront), out of our cow Snorty, on some young cows and are anxious to see how he develops. Hickock as a baby calf with his mother, Snorty.
Image Maker
We would now like to introduce you to Image Maker. We feel he will out-cross extremely well with Trail Dust's daughters. Image Maker's sire is the over 70" T2T, Shadowizm. His dam, Tammy Fay, is an outstanding cow, and has been a great producer. Her 2003 daughter sold at the 2006 Summer Horn Showcase sale for $11,500. We will keep you posted on Image Maker's upcoming progress.

Texas Longhorns For Sale At The Hodges Ranch

Longhorn Bull Calf
Sold
2007 Bull Calf #70
  • D.O.B. 3/28/07
  • Sire: Trail Dust
  • Dam: Gingerbread



Longhorn Bull Calf
Sold
2007 Bull Calf #72
  • D.O.B. 3/28/07
  • Sire: Trail Dust
  • Dam: Lacey



Longhorn Bull Calf
For Sale
2007 Bull Calf #73
  • D.O.B. 5/26/07
  • Sire: Trail Dust
  • Dam: Sagebrush



Longhorn Bull Calf
For Sale
2007 Bull Calf #74
  • D.O.B. 4/20/07
  • Sire: Trail Dust
  • Dam: Buttercup



Sagebrush

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Certificate of Registration
for Sagebrush 10 (pdf)

For Sale
Sagebrush 10

This is a good sized cow born in 2001, sired by Pistol, a bull we raised, going back to Bold Ruler on the top. We also raised her dam Tabitha Twitchit, whose sire was Yankee, a McGill bred bull we bought from Owen in 1992, sired by Tabasco. She has raised nice calves for us with alot of horn. Her 2007 bull calf, #73, is a great looking calf we feel will grow into a good bull. She is bred again for the third time to Trial Dust. $2,800.




Cactus

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for Cactus 11 (pdf)

For Sale
Cactus 11 

Cactus is a large cow, born in 2001. She is out of our heavy horned cow, Mirlo, and has the same huge based horns that go high, measuring 53” tip to tip at last measurement, November 2007. She goes back to Bold Ruler top and bottom through Suspender, son of Bold Ruler. We kept the past two heifer calves out of this cow, both sired by Trail Dust, and they have huge horns and great conformation, one is a speckled red roan, the other is parker brown. She is bred to Trail Dust again for the third time. $3,000.




Lucky Lady

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for Lucky Lady 34 (pdf)

For Sale
Lucky Lady 34

Lucky goes back to Bold Ruler through Suspender both top and bottom. She is bred pretty much like all the other cows we have raised. She is turning out to be a nice big cow with good conformation and heavy horns. Born in 2003, she is a great milker and raises nice calves, we have just weaned her third calf, a heifer we plan to keep. She is bred back to Trail Dust now. $2,500




Classy

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for Classy 31 (pdf)

For Sale
Classy 31

Classy is a young 2003 model. She has about as good a conformation as you can find anywhere. We raised all the cows on her bottom side as far back as is shown, and all were good cows. Mouse was a great cow, a daughter of a Yates cow by Colorado Ranger. Big Lodge Bevo Jr. was an AI’d son of Bevo, Classic’s Sire. We used Range Boss for 7 years as a sire, and kept alot of his daughters, his mother was a straight Peeler cow we bought in 1981 from Mannie Moore and Jack Montgomery, she was bred to Measles Super Ranger at the time. We just weaned Classy’s third great calf, a heifer we will keep, sired by Trail Dust. She is bred back to Trail Dust again. This cow will be a good one. $2,200




Bitterroot

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for Bitterroot 51 (pdf)

For Sale
Bitterroot 51

This is a good young 2005 double bred Pistol cow, and twice back to Owen McGill bred Yankee, Hodges Bold Bell, and Hatch’s Dee Dee. Hatch’s Dee Dee was a heavy horned cow that we bought as a weanling heifer in 1992 from Jo Hatch before she went out of the longhorn business. Hornet’s mother and grandmother were a couple of the best milking cows we’ve ever had in 30 years. Her Sire Hornet has the same huge horn bases like his sire Pistol. We just weaned Bitterroots first calf, sired by Trail Dust, and she is bred back again to Trail Dust. $1,800




Thistle

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For Sale
Thistle 52

Here is a good young 2005 cow with great color. She goes back to Bold Ruler almost all ways. Back to Owen McGill bred Yankee on both sides and Suspender both sides. Croppy, Carol, and Scapegoat were granddaughters of Bold Ruler that we raised years ago. We raised both Pistol and Gustavus Gore and used both as bulls for several years. We just weaned her first calf, a nice heifer sired by Trail Dust, that we will keep. She is bred back to Trail Dust again. $1,800




Meet some of our Dams At The Hodges Ranch

Snorty with 2006 bull calf born April 4, 2006

"Snorty"

Mirlo, Dam

"Mirlo"


Candy, Dam

"Hatch's Candy"

If you would like to own a future trophy steer, contact Dave Hodges.



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