38 Special sons have been crowd favorites in the past six Hoover Angus sales. One hundred sixteen 38 Special sons to come to auction at Hoover Angus have averaged $8116! 38 Special progeny have added frame, length, and muscle. Well-documented calving ease, growth, and marbling are trademarks of this sire. Many heifers have calved successfully to 38 Special, and we do recommend him as a safe choice for use on heifers.
Females have been equally successful in sales as well as real-world working conditions. 38 Special daughters are now in the prime of their life, and we can definitely say 38 Special can improve udders! Daughters have superior udder attachment and a small teat size. Uniformity in the udders of 38 Special daughters is exceptional!
Among the top 10 indexing cows in the Hoover herd, 3 are sired by 38 Special, including the #1 cow! Over 500 daughters have an average 101 wean ratio on their progeny.
Ultrasound data from the spring 2018 Hoover Angus heifer crop showed that the top FOUR marbling heifers among 100+ heifers were all sired by Baldridge 38 Special! This sire now has over 900 progeny with a whopping 110 IMF ratio and 100 ribeye ratio!
In 38 Special's first calf crop, a heifer calf was the #1 adjusted weaning weight heifer of the crop at 872 pounds, which is the heaviest adjusted weaning weight of any female in Hoover history!
38 Special was our pick of the bulls in the record 2016 Baldridge Bros. Sale, where 38 Special and his 6 flush brothers averaged $58,928. 38 Special was the 3rd top-selling bull of the event at $100,000.
38 Special was definitely the power, high performance bull of his flush and a standout with added frame in the Baldridge offering. He is a unique blend of his sire's calving ease and his dam's big frame and power. Viewing the Y69 donor cow prior to purchasing 38 Special, we found her to be everything Jud promised. She is the most influential cow in Baldridge history, and is having a large impact on the nation's cow herd. As her sons are being used heavily now across the breed, Y69 will be remembered as one of the breed's great ones! She is one of the top income-producing cows in the history of the breed.
38 Special's individual performance data:
BW 83 pounds
WW 859 lbs., WR 111
YW 1523 lbs., YR 112
Adjusted yearling scrotal 39.53 cm
IMF 6.99, ratio 104
RE 14.6", ratio 97
Yearling HH 53", Frame Score 7.0