Stortz Angus Ranch

Stortz Angus Ranch has been in the cattle business since the early 1900s. Located against the rugged Big Horn Sheep Mountains of Lindsay, MT, the ranch has withstood the test of time through consistent breeding and prioritized selection decisions. With over 30 years of utilizing the top genetics in the Angus breed through artificial insemination, the cattle you see today are as good as they come. “We focus our efforts in making functional cattle that prosper in the rough terrain and extreme weather that we see here in eastern Montana,” commented Ted Stortz.

“Disposition, mothering ability and longevity are the most important,” Ted explained when describing what traits they focus on when selecting females. Stortz Angus cows begin calving the end of February, pairs are turned out on grass around the first of May and the calves are weaned the first week of October. Both cows and calves are expected to be low maintenance. Cows must be able to raise a calf on their own and calves do not see any creep feed before being weaned.

The bulls you see in the Stortz Angus Ranch Annual Production Sale are a product of years of experience and industry knowledge. Stortz Angus strives to produce bulls with growth traits that will pay for commercial producers while still maintaining “sleep at night” birth weights. “We like to offer a selection of bulls and genetics to our customers. We always have a group of good calving ease and maternal bulls but also offer high weaning weight, more growth bulls,” Ted commented. Ted also explained they select bulls heavily on docility.

The Stortz family invites you to their 33rd Annual Production Sale held Feb. 28, 2024 at the Glendive Livestock Exchange beginning at 1 p.m. The sale will also be broadcasted online through DV Auctions if you are unable to make it to Glendive. Videos will be posted prior to sale. Seventy-five registered Angus Bulls and seventy-five commercial Angus heifers will sell.

You can view the bulls and females along with their dams prior to the sale anytime at the ranch, north of Lindsay. Bulls will also be on display at the Beef Breeders Show in Miles City. Feel free to contact Ted at 406-584-7585 with any questions or if you would like a catalog mailed to you. You can also keep up with Stortz Angus Ranch on Facebook! Stortz Ranch wishes you peace and joy throughout the holiday season and the New Year! See you in February!

Robert “Bob” Stortz started what is now known as Stortz Angus Ranch when he returned from the Korean War in 1953. The ranch ventured into both polled and horned Herefords along with F1 crosses before ultimately landing on the Black Angus breed. Bob and his wife Carla Jeanne had seven children together. Their only son, Ted Stortz, now heads the Stortz Angus Ranch. Ted and his wife Tarena have four children; Chelsea, Robbie, Tate, and Ben.

Ted bought the ranch’s first registered cows in 1989 from Raaum Angus. The first Stortz Angus bulls were sold private treaty for several years. The first official Stortz Angus Ranch Annual Bull Sale was held in 1998 at the Glendive Livestock Exchange where it is still held to this day.