Cattle | Windy Butte Herefords

Our Program

By Dan Kniffen and Ann Swinker Kniffen

Source of Performance Hereford Cattle - Real World Cattle- Outcross genetics, with 60+ years of breeding registered Hereford cattle.

Windy Butte Ranch is located in Central Pennsylvania in Centre County. We pride ourselves in producing quality and not quantity, as both of us were faculty members at Penn State University, we need cattle that will maintain themselves on minimal input. We have no tolerance for cattle that require excessive maintenance or time, this in turn has driven us to cull heavily and to only pass these hardy genetics on to you. We are dedicated to the Hereford industry and can't wait to see how our genetics will influence the breed in the years to come.

Available: Hereford Cattle - cows with calves, Bulls 2yrs and Yrls, All with Excellent Calving Ease, Good Disposition. Moderate size, bred for feed efficiency, grass conversion & carcass quality.

We have some very promising sire prospects in this year’s crop that will be ready in the spring. If interested in using our herd sires, semen is available on the bull you are interested in using. For more information or help locating a bull for your next herd sire feel free to contact us.

Hereford Bulls Yearlings and 2 yr. olds, Excellent Calving Ease, Good Disposition. Moderate size, bred for feed efficiency, grass conversion & carcass quality. Nationally Recognized High-Performance Sires, Pedigrees include; SHF Ribeye R117, KCF Bennett R294, Fortune 848, Target B439, Legend 242, EFBeef Plato, Perfection 581, Cuda 815B, EFBeef 10Y Hometown E115, Tested X 651, and Frank W420. Cow/calf pairs available. Ultrasound data can be available. Delivery can be arranged.

You’ll always be surprised with the new updated genetics and tried and true traditional genetics that we have available to help with your herd's advancement.

On occasion a few cow/calf pairs and Heifers are for sale.
Each year we offer for sale all of our 4 & 5 year old bred cows.

Windy Butte
Herd Sires
Check out the bulls that sired calves at our farm. Listed below are our sires passed and current

KCF Bennett H642 L 575, Reg 44509019, 10/9/23

Sire: KCF BENNETT Bedrock H 642 (R Landmark 4386 X KCF Miss Cuda F565)
Dam: KCF Miss Appomattox J 327 (KCF Bennett Appomattox G442 X Miss Landmark G341)

This bull is homozygous polled, he is a short marked, cherry red, goggle eyed outstanding bull that checks all the boxes on EPDs. His exceptional 2 yr old dam is a maternal sister to one of his breeder’s top bulls, KCF Bennett Dominion K 510. The Landmark daughters are proving themselves as some of the top cows in the breed. This bull is a connection to real Elte maternal heritage. This bull ranks in the TOP with 2%WW, 4% YW, 1% milk, 10% in Marb. and RE. (Semon will be available through Knoll Crest Farms.)

K MR RIBEYE R117 2074 P44387881, Born April 23, 2022,
Sire: SHF RIBEYE M326 R117 P42584003 Dam: K MS Hometown 774 074 P44160786,
Rare and unique pedigree, his Sire Ribeye has been tested and proven in most all-American Hereford Association refences and test programs. Ribeye was a trend leader in many traits and ranks in the top 1% of the breed for BMI and BII and in the top 5% for BII and CHB. RIBEYE R117 and this son exhibit both thickness and performance. His dam is a EFBEEF 10Y HOMETOWN 115ET P43863659 daughter. Her dam is a Target 574 774 X Frank W420 daughter. He is a well balance, eye catching bull. We are very excited to add him to our breeding program here at Windy Butte. We have heifers that are calving to him for the 2024 season.

EFBEEF A250 TESTED F225, CALVED April 9, 2018
Sire: EFBEED X651 Tested A250 P43440096,Dam: EFBEEF P230 Fellisity B45 p43559300 (Sired by EFBEEF TFL U208 Tested X651)

EFBEEF A250 TESTED F225 New bull added to Windy Butte Stud. F225, has great calving ease and growth in a maternal package. A very unique birth weight to growth to mature size EPD profile. Dark red and pigmented, homozygous polled. CED 12.1, BW -1.5, YW 97, Fat 0.083, REA 0.54, MARB 0.63.
This bull is co-ownerd with Windy Butte Ranch, West Virginia University, Ellis Farms and Nnoll Crest Farms.

