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Cherry Crk Blue Collar G275
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CHERRY CRK ENVITA B211 S - the powerful dam of Blue Collar
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BALDRIDGE KEEN K109 - $11,000 son of Cherry Crk Blue Collar
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BALDRIDGE WORKING CLASS - the $70,000 two-thirds interest top-selling son of Blue Collar at ORIgen
Reference Sires
Cherry Crk Blue Collar G275
S S Niagara Z29
Tehama Patriarch F028
Tehama Elite Blackbird D826
KM Broken Bow 002
Cherry Crk Envita B211 S
Cherry Crk Envita 1042 S
Conventional semen is packaged in ¼ cc straws
Number 2 for Calving Ease Direct score EPD, Number 4 for Rib Eye area measure EPD and Calving Ease Maternal score EPD, Number 7 for PAP score EPD, Number 8 for avg % ranking of 16 economically important EPD predictions and Birth Weight EPD and Number 10 for percent Heifer Pregnancy EPD and Claw set score EPD.
An ORIgen sales volume leader in 2024 and the sire of the largest sire groups of both the 2024 and 2025 Baldridge Performance Angus Bull sales, the $70,000 top-selling lead bull of the record-setting 2024 Sale was the young ORIgen sire Baldridge Working Class, headliner of the largest sire group of 47 Blue Collar sons that sold for an average of $11,149 with 46 sons featured as the largest sire group again in 2025 where they commanded an average of $13,446 with his $80,000 son Baldridge Blue You topping the sale after being selected to lead the sale and sold to Krebs Ranch.
As of the start of 2025, there have been 509 progeny of Blue Collar genomic tested and 139 calves born from first calf heifers with an average calving ease score of 1.0 with 448 calves in 20 herds recording an average birth ratio with 346 calves recording an average weaning ratio of 101, 241 yearlings also have an average ratio of 101 and 221 head scanned have an average URE ratio of 102.
Sire was purchased by ABS as the $88,000 three-quarter interest top seller of his calf crop at the famous Tehama Angus Ranch and he has ranked as the ABS NUMBER 1 sales beef bull for their past several fiscal years and paternal brothers to Blue Collar from the first two calf crops by Patriarch included the top-selling bulls of their 2020 and 2021 Tehama sales headlined by a $75,000 selection of ST Genetics.
Dam stacks the popular ABS maternal trait leading sires Broken Bow and New Standard and his third dam is a Pathfinder Dam in the Booth performance program.
Designed to breed virgin heifers and for use at altitude without sacrificing yearling performance and added muscle, Blue Collar should be just what his name implies – the bull that can do the “dirty work” while keeping those who use him in business through good times or challenging times.
Ultra-elite for Rib Eye area measure EPD and Calving Ease Direct score EPD, elite for $Angus x Holstein crossbreeding value index, $Angus x Jersey crossbreeding value index, PAP score EPD, percent Heifer Pregnancy EPD and Calving Ease Maternal score EPD and better than breed avg for Hair Shedding score EPD, Scrotal Circumference measure EPD, Docility score EPD and hoof Angle score EPD.