Mead Mercury was the $85,000 top-selling bull of the March 2, 2024 Mead Farms Bull Sale. Mercury combines breed-leading muscle, outstanding thickness, a great look, solid feet, and still does an excellent job of covering the bases on paper.

Mercury will be one of the more moderate frame sized bulls in the Hoover herd bull line-up, however, he has the unique ability to sire heavy weaning weights (excellent for our customers who sell their calves by the pound at weaning), yet modest mature weights, whereby keeping cow size in check and not getting too extreme and harsh on feed resources. This is shown by Mercury's WW and YW EPDs in the top 10-15% of the breed, yet his Mature Weight EPD in the bottom 75% of the breed, which indicates smaller mature size. Truly an optimal genetic combination for Hoover Angus customers!

Our first crop of Mercury calves were definitely stout and sold in our 2026 production sale, several of which were photo features, including the 3rd top-selling bull.

Mercury's muscle is evident not only by viewing the bull, but his 17.7” ribeye gives him an off-the-charts 1.44” of ribeye per hundred pounds of body weight! Hoover Angus customers like muscle, and this bull certainly offers it! Mercury also offers higher marbling and ribeye potential for our customers feeding out their calves and selling them on a grid.

Sire Basin Safe Deposit was the 2020 Montana Performance Bull Co-op top seller that offers a unique combination of foot quality, carcass merit, and curve bending spread with outstanding phenotype. Cattlemen who understand structure and how it relates to foot quality have described Safe Deposit as a legitimate foot improver.

Mercury grew up in the tough fescue country of central Missouri at Mead Angus where mothers have to make a living or they get hauled to town. No excuses, no special treatment, just good cow sense and good genetics! His dam who has now earned Pathfinder honors records 4-98 birth weight ratio, 4-104 wean ratio and 1-105 yearling ratio.

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