Cuda 815F P43927903 Calved April 21,2018
Sire: BEHM 100W CUDA 5044C P43636764
Dam: EFBeef U208 Fellisity Z011 P43286250
Unique out cross pedigree, his dam is a Foremost daughter. We were very excited to ad Cuda to our breeding program here at Windy Butte in 2020 & 2021. We have several 2021 bulls and heifers sired by him.

Excellent Calving Ease ( CED 7.6 and BW 0.1) to growth spread with eye appeal. Well Balanced correct Bull.

SHF Rib Eye M326 R117 P42584003 3/23/2005-2014

Sire: KCF Bennett 3008 M326 P42361822

Dam: HVH Miss Hudson 83K 8M P42247970

Rib Eye is a true breed icon.

Rib Eye has been tested and proven in most all the American Hereford Association's reference and test programs. Rib Eye is a trait leader in many traits and ranks in the top 1% of the breed for BMI and BII and in the top 5% for BII and CHB. Rib Eye’s progeny exhibit both thickness and performance. His depth of body, big hip and raccoon pigmented, hooded eyes make him one of the total package bulls of the Hereford breed.
He has been a trait leader for maternal EPDs. Nationally, Rib Eye daughters have weaned many 1,000's of calves with a weaning weight ratio of 100.8. Rib Eye has passed on his genetics through the next generations in our cow herd. Even today, his sons and grandsons are some of the most sought-after sire groups in the Hereford breed. Limited semen available through ABS Global. We have several 2022 calves by him at Windy Butte .

KCF Bennett 9126J R296 P42651401 Born 9/9/2005-2017

Sire: CL 1 Domino 9126J 1ET 41113279

Dam: KCF Miss 3008 344 P42430118

R296, Stars in calving ease, moderate mature size, he is a breed leader for all Hereford Indexes. Ranks in the top 25% of the breed or better on 14 different EPDs and indexes. R294 is moderate framed with added capacity and pigmentation. Excels for key maternal components: CE, MCE, Milk, SC and udder quality. Semen through ABS Global. We have a few heifers breed to him for 2023.

Outcross, Fortune has calving ease genetics that will work on most popular lines today. He is a feed efficiency winner, progeny proven to reduce intake - HAY SAVER. His daughters are maturing into moderate framed, good uddered broody cows with extra rib and fleshing ability. DNA tested homozygous polled.

EFBEEF U208 FORTUNE Y848

P43187500 3/29/2011

Sire: EFBEEF Foremost U208 P42896690

Dam: EFBEEF 9802 Stella S657 P42694568

Fortune has been identified through progeny feed intake testing as a sire that brings reliable growth and excellent feed efficiency in his progeny.

Progeny are available from owners and semen is available worldwide through ABS Global.

He is the Hereford breed's top feed efficiency bull. Qualifies as a true curve bending birth to growth bull. Fortune was standing at WVU in Morgantown, WV, as part of a breeding feed efficiency trail and has returned to Windy Butte for the 2021 season.

EFBEEF Z055 TARGET B439

(P43558690)Born 3/11/2014, Passed 2021

Sire:EFBEEF 22S ONTARGET Z055 (P43286292)

Dam:EFBEEF N093 VIVIAN Z032 (P43286270)

He has a very rare 78 Birth Weight ratio and 115 Weaning Weight Ratio. Moderate stature, thick muscled package. Target has proven to be a VERY high confidence calving ease herd bull.

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EFBEEF U457 PRIME PLATO Z095 (P43334454) Born 4/29/2012

Sire: Edisto E132 Plato Dom U457 ET P42904171
Dam: EFBEEF 6378 Kate W484 P43032139

Genetics for a forage environment! A totally unique pedigree to the majority of Herefords today and a bull designed for forage environments.

Big ribbed moderate framed, with plenty of muscle expression. Exceptional phenotype in this herd bull. Long bodied, full pigment, with plenty of muscle hung on a big pelvis. He is a meat wagon.

EF Beef 10Y Hometown E115 (43863659) Born: 4/13/2017

Sire: NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET P43214853
Dam: Feltons Kate P38 P42223213 (Feltons Domino 774, daughter)

This bull has shown great promise. We have several of his daughters back in the herd. We are very pleased with the growth and quality of his calves.

Hometown Son who's pedigree combines a very popular line in the Hereford breed with the reliable core breed base. His high performance Genomic Projection highlight his performance. If you want pay day pounds and replacement females with high quality udders pay attention here!

