Utah
Beef
Improvement
Association
Producer Profile
H B CATTLE COMPANY WAS
STARTED IN 1971 BY J. HOWARD
BLACKHAM.
Howard and his partner PERRY
BLACKHAM working together,
brought the CHAROLAIS Breed into
the Intermountain West in
1959. Perry and Howard were
known as the Blackham Brothers
during the early days of the
development of the Charolais
breed. Their ranches were
nestled inside the beautiful
Sanpete Valley located in Central
Utah. There is quite an intriguing
story as to how the first 16
purebred Charolais were originally
acquired. Please ask Dave, he
would love to share the story with
you.
The Charolais breed has continued
and the current owner, DAVID
BLACKHAM, son HOWARD, has
sought to develop moderate-framed
mother cows with calving ease and
more rapid maturation traits. After
the death of his father David also
began to develop the “RED FACTOR”
, a light red-tinted animal that
would maintain the color of the
crossbred animals they were bred
to, into his herd. You will love the
results you receive from the animals
purchased from HB CATTLE
COMPANY.