STR Encore

Nt821 Status: Negative

Champion Bloodlines: Yes
HGL Power Rating (1-10): 9
AHCA Registration No.: 62210

Color: Brindle
DOB: 5/4/2020

Your 2023 National AHCA Champion Bull.  He weighed 1,822lbs with a ribeye of 18.3 inches at the show in January 2023.  He is long, extremely wide, and absolutely correct.  Plus, this Athletic bull walks like a cat, absolutely correct in every movement.  His scrotal circumference was 43 cm (Feb 2022).  He is the full brother of STR Revolution, a NWSS National Champion Bull.  His mother is a three-time NWSS National Champion Female, STR Enchanted.  His father is STR Ruthless Game, who was a NWSS National Champion Bull and HIS sire was a Australian National Champion. Wow, can you pack more powerful genetics into an animal!  To top it off, this Brindle boy is cool, calm, and collected on halter and loves to be brushed.  He brings the whole package on what you want to have when selecting a bull. His 2024 calf crop averaged a birth weight of 70lbs and are the spitting image of their daddy. Their extremely balanced throughout their whole body and move out beautifully. His first calves are even doing well in the show ring, one his calves (KFR Samson) even WON the Junior Bull Calf Tittle down a the 2025 NWSS. STR Encore is not only an outstanding Highland bull, but an outstanding bull, no matter what breed.  

Calving Ease?: Average
Calf Birth Weights: 70lbs

Encore's Lineage:

Encore's Full Sibling, STR Revolution

Revolution was the 2019 NWSS Grand Champion Bull

STR Encore's Sire, STR Ruthless Game

Ruthless Game was the 2017 NWSS Reserve Champion Bull

STR Encore's Dam, STR Enchanted

Enchanted is one of the ONLY females to every triple-peat the NWSS Grand Champion Female tittle (2014, 15, & 16)

STR Encore's Maternal Granddam, Summit Ranch Shaelyn

Shaelyn was the 2007 NWSS Champion Female and producer of SEVERAL NWSS Champions

Learn more Here

Encore's Maternal Grandsire, Karabin Farm's Tuffy

Tuffy was the 2007 NWSS Grand Champion Bull

Encore's Paternal Grandsire, Samhach Buidhe of Bairnsley

"Sam" was a multiple-time Australian Champion and producer of champions around the world

Learn more here

Encore's Progeny:

WL Naranja

(STR Encore x Gray Owl's Britta)

CZH Deoxys

(STR Encore x Sunset Fargo's Xena) Owned by Cheesehead Highlands

KRF Samson

STR Encore Son WON the Junior Yearling Bull Tittle at the 2025 NWSS - Owned By Keller Ranch

Encore at the NWSS:

There's no doubt STR Encore, his genetics, and his progeny have DOMINATED the NWSS the last couple years. Here's a few of those stats below.

2025:

  • KRF Samson - STR Encore son WON the Grand Champion Junior Bull Calf Division Tittle
  • Mid-Lakes Trailblazer - STR Encore son WON the Grand Champion Intermediate Bull Calf Division Tittle
  • Heifer Calf sired by STR Encore sold for $11,000
  • Recip carrying STR Encore x Honey Creek Roxanne Heifer Calf sold for $13,000
  • 3 Heifer-Sexed Embryos STR Encore x Bennachie's Hazel Sold for $10,200
  • 10 Straws Heifer-Sexed Semen from STR Encore sold for $14,500

2024:

  • 3 Embryos of STR Encore X Ledyards Tiffany Talia Sold for $7,500
  • 3 Embryos of STR Encore X Mid Lakes All Eyes on Me Sold for $7,500
  • 10 Straws STR Encore Semen Sold for $9,500

2023:

  • STR Encore - Your 2023 NWSS Grand Champion Bull
  • Encore broke the record in 2023 by being the Highest Selling Highland Bull EVER for $16,000 (that record has since been broken)
  • 10 conventional straws of STR Encore semen also sold for $7,500
  • 3 Heifer Sexed Embryos STR Encore x Gray Owls Britta sold for $5,000