EFBEEF N093 Proficient 311A ET P43411683

Born MAR 6, 2013, Passed 2021

Sire: EFBEEF Schu-Lar Profection N093 P2444860

Dam: EFBEEF P230 Fellisity P256 P42694577

(by EF F745 Frank P230)

He balances a really nice visual look with very solid data. This calving ease, growth, carcass and udder quality trait leader is truly an across the board value adding sire.He produces superior females.

Proven high confidence calving ease herd bull. Very smooth made, big ribbed, with balanced EPDs. Pedigree boasts proven light birthweight, with growth. He has produced exceptional daughers. He has a spreads of 92 BW ratio to a 188 WW ratio. Top 5% BW, CED, & WW. Nice visual phenotype. Top 2% or better on all dollar indexes. Very productive cow family. He will be greatly missed.

EFBEEF P230 FRANK W420 (P43032117) PHOTO AS YEARLING

Born: 03/14/2009-12/2018

Sire: EF F745 FRANK P230 (P42528669)

Dam: EFBEEF N014 THYRA S645 (P42739736)

Excellent Calving Ease with eye appeal.

Well balanced structurally correct bull.

EFBeef A250 Tested H627 P44208622, 4/20/20- 4/2023
Sire: EFBEEF X651 TestedA250 P43440096, Dam: EFBEEF N093 Fellisity X654.

His sire, EFBeef X651 Tested A250 has been a steller producer of females across the Hereford breed. Semen is near non-existent. Tested H627 is the next generational step for making females from the EFBeef "Tested" sire line. EFBeef A250 Tested H627 ET carries a wonderful pedigree and a superb set of EPD's astute cattlemen will be proud of. Check out this young sire.

1808 - K Mr 10Y Hometown , June 12, 2021, PHOTO as a yearling
Sire: EF Beef 10Y Hometown E115 43863659, Dam: EFBEEF W420 Fellisity Y808 P43187462 808 888 P43946536, by (EF BEEF P230 FRANK W420).

CE 4.5, BW 1.5, WW 45, YW 82, MM 24, REA .31, MARB .25, CHB$ 133.
Unique pedigree, his dam is a Frank W240 daughter. She is 15 years old and still producing in our herd. Her line has real longevity. In her day she was one of the high IMF cows in the Breed. We are very excited to add him to our breeding program here at Windy Butte. We had heifers bred to him for the 2023 season and cows for 2024.

K MR CUDA 974 1974 P44398961, DECEMBER 17 ,2021

Sire: GG BFBEEF CUDA 815F P43927903, Dam: 974 K MS HOMETOWN 774 974 P44053228, Sire: EFBEEF 10Y HOMETOWN 115ET P43863659. Cow’s Dam: K MS Target 574 774 P43827220 (Frank X Bennett R294). CE 7.2, BW 0.4, WW 52, YW 84, MM 28, REA .24 MARB .51, CHB$ 141. His grand sire is BEHM 100W CUDA 5044C P43636764

Unique out cross pedigree. Excellent Calving Ease (CED 7.6 and BW 0.4) to growth spread with eye appeal. A well-balanced correct Bull.

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Registered Hereford Bulls Ready this Spring 2026:

Bulls born in 2025

568 - K MR RIBEYE 2074 268 568. P44683130, BORN MAY 11,2025.
Sire: K MR RIBEYE R117 2074 P44387881, Dam: K MS TESTED H6227 268 P44387896. He has HOMETOWN 10Y, P230 FRANK W420, TESTED H627 BREEDING. CE 7.3, BW 1.4, WW 51, YW79, MM 24, REA .26, MARB .46, CHB$ 139.

561 – K MR RIBEYE 2074 261 561. P44683128, BORN MAY 4, 2025.
Sire: K MR RIBEYE R117 2074 P44387881, Dam: K MS TESTED 225 261 P44387874. He has HOMETOWN 10Y, A250 TESTED F225, Cuda 100W, Target breeding. CE 9.1, BW 0.4, WW 52, YW 82, MM 23, REA .22, MARB .58, CHB$ 140.

5201 - K MR RIBEYE 2074 201 5201. P44683127, BORN MAY 9, 2025.
Sire: K MR RIBEYE R117 2074 P44387881, Dam: K MS TESTED 225 201 P44387872, He Has HOMETOWN 10Y, A250 TESTED F225, Target breeding. CE 10.6, BW 0.1, WW 43, YW 72, MM ,19, MARB .49, CHB$ 137.

