Larry Aschermann grew up on a corn and bean farm in Illinois. Wanting to go to an agricultural school he chose Kansas State University. He graduated with a degree in Animal Science. His wife Peggy says, “ No one has used their Animal Science degree more than Larry. They taught him a lot about cattle, but nothing about cats.” After graduation he became a field man for the American Shorthorn Assoc. handling all states East of the Mississippi river. That lead to his becoming the executive for a group of people who were importing cattle from France. He then returned home to Illinois to farm. He loved cattle farming however, Larry says he was voted Illinois Unstar Grain Farmer. When farming didn’t work out he accepted a job with a subsidiary of Monsanto as Manager of Production in the beef division. While establishing his production area, he fell in love with Southwest Missouri. He knew that was where he wanted to live. He purchased Diamond/Four State Stockyards and held his first sale on April Fools day in 1980. While opening the stockyard he became interested in Charolais Genetics. He is presently pursuing his life time dream of selling lots of "Good Bulls". Larry thinks he is a lucky man. When he was little he wanted to be a cowboy when he grew up. His dream came true. Only difference is, as Peggy says, “He’s a bullboy.” Larry has served on the: Missouri Beef Industry Council, Missouri Livestock Marking Association and the Board for Governor’s Advisory Council for Agriculture.
Peggy grew up on a Hereford/wheat farm in Kansas. Her childhood dream of becoming the first women President didn’t quite pan out for her. She graduated from Washburn University with a degree in Criminal Justice. Peggy has two children and three grandsons, who, of course are the loves of her life. Always being an animal lover she says she can’t believe she found a man who loves the little furry creatures as much as she does. I thought my Dad had the softest hands in the world when treating a sick one, but Larry is right there with him. Peggy plays lots of softball. Traveling all over the United States on a traveling tournament team. She was inducted into the National Senior Softball Hall of fame in 2009. She is a breast cancer survivor. And wants to reminded everyone to get that mammogram every year.
Larry and Peggy Aschermann
We took a chance and bought twenty
straws of Akaushi semen to A.I. some of our
Charolais heifers. To say I was a skeptic would be
an understatement. Most promoters of any breed
overstate all the great attributes their breed offers.
For our experiment, we used the same selection
criteria that we used when starting our Charolais
program in 1993: eye appeal, disposition,
fescue tolerant, and sound feet and legs. Akaushi
checked all the boxes and then some, giving us
more growth than expected.
Fast forward to early 2017. Combining our premium
grading Charolais with front-end Akaushi
sires from Heartbrand, we developed a herd of
F1’s. Using both A.I. and E.T. our experiment had
exciting results. Our next step was to purchase
foundation Akaushi females for embryo production.
We only wanted genetics that were direct
descendants of the original imports that also
met our original selection criteria. This was a big
challenge given the fact that the only Fullblood
imports were three bulls and eight cows about
thirty years ago. After extensive research, we
found what we wanted with the purchase of five
Fullblood females.
Our excitement for this Japanese breed has increased. Over the past years, we have discovered Akaushi fertility is outstanding with embryo and semen production - way better than other breeds we have sampled. Based on our previous auctions, we found there is more demand at the grass roots level in our area than we expected. Considering Akaushi is relatively
new and most cattlemen have never heard of
these genetics.
Lastly, but most important, is the taste and tenderness of the meat. It is unique and delicious. We fed the F1’s that did not produce as breeding cattle just as a commercial feedlot would. The meat sold direct and each carcass was sampled by us.
Surveys were taken and buyers without exception said they wanted more!
“The beginning is the most important
part of any work” - Author Unknown
WE ARE OFFERING THE NEW GENERATION OF OLD GENETICS. In 2013, we took a chance and bought twenty straws of Akaushi semen to A.I. Some of our Charolais heifers. To say I was a skeptic would be an understatement. Most promoters of any breed overstate all the great attributes their breed offers. For our experiment we used the same selection criteria that we used when starting our Charolais program in, 1993. Eye appeal, disposition, fescue tolerant, sound feet and legs. Akaushi checked all the boxes and then some; giving us more growth than expected.
Commercial Bull Production - Charolais Bulls in volume, is our main business. We have years of proven customer satisfaction. Our bulls are known for their good dispositions, sound feet and legs, easy calving, and fast growing calves. We produce both purebred and hybrid seed stock.
EPD’S: The breed average for Non Parent EPD distribution is: CE 5.8 BW -0.3 WW 57.6 YW 104.3 MILK 22.8 TOTAL MATL 51.6 SC 0.9 MCE 5.3 HCW 21.7 REA 0.71 FAT 0.009 MARB 0.11 TSI 247.70. Additional EPD’s for sale bulls can be provided.on March 19, 2022.
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