09/25/2026
BSG Liberty Lassie 2362 of 25J ET is the young female we want at the center of the mating chalkboard. Not simply because she carries the Lassie name, but because she gives us room to breed cattle in several useful directions without first having to repair something. She is moderate and efficient in her scale, deep and square through her body, sound on the move and distinctly feminine. Her genetic profile follows the same pattern: calving ease and Stayability, breed-improving pounds, maternal strength and carcass value are held together without one coming at the expense of another. Those are the safeguards that allow a donor to create cattle for more than one market.
Her pedigree connects the power and reach of Waukaru Lassie 2024 with the disciplined, profit-minded genetics of Gilman’s Liberty Valance 25J. The result is not a replica of 2024, but a daughter shaped for the next set of decisions. We can mate 2362 to proven maternal cattle, fresh calving-ease-to-carcass lines, or complementary outcrosses and still keep the same destination in view: sound, right-sized Shorthorns that calve, grow, breed back and leave value behind. That is why she now leads the female and embryo work at Bowman Superior Genetics and McKenzie Ranch. Liberty Lassie does not narrow our programs toward one strong advantage; she expands what the programs can make through a multitude of outcross options.