Herd Sires

Our herd sires are a culmination of the best females owned by Excell Santa Gertrudis of past and present. These sires represent years of selective breeding of the finest Santa Gertrudis show cattle generation after generation. We currently use sires produced in-herd for clean up and natural service on our females following Artificial Insemination and Embryo Transfer. Using sires produced in-herd allows for greater consistency and prediction of desired traits the mating will produce.
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XL American Pharoah 303 ET

Registration Number: 20232425
Date of Birth: July 22, 2023
Sire: XL Midas 355
Dam: XL Cleopatra 008 ET

2026 Reserve Open National Champion bull XL's American Pharoah 303 is the newest addition to the bull battery at Excell Santa Gertrudis. He is one of the first embryo transfer sons out of 2023 National Open Champion Female XL's Cleopatra 008 ET and the 2024 SGBI Sire of the year XL's Midas 355. This mating also produced the 2024 National Open Champion Female XL's Dreamin Of Gold 240, 2025 Junior National Champion Female XL's Golden Dream 304 ET, and 2025 Junior National fourth Overall Champion female XL's Crimson Queen 324 all of which are full sisters to American Pharoah 303. American Pharoah also has the unique title of being the first and only Santa Gertrudis bull to ever be crowned Supreme American Bull at Cattlemans Congress in 2025. American Pharoah 303 semen is available for foreign export to all countries currently and sold for domestic use in the United States bi-anually in the Reds To Die For online halter cattle and genetic sale. 

 

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XL Red Hot 517 ET

Registration Number: 1253486
Date of Birth: May 25, 2005
Sire: Mr CVF 2022
Dam: SCC Hanna 2S23

XL Red Hot 517 is the base sire of Excell Santa Gertrudis and the sire of both XL Midas 355 and 777 Honey Badger 1202, arguably two of the most impactful Santa Gertrudis show calf sires in the last decade. As a direct embryo transfer son of Mr. CVF 2022 and 2004 Junior National Champion female SCC Hanna 2S23 Red Hot has shaped modern Santa Gertrudis show cattle.  Red Hot 517 can be found in the immediate three generation pedigree of sixty percent of the thirty two National Champion and Reserve National Champion purebred Females and Bulls of 2023-2026.

 

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XL Midas 355

Registration Number: 20132473
Date of Birth: September 10, 2013
Sire: XL Hanna's Red Hot 517 (ET) 517
Dam: HDHF Magnum 6014 (ET) 6014

XL's Midas 355 is the 2024 SGBI Show Sire Of the Year, four-time National Champion Get of Sire, and sire of the 2022 International Champion Female, 2023 Reserve Junior National Champion Female, 2024 National Champion Female, 2025 Supreme American Bull Cattlemans Congress, 2025 National Champion Female, 2025 Reserve National Champion Female, 2025 Junior National Champion Female, 2026 Open Reserve National Champion Bull, and countless national and major stock show division and class winners.  As a testament to the quality of his offspring he's done this with limited semen released and only 127 claves on record with SGBI. We're honored to have bred this breed changing sire.

 

We continue our endless refinement by crossing XL Hannas Red Hot 517 and XL Midas 355 on the best outcross purebred Santa Gertrudis females for the next generation of proven and predictable herd sires. Contact Us for semen on either of these great sires or your next replacement bull.
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Contact

Sam, Sandy, and Todd Hyde
7110 Bar O Ranch Road
Santa Fe, TX 77517

Todd: 281-705-0832
Email: excellsantagertrudis@gmail.com

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