WE ARE BLESSED TO BE A 3RD AND 4TH GENERATION FAMILY OPERATION. CHARLES E. (SONNY) AND MAURINE BAUER ESTABLISHED THE NAME 3 BRIDGES LAND AND CATTLE FOR THEIR COMMERCIAL CATTLE OPERATION IN 1983. THE RANCH RUNS BOTH RED ANGUS COMMERCIAL AND a SEEDSTOCK CATTLE HERD. we have placed AN EXTENSIVE FOCUS ON PURCHASING PROVEN QUALITY GENETICS. FEMALES MUST BE BALANCED IN ALL TRAITS; THEY MUST BE STRUCTURALLY SOUND, MAINTENANCE EFFICIENT, MATERNAL, PRODUCTIVE YEAR AFTER YEAR, and have COMPLETE ECONOMIC VALUE.
WITH BULL SELECTION BEING ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL DECISIONS MADE BY ANY COW/CALF OPERATION, OUR HERD SIRE SELECTION IS GIVEN THE SAME THOUGHTFULNESS AND EVALUATION. ONLY GENETICALLY SUPERIOR SIRES WITH BALANCED EPD PROFILES, EXPRESSING NOTICEABLE CALVING EASE, GAIN, AND GOOD DISPOSITION ARE USED. BULLS MUST BE STOUT-MADE, LOADED WITH MUSCLE, HAVE LARGE TESTICLES AND BE SURE-FOOTED. A STRICT CULLING PHILOSOPHY HAS ALSO BEEN IMPLEMENTED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE HERD SELECTION PROCESS AND ONLY THE MOST QUALITY ANIMALS ARE RETAINED.
WITH BULL SELECTION BEING ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL DECISIONS MADE BY ANY COW/CALF OPERATION, OUR HERD SIRE SELECTION IS GIVEN THE SAME THOUGHTFULNESS AND EVALUATION. ONLY GENETICALLY SUPERIOR SIRES WITH BALANCED EPD PROFILES, EXPRESSING NOTICEABLE CALVING EASE, GAIN, AND GOOD DISPOSITION ARE USED. BULLS MUST BE STOUT-MADE, LOADED WITH MUSCLE, HAVE LARGE TESTICLES AND BE SURE-FOOTED. A STRICT CULLING PHILOSOPHY HAS ALSO BEEN IMPLEMENTED AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE HERD SELECTION PROCESS AND ONLY THE MOST QUALITY ANIMALS ARE RETAINED.
BULLS CALVES ARE DEVELOPED IN A 100-ACRE PASTURE WHERE THEY BEGIN WORKING ON STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY. THE RUGGED ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY ARE DEVELOPED, ALONG WITH VARYING WEATHER CONDITIONS HELP US EFFECTIVELY ASSESS GENETIC DIFFERENCES, SOUNDNESS, PERFORMANCE, AND AID US IN DETERMINING WHICH BULLS ARE THE BEST FOR OUR PROGRAM.