Our Family & Program
Harry was born and raised in North Dakota, where he grew up on a large farming and cattle enterprise. In 1969, Harry’s father had the foresight to use semen from a new “exotic” breed introduced in Canada ~ Simmental. Performance was excellent, and the Moser feeder cattle and bulls were sold at a premium by private treaty, and in 1980, the Moser family held their first production sale in Mandan, ND.
Lisa was born and raised on a general crop and livestock farm in northeast Kansas. Black baldy cows and an Angus bull comprised the genetic base. In the late ’70′s, her father bought his first Simmental bull to use on the baldy cowherd. Weaning weights were tremendous, and the Simmental influence was there to stay.
After their marriage in 1982, Harry and Lisa spent four years farming and ranching in southwest North Dakota with Harry’s parents. In 1986, an opportunity presented itself to manage a large ranch in northeast Kansas. From 1986 to 1994, they managed the 2700 acre Limestone Springs Ranch, running approximately 250 head of commercial cows as well as developing their Simmental program and customer base. In February 1994, one day after their second Simmental bull sale, the Mosers moved to the spot they now call home, approximately 40 miles northeast of Manhattan to a farm near Wheaton, Kansas. AI has been used extensively since 1980, and ET has been utilized since 1991. The Moser Angus program began with the purchase of what was felt to be the perfect Angus female, from the standpoints of phenotype, proven genetic lines, and performance. “Fink’s Pride 221 04 Bando” was purchased from Fink Beef Genetics in November 1993. The Red Angus breed was introduced into the Moser operation when embryos from the Pelton Red Angus & Simmental operation were purchased and planted in May 1996. In the late 90’s, Mosers began focusing on the production of superior F1 bulls and females to supply yet another product for a rapidly growing facet of their customer needs. Black and Red SimAngus bulls now make up the majority of the sale offering each year. Performance, predictability and customer service are the cornerstones of our program.
The Moser children have now grown, and two are back at Moser Ranch. Cameron married Carrie in 2008, and continues as farm manager, making all farming decisions and doing the lion’s share of the farming himself while helping out on the cattle side when needed. Carrie is a fulltime nurse, but loves to ride horse when she gets the chance. Also in 2008, Kendra married Rex Michaelis. Rex helps full-time on the cattle side in addition to managing a commercial herd near Maple Hill. Rex is a K-State grad in Ag Journalism and he is an intelligent young cattleman-fun to work with and smart when it comes to handling livestock. Kendra is busy being a wife and a mom and finishing up her college degree at Kansas State University in Early Childhood Education. Their two little guys, Tucker and Tate have brought a special joy to all our lives. Kayla is a junior studying at Kansas State University, majoring in Secondary Education (Biological Sciences) with an additional desire to coach high school athletics. We are a family affair!
A Quick Look at What We’ve Done and What We Do
- Continual feedlot and carcass merit testing of steer mates to our sale bulls. 1993-2006 through the Commercial Cattlemen’s Improvement Program at Solomon Valley Feedlot, Beloit; Schmidt Feed Yard, Tipton. Since 2007 through the Decatur Beef Alliance at Decatur County Feed Yard, Oberlin, KS.
- Moser Ranch hosts numerous groups including 4-H, FFA, & Collegiate Livestock Judging teams, Beef Technology Tours, Ag in the Classroom summer class students, KSU Livestock Production Management Class, Kansas Young Farmers, the Kansas Simmental Association and various grade school classes. We have had international visitors from China, the Philippines, and Turkey. We have given AI & ET presentations to several groups, and have been guest presenters at KSU’s Beef Science & Livestock Sales Management classes, as well as the K-State Beef Conference.
- Since 1992, Moser Ranch has hosted several field days, open houses and customer appreciation suppers. Guest speakers at events address timely topics in the beef industry. We hosted feed yard and packinghouse tours in 1998 and 2003.
- Involvements in the Beef Industry:
- Kansas Simmental Association, Harry-President 1996; Lisa-Advisory Committee
- American Simmental Association, Harry-Board of Trustees 2002-2008. Treasurer 2005, Vice Chairman 2006, Chairman of the Board 2007
- Beef Improvement Federation, Harry-Board of Directors, 2008
- Moser Ranch was honored to receive the Beef Improvement Federation’s “Seedstock Producer of the Year” for 2003.
- Kansas Livestock Association, Harry and Lisa-County Directors 2008-2010; Harry-Stockgrower Council Executive Committee, Vice-Chairman Membership Committee 2011; Stockgrower Council Executive Committee, Chairman Membership Committee 2012.
- Beef Quality Assurance certified as of September 13, 2011.
- The Moser Ranch has been and continues to be active in the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
Our Services
The Moser Ranch Mission Statement for the 21st Century
The Moser Ranch is dedicated to the efficient production of a high quality beef product that will consistently be a very satisfying eating experience. By constantly monitoring measurable goals for our genetics, we are confident that our cattle ARE working for our customers. Continued consumer and customer education concerning beef and the beef industry, as well as pursuing marketing enhancements for our customers’ products will also remain priorities in our program.
- Established December 1999 by Moser Ranch
Marketing and Value Adding Opportunities through Moser Ranch
Customer herd consultations. Please contact us if you’d like a personal one-to-one visit at your operation!
Annual LMA-VACC Preconditioned Calf Sale for our customers every October at Holton Livestock Exchange, Holton, KS, since 2001. Our 11th Sale was October 18, 2011. 225 head of SimChoice Age and Source Verified steers and heifers from four customers and 63 head of preconditioned calves from 3 other customers sold on a strong market.
Annual Commercial Customer Female Sale since 2005.
Member of Decatur Beef Alliance since 2002. Here is an opportunity for the progressive producer to get out of the commodity business and into the value-added beef business. Individual performance and carcass data on every animal.
Big Blue Sale Barn. Working through our nutritionist at Suther Feeds, this on-line cattle sale is an efficient and effective arena to determine cattle value, establish delivery dates and terms for transaction without physical cattle movement until they are loaded on the truck and headed for their new owner’s destination. Suther staff provides on-site cattle evaluation and market plan development.
Many times private contacts that we maintain are looking for feeder cattle, replacements or breeding stock. We can put you in direct contact with a potential buyer or seller and you can take it from there.
SimChoice Age & Source Verification. Since October 2007, we have placed over 2800 tags in customer cattle. Age & Source verifying your calf crop is worth the effort, and the Moser Ranch is proud to offer this service to its customers. At $2.50/head, this reasonably priced program is easy to implement. It is regulated through the American Simmental Association and MicroBeef Technologies, Amarillo, TX.