581 - K MR RIBEYE 2074 2881 581. P44683161, BORN MAY 22,2025.
Sire: K MR RIBEYE R117 2074 P44387881, Dam: K MS TESTED H6227 2881 P4406083. He has HOMETOWN 10Y, TARGET B439, TESTED H627 BREEDING. CE 9.0, BW 0.9, WW 51, YW79, MM 24, REA .56, MARB .42, CHB$ 131.

5868 - K MR RIBEYE 2074 3868 5868. P44683162, BORN JUNE 19, 2025.
Sire: K MR RIBEYE R117 2074 P44387881, Dam: K MS KCF R294 868 3868 P44525650, He Has HOMETOWN 10Y, KCF BENNETT 9126J R294, Target breeding. CE 11.2, BW 0.4, WW 47, YW 74, MM ,22, REA .10, MARB .44, CHB$ 124.

571- K MR RIBEYE 2074 971 571. P44683147, BORN MAY 4, 2025.
Sire: K MR RIBEYE R117 2074 P44387881, Dam: K MS X651 TESTED 971 P44051892. He has HOMETOWN 10Y, EFBEEF TFL U208 TESTED X651, FRANK W420, Target breeding. CE 9.0, BW 1.1, WW 50, YW 77, MM 23, REA .22, MARB .58, CHB$ 144.

569 - K MR TESTED 3708 269 569. P44684050, BORN JUNE 10, 2025.
Sire: K MR TESTED H627 708 3708 P44495726, Dam: K MS RIBEYE R117 269 P44387878. He has HOMETOWN 10Y, TESTED X651, RIBEYE R117 breeding. CE 7.7, BW 0.9, WW 58, YW 91, MM 28, REA .57, MARB .37, CHB$ 141.

5508 - K MR TESTED 3708 908 508. P44683146, BORN MAY 04, 2025.
Sire: K MR TESTED H627 708 3708 P44495726, Dam: K MS RIBEYE R117 908 P44053647. He has TESTED X651 and Frank W420 breeding. CE 3.5, BW 1.3, WW 53, YW 85, MM 26, REA .48, MARB .46, CHB$ 151.

5385 - K MR Bedrock H642 385 5385. P44683137, BORN APRIL 23, 2025. SALE PENDING
Sire: KCF BENNETT Bedrock H642 L575 P44250089, Dam: K MS TESTED H627 085 385 P44495699. He has Landmark 4386, CUDA 815F, TESTED H627, PROFICIENT breeding. CE 9.7, BW .4, WW 68, YW 99, MM 38, REA78, MAR 39, CHB$ 156.

5708 - K MS R294 38615 708 5708. P44683142, BORN MAY 11, 2025.
Sire: K MRKCF R294 8615 38615 P 44525653, Dam: K MS TESTED X651 508 708 P43827236. He has RIB EYE R117, TESTED X651, TARGET, breeding. CE 12.6, BW -1.0, WW 53, YW 82, MM 28, REA .27, MARB .63, CHB$ 148.

5373 - K MS R294 38615 373 5373. P44683136, BORN MAY 22, 2025.
Sire: K MRKCF R294 8615 38615 P 44525653, Dam: K MS TESTED H627 373 P44495725. He has HOMETOWN, PROFICIENT, TARGET, PLATO breeding. CE 11.7, BW -0.2 WW 56, YW 88, MM 29, REA .34, MARB .45, CHB$ 134.

558 - K MS R294 38615 358 558. P44683134, BORN MAY 19, 2025.
Sire: K MRKCF R294 8615 38615 P 44525653, Dam: K MS TESTED H627 508358 P4449569. He has RIB EYE R117, TARGET, PLATO breeding. CE 9.0, BW 0.5 WW 57, YW 90, MM 29, REA .32, MARB .53, CHB$ 145.

524 - K MS R294 324 524. P44683133, BORN JUNE 20, 2025.
Sire: K MRKCF R294 8615 38615 P 44525653, Dam: K MS TESTED H627 024 324 P44495744. He has HOMETOWN, X651 TESTED, FORTUNE, TARGET, PLATO breeding. CE 11.3, BW -0.4 WW 53, YW 86, MM 30, REA .32, MARB .47, CHB$ 141.

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180 Windy Butte Ln

Spring Mills, PA 16875 USA

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