Page 25 - The Wellborn 2R Beef Story eBook

Left: D.E. Reese, father Earl Wayne Reese,
longtime manager of Wellborn 2R Ranch,
driving a historic herd of Hereford cattle to
the pens for the cowboy crew to work. At
the time this photo was taken the ranch was
known as the Priddy 2R Ranch.

Below: Barn and windmill on the Ikard
Ranch. Written on back of photo, “This
barn stood at the location, six miles west of
Henrietta on the Ikard ranch where Captain
Will S. Ikard brought the first Hereford cattle
to Texas in 1876 from Beacher, Illinois. Dr.
A.B. Edwards bought this ranch from Captain
Ikard in 1910 and sold it to his younger son,
A.B. Kirk Edwards in 1942. This barn was
distroyed by a windstorm in 1953. Photograph
taken in 1900~Courtesy of the Clay County Historical
Society.

Always seeking the best genetics available at the time, the
Wellborn 2R Ranch had these historic Hereford cattle on our
ranges in the beginning and throughout most of the 1900s.
Later in the 20th century we started switching from Hereford
to full Angus bloodlines. The Angus breed has a proven history
of providing the best possible cattle genetics to farmers
and ranchers worldwide. We look to Angus to fulfill genetic
requirements — calving ease, high growth, carcass value —
that set the stage for a genetially superior cow herd and with
carcass traits that yield prime beef.

We are proud that our ranch has had such a significant role
in Texas history and now plays such a role in it’s future. We
still raise our cattle on native grass pastures like they did 150
years ago tended to by real Texas cowboys, but our genetic
technology has improved significantly and we pay premium
prices to finish them on an all natural grain diet. The result is
an amazing homegrown, ranch raised product that is high-
end choice or prime with off-the-charts flavor.
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