DECEMBER 4, 1982-DECEMBER 4, 2020--SPECIAL K LONGHORNS CELEBRATING 38 YEARS RAISING TEXAS LONGHORN CATTLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA!!   641-344-4716

 TXN FIRECRACKER SPECIAL AND HER 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER SPECIAL K BUTTERFLY KISSES.

 SPECIAL K BUTTERFLY KISSES--4/27/17--GRANDAUGHTER OF JAMAKIZM'S ALPHIE.  WITH HER 2020 HEIFER CALF BY GJ SECRET WEAPON.  Pic taken 7/27/20

 BCR WHAT A CATCH--10/30/15--Sire:COWBOY CATHIT CHEX  Dam:HORSESHOE J FEAT.  Top pic taken 8/03/20.  Bottom pic taken 5/27/20

 HERD PHOTOS 9/30/20

GJ SECRET WEAPON--BD-5/02/15--Sire:Concealed Weapon  Dam:MC Supershot(by MC Super Rex).  One of our Herdsires here @ Special K Longhorns.

Thank You to The Groharings @ IWA Ranch @ Davenport Iowa on your new herdsire purchase of SPECIAL K SEAL TEAM BUTLER--a March 2017 straight Butler bull calf.  See a picture of SEAL TEAM AND HIS DAM RM LEAH BELL THE DAY HE WAS BORN IN OUR BLOG POST DATED 3/27/17.

50 SHADES OF SPECIAL K--BD-5/01/15--Sire:Fifty Fifty BCB  Dam:HL Sittin Leoma(by Sittin Bull).  One of our Herdsires here @ the Special K!

RM LEAH BELL--BD-7/05/2002 Straight Butler daughter of Leonidas(by Coach) with her new straight Butler bull calf 3/16/2017.  This bull calf is now the new Herdsire elect for the Groharings of IWA Ranch in Davenport, Iowa.  His name is SPECIAL K SEAL TEAM BUTLER.  SEE HIS PIC ABOVE IN A POST DATED 11/23/17.

50 SHADES OF SPECIAL K-- BD-5/01/15--Sire:FIFTY FIFTY BCB  Dam:HL SITTIN LEOMA(by Sittin Bull).  50 SHADES is our newest Herdsire here @ Special K Longhorns!

LEADING LADIES OF THE SPECIAL K!!

SPECIAL K RANCH "BOYS OF SUMMER" TEXAS LONGHORN TROPHY STEERS AGES 10-14

WE SELL COLORFUL HISTORY ON THE HOOF!!

$3500 TO ADD THIS WALKING PIECE OF HISTORY TO YOUR PASTURE MUSEUM!!  CALL KENT @ 641-344-4716

LEAN HEART HEALTHY TEXAS LONGHORN BEEF--- IS WHAT'S FOR DINNER!!

Grass Fed and Grain Fed Texas Longhorn Beef Available in Quarters, Halves or Whole beef--Cut to your specs for $2.75 per pound hanging carcass wght plus processing(processing runs $85-$100 per quarter).
Grass Fed Texas Longhorn Hamburger available for $5.00 per pound in one pound packages. Grass Fed Texas Longhorn Roasts, jerky, beef sticks, summer sausage, liver, tongue and heart also available. CALL KENT 641-344-4716

Muscle fat from Longhorn cattle was less saturated(41.8%) than from British crosses ... due primarily to greater levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids with a smaller increase in monounsaturated fatty acids. Long horn cattle had less fat in the longissimus muscle and the fat present was unsaturated.It is unknown the degree to which this difference in fatty acid composition is due to cattle type or to the level of fat present. What can be concluded is that at a similar marbling endpoint, Longhorn cattle had less longissimus muscle fat and it was less saturated. Sensory rating were similar across cattle types and all groups produced acceptable beef based on rating for sensory traits."

Source: "Texas Longhorns Equal Lean Beef"
Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America

"Leaner beef products with less fat than provided in traditional beef will assist in reducing caloric intake. Reflecting fitness-diet-health concerns, consumers are interested in reducing fat consumption especially saturated fat and are concerned about cholesterol levels..."

