About SGF

History  

The Shady Grove Farm purebred Angus herd originated in 1958 when Charles Curry purchased his first registered heifer from G. Dayton Hodges of Arbor Hill Farm for a 4-H project.  Over the next several years foundation females were purchased from Fred and Jimmy Carter of Skyview Farms, Pete Myers of Goose Run Farm, Glen Yount of Green Hills Farm, R. H. and M. E. Ewing, H. P. Mays and Son, G. T. Ward, Alpine Farms, Eldon Farm, and Bromley Farms.  In the early 70's, several performance tested bulls were purchased from the first performance tested bull sales of Martin Jorgensen in Ideal, South Dakota.  Rito 707 of Ideal 533 (149), Emulous 127 of Ideal 533 (a maternal brother to "149"), and selected AI sires were used.  A performance testing program was implemented in 1975 and bulls were performance tested at the Virginia B.C.I.A. bull testing stations at Culpeper and Red House.  Over the past 30 years, the herd grew to 100 cows by retaining home grown replacement heifers. 

Current Breeding

The most recent performance bulls were purchased from Jorgensen Land and Cattle Company, Sinclair Cattle Company, and Ohlde Cattle Company.  These herd sires include Ideal 3414 of 1418 943 (1994), Ideal 69 of G T Max 3410 (1997), Ideal 8200 of 033 3410, (1999), S C C Rito 0P4 of D806 7484 (2001), O C C Lieutenant 866L (2002), O C C Navigator 700N (2004), and Sinclair Nick of Time 6P26 (2007).