From: Dickinson Cattle Co., LLC 35000 Muskrat Barnesville, Ohio 43713 USA October 22, 2016 Contact: Darol Dickinson darol@texaslonghorn.com 740 758 5050
Clear Point, a registered Texas Longhorn bull won 3 of 3 Championship Bronze during the Horn Showcase in Lawton, OK. He is owned by Dickinson Cattle Co of Barnesville, Ohio.
Barnesville, OH -- Dickinson Cattle Company (DCC) of Barnesville, Ohio won 8 Championship Bronze during the annual Horn Showcase finals in Lawton, OK. This is the world's largest cattle competition for horn data measuring.
The TLBAA Horn Showcase is a horn measuring event with careful detail to tip to tip measurement, total horn, which measures around the curl, and horn base circumference. Measurements are calculated to 1/16th of an inch by a team of experienced horn masters. This event has built momentum for many years and has great influence on Texas Longhorn market popularity. In past years Texas Longhorn cattle have sold for amounts above $150,000, and many were sporting record wide serpentined spreads.
Joel Dickinson received 8 Horn Showcase Championship Bronze presented during the TLBAA Awards banquet. Famous cattle who captured awards owned by Dickinson Cattle Co of Barnesville, Ohio are Jam Packed, Clear Point, Rodeo Max and Clear Win.
Texas Longhorn cattle are bred for all the main virtues of other cattle breeds, yet beyond that, longevity of production, attractive colors, unassisted calving, large weaning weights, lean high omega 3 meat, and long twisty horns. The horns are an exciting investor factor with multiple opinionated preferences.
Jam Packed won the national Horn Showcase competition with 85.875" Tip To Tip and Composite of 208.75". She is age 4, bred and raised by Dickinson Cattle Co of Barnesville, Ohio.
The Texas Longhorn Breeders Assn of Fort Worth, TX hosts the annual Horn Showcase event. The largest horned cattle all over North America from Ponoka, Alberta, to Norco, CA, to Texas to Florida to Ohio have satellite measuring regional contests. Thousands of measurements have been calculated. A grandiose final event is staged in Lawton -- with total entries from all 23 North American satellites.
Clear Point won all three divisions of Tip To Tip 89.0625", Total Horn 111.125", bases of 22.5" and 22.125" creating a composite Championship of 244.8125". Rodeo Max also won all three including the Composite. The Composite is the most valued as it is an indicator that the specimen is a total excellent quality.
Dickinson Cattle Company is a family owned ranching business that markets registered cattle, hosts ranch tours for guests and competes in national livestock contests. DCC has a fully stocked ranch store providing 75 different horn products and all natural Texas Longhorn healthy beef. Ranch manager Joel Dickinson reports, "We are very honored that with all the great cattle competing, in 23 different events, the DCC entries won 8 Bronze."
Clear Point High Res: https://www.texaslonghorn.com/hr/c_2970.jpg
Joel Dickinson High Res: https://www.texaslonghorn.com/eBlasts/Images/20161024-Joel-Horn-Bronze-HR.jpg
Jam Packed High Res: https://www.texaslonghorn.com/eBlasts/Images/C_7033-Jam-Packed-HR.jpg
