Home of the Budweiser Angus: Our Emulous story starts in 1934 at Pleasant Plains, Illinois. It was a drouth and depression year. Water, feed and money were scarce. Three men from Oklahoma were visiting J. Garrett Tolan Farms-Charles Bates, veteran Angus breeder from Ada; the young college man who was showing his cattle that year, Lee Leachman; and a young rancher getting a solid start with Angus, Carlton Corbin of Fittstown. Earlier the master breeder, Garrett Tolan, had bought a small herd of Angus from August Busch of brewing fame to get 12 daughters of a 10-year old bull named Emulous of Sangamon. Bred at St. Albans Farms at Pacific, Missouri, old "Emulous" was considered "a rib long" for his time. Due to his advanced age and the wear and tear under natural breeding conditions he was destined for the stockyards. Carlton Corbin liked the old bull's calves and agreed to pay the Illinois breeder market price for him-7 cents a pound. Even though he was old, long and gaunt, Emulous of Sangamon weighed nearly 1,800 pounds and cost the Oklahoman just under $125.00. With his transfer, and transportation, he cost around $150. Emulous of Sangamon was a good deal for both the buyer and seller. For the seller one of his daughters, Sangamon Evergreen 3, became the dam of one of the fabulous producing females of the breed, Evergreen T. For Carlton Corbin, with only a small herd of cattle, old "Emulous" sired two calf crops and left 29 sons and daughters when he died at 12. But they were destined to make Angus history. The following is a list of the Emulous genetics in the Pridedale Genetics herd: ~Emulous of Sangamon: $EN: +42.18 ~Emulous of Stoneybroke: contributed much to the size and rate of gain factor in the Emulous cattle. $EN: +41.69 ~Emulous of Paris: a large framed bull with bred-in carcass quality. $EN: +41.48 ~Emulous 700: his dam weighed 1,700 pounds. YH: +.1 $EN: +34.36 ~Emulous Bob: his dam is the daughter of Eston Elation Quality, who appears in the tabulation of many of the cattle from Western Canada. $EN +40.22 ~Emulous Bob 2: sired 2 Certified Meat Sires. YW: +24 $F: -16.31 $EN: +34.72 ~Emulous Bob of K Pride: the World's first 100% Certified Meat Sire of any breed and sire of 9 Certified Meat Sires. Cwt: +11 RE Ultrasound: Fat: +0 $EN: +37.83 ~Emulous Pride 70: 100% Certified Meat Sire and sire of the 1972 Denver National Grand Champion Bull, 1972 Denver Reserve Grand Champion Bull, 1972 Denver Reserve Grand Champion Female, 1972 Denver Get of Sire, 1972 Denver Reserve Grand Champion Carload of Bulls, and the 1972 Grand Champion Carload of Feeder Steers. %IMF: +0 $EN: +40.18 ~Emulous Master 209: 100% Certified Meat Sire and the sire of the 1971 International Grand Champion Bull. WW: +9 MW: +34 Mrb: +.15 $QG: +10.20 $B: +.51 $EN: +33.90 ~Spur Emulous Master: 100% Certified Meat Sire and 1971 International Grand Champion Bull. He is the grandsire of The Grizz, a popular clubcalf sire. RE: +.09 Fat: -.026 $EN: +40.58 ~Pridedales Emulous Master: EPD's: BW: -1.4 $EN: +40.52 For sale: ~Natural grass fed feeder calves. ~Club Calves. ~Breeding bulls: Bull calves to herd bulls. GeneSTAR tested for marbling and tenderness.

Price     $450 to $1,100.