Empire is our "go to" heifer bull! He is an ultra calving ease bull that boasts CED and CEM EPDs in the top percentiles of the breed! Better yet, these cattle that have explosive weaning growth. In our 2023 spring crop, Empire sired the #1 weaning weight heifer and the #2 weaning weight bull! In our fall 2023 crop, Empire had the #1 weaning weight bull of the entire crop at 875 pounds (an ET calf) and among the non-ET calves, he sired the heaviest two bulls! In 2025, three of the top 5 weaning weight bulls in our crop were sired by Empire!

One of the best things about Empire's progeny is their growth curve that gives our customers accelerated early growth with a respectable mature size, so Empire's daughters won't be too big and harsh on feed resources! An ideal scenario for commercial cattlemen selling their calves by the pound at weaning and retaining replacement daughters!

Our February 4, 2025 sale was a great day for Empire, as the top-selling bull at $29,000 was an Empire son as well as the 7 th top-selling bull. The top-selling bred heifer was a $15,000 Empire daughter. Our February 3, 2026 will showcase many Empire sons and daughters as well as bred heifers carrying his service.

For those interested in the new Functional Longevity EPD (FL), Empire is the second highest Hoover-owned sire with a +1.18 FL EPD.

Empire isn't your typical "calving ease" bull lacking muscle — he scanned a 15.1" ribeye to have 1.17" of ribeye per hundred pounds of body weight! His carcass EPDs are favorable for producers feeding out their calves and selling on a grade and yield grid.

Empire daughters in production have picture-perfect udders, and look like their udders will be very long-lasting as nice of udder suspension and teat size as what they have. These young cows were easy fleshing and had great breed-back rates as wet two year-olds.

As a yearling bull, Empire froze semen at CGS, then serviced heifers at Mogck & Sons, then came to Hoover Angus for natural service duties. The same plan for 2022-2024 unfolded, with thousands of units of semen being sold throughout the Midwest, including to numerous repeat customers who have now used Empire for several years.

Empire's dam is an 11th generation Eraline female to be bred, born and raised by Mogck & Sons. Empire had a light birth weight of 62 pounds followed by an 816 pound weaning weight, WR 116, YW 1462 lbs., YR 110.

We welcome visitors to see this bull, as we are proud of his structure, feet, substance, and disposition! Come see him on a pasture tour this summer!

Semen $25; certificates $40; commercial pricing is available.