Source: "Texas Longhorns Equal Lean Beef"Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America

"Lean beef is good for you and the key word is lean. A heart patient can eat steak every meal if it is in the right proportions. Longhorn meat on the average, contains 10 percent less saturated fat than that of other cattle. That puts lean Longhorn beef on par with skinned boneless white meat of chicken and that fact may come as a surprise to many dieticians."

-Dr. Joseph Graham, Cardiovascular Surgeon at St. John's Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri,and a Longhorn breeder himself

SPECIAL K COMMANCHEROS REPEATS AS ALL AGE GRAND CHAMPION NON HALTERED STEER AT THE JUNE 2011 MLA QUALIFYING SHOW AT THE WAPELLO COUNTY FAIR!!

SPECIAL K COMMANCHEROS A 1995 MODEL STEER AND MULTI AWARD WINNING GRAND CHAMPION TROPHY STEER.

SPECIAL K JUST FUZZY REPEATS AS ALL AGE GRAND CHAMPION NON HALTERED FEMALE AT THE MLA QUALIFYING SHOW AT THE JUNE 2011 WAPELLO COUNTY FAIR!!!

SPECIAL K JUST FUZZY WAS NAMED CHAMPION NON HALTERERED COW AND GRAND CHAMPION ALL AGE NON HALTERED FEMALE FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW AT THE RECENT MIDWESTERN LONGHORN ASSOCIATION QUALIFYING SHOW AT THE WAPELLO COUNTY FAIR IN ELDON, IOWA. JUST FUZZY IS A DAUGHTER OF JUST CAUSE OUT OF THE COW SPECIAL K FUZZY NAVEL. SHE HAS A JUNE 2011 HEIFER CALF THAT SHOWED AT HER SIDE AS SHE WAS NAMED GRAND CHAMPION BY ITLA JUDGE SHADOW SEAMAN FROM IDAHO. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT JUST FUZZY CONTACT OWNER KENT KRUTSINGER AT 641-344-4716

SPECIAL K JUST FUZZY CROWNED ALL AGE GRAND CHAMPION!!!

SPECIAL K JUST FUZZY, along with her 4 day old bull calf, brought home the coveted ALL AGE GRAND CHAMPION NON HALTERED FEMALE Award at the June 10, 2010, 13Th Annual Midwestern Longhorn Association Qualifying Show at the Wapello Co Fair in Eldon, Iowa. Just Fuzzy in a ten year old daughter of Just Cause by Measles Super Ranger and out of the Special K Longhorns standout cow Special K Fuzzy Navel. For more information on the Midwestern Longhorn Show visit the MLA website @ www.midwesternlonghorn.com

SPECIAL K TRUE GRIT 82 5/8" TIP TO TIP HORNS $3,500

SPECIAL K TRUE GRIT SIRED BY SPECIAL K FUZZBUSTER 82 5/8" Horns Tip to Tip January 2011. BD 6/26/03 $3,500

SPECIAL K WOODROW 99 1/2 INCHES PUTS THE "TROPHY" IN TROPHY STEER!!!

SPECIAL K WOODROW PASSES AT AGE 13 AND 99 1/2" HORNS TIP TO TIP!!

THE END OF AN ERA AT SPECIAL K RANCH!! Early Sunday morning July 26, 2009, the hugemongous horned Texas Longhorn tropy steer Special K Woodrow passed away quietly at the age of 13 years and 2 months. His final horn measurement was an impressive 99 1/2 inches tip to tip!!! Woodrow the many times Region 4 ITLA Grand Champion Trophy Steer and International Grand Champion Trophy Steer will be memorialized in a full head mount that will grace the home of owner Kent Krutsinger in rural Chariton, Iowa. Woodrow joins other ranch standouts Special K Fuzzy Navel and her dam Ranger's Grape who have similarly been memorilized in like fashion. Woodrow has attained his final stature as THE ULTIMATE TROPHY STEER and will forever be remembered as such. Pasture mates Special K Commencheros and Special K Rio Lobo and friends will continue the fine tradition of awesome trophy steers here at the Special K. Woodrow was and will always be a once in a lifetime individual of esteem and great stature in horn and personality plus.