Got Any Cows?
Follow Seth Christensen and his colleagues' stories in the cattle genetics industry.
Episodes
Who do you turn to to learn how to market your Akaushi cattle?
Tim Stallings, Chairman of the Board of Directors at the American Akaushi Association, has a lifetime of experience to share, including:
- Offering consulting services in the Akaushi breed
- 38 years running Hereford, Angus and now Akaushi operations
- Pasture and feedlot nutrition
- Marketing 250 bulls/year
- Showing nationally and...
What is in the August 2026 auction at Christensen Genetics?
Seth Christensen of Christensen Genetics takes us through:
Updated ranch happenings
- Lot 1: a Kaedemaru daughter by a Judo son from the Naomi maternal line, confirmed pregnant with a Red Galaxy heifer calf
- Lot 9: IVF aspiration on a Hiromitsu x Big Al x Dai 9 Kobai donor
- Lot 8: IVF aspiration on a Master Chef x Big Al x Shigemaru x T...
How do you gather and interpret data to breed better Akaushi?
Aaron Harris of Mistvale Akaushi takes us through:
- His background in data analytics and artificial intelligence
- His experience showing cattle in dairy and beef breeds
- Opportunities to show Akaushi at the Wagyu Zenkyo, West TX State Fair, Cattlemen's Congress and Dixie National
- His role chairing the research and improvement commi...
What is available at Christensen Genetics in July 2026?
- The nearest living descendant of the original import Himawari in the AWA
- The full sister to the dam of a $160k Charolais bull
- A full brother to the next generation polled Akaushi stud, Heavy Duty
- An aspiration on a high marbling polled Akaushi donor that just made 19 embryos
- An IVF aspiration on a direct daughter of Kaedemaru 001D
- A single unit of the Grand Champ...
What does it take to win the American Akaushi Association Branded Beef Challenge?
What updates were there from the Board of Directors of the American Akaushi Association at this year's convention?
Andrew Pryor of Sixteen Peaks Cattle Company answers these questions for us, as well as:
- Who selected the winner of the branded beef contest and how
- Seth meeting Marie Wood at the awards banquet
- The genetics and feed behind...
What does a half beef from a full brother to an AI stud look like on the cutting table?
Tad Seamons of Tad's End of the Road Custom Cuts takes us through the beef from a full brother to Spectrum and Atreides, where we learn about:
The high marbling characteristic of Akaushi Wagyu beef
The opportunity to get beef from Tad or genetics from Seth
How even a lower end cut from an Akaushi can outdo a h...
What cattle are out on pasture at Christensen Genetics in summer of 2026?
Drive with us out through the animals to see:
How a quality start to your herd can multiply over time
An easy calving, high gaining Angus cow carrying an AI sired heifer calf
An AWA registered Rueshaw and Kaedemaru granddaughter
A breeding age bull with unique pedigree, calving ease, growth, and longevity
A docile, ...
What is Wagyu beef?
Evan Carter of the Meat Dudes sits down with Seth to talk about:
- The difference between Red and Black Wagyu
- Why Seth breeds Akaushi
- The Wagyu beef map being developed by the Meat Dudes
- Leaning into what makes the beef from your ranch unique
- Health benefits of Akaushi Wagyu beef
- Sous vide cooking
- Convenient AND delicious AND healthy Akaushi beef
- The importance of traceability
- Seth's preferred cuts
- The op...
What do buying a cow bred to Maestro, aspirating a Kunisakae donor to Heavy Duty, leasing Spectrum for 2 years, and steering more Akaushi bull calves have in common?
They are all viable strategies for improving the quality of YOUR herd.
In this episode, you'll learn about:
- Why you should be using polled Akaushi bulls on your cows
- Analysis of the Akaushi bull market
- Why more Akaushi bulls...
How do you get the greatest quality eating experience out of feeding an Akaushi?
Tad Seamons of Tad's End of the Road Custom Butcher shop has a lifetime of experience in feeding and processing beef, and shares with us:
- Why he feeds Akaushi cattle
- Feeding oat hay plus corn, barley, and beet shreds
- The relationship between amount of time on feed and amount of marbling in the carcass
- Importan...
What will you see if you watch the video of this podcast at gotanycows.com?
- The 577 donor: dam of Heavy Duty, whose semen will be available for the first time April 29, and 4435M, a full sister to Heavy Duty who sells in the April 29 auction
- The 19273 donor: our highest marbling outcross polled purebred Akaushi donor, whose embryos sired by Guapo sell as lot 15 in our April 29 auction
- The 3370 donor: Polled purebre...
Why buy Akaushi bulls year after year to use on commercial cows?
Paul Marchant of Marchant Ranch in Oakley, ID joins the podcast to talk about:
Print vs digital advertising
His experience working with Akaushi for the last 14 years
Feeding cattle to sell finished fats to Heartbrand
Rate of gain of Akaushi feeder calves
Longevity of Akaushi sired cows
The importance of the people behind the ca...
WATCH this episode at gotanycows.com to see three of the top donors from the Christensen Genetics herd live in person!
What are some of the most important lessons learned in over a decade of breeding Akaushi cattle?
Jim and Kathy Moore of JMK Cattle in McGregor, TX, take us through:
How they selected their first donor, JC Ms Rueshaw 122
Why it was worth it to spend what it took to start with the best
The quality of Akaushi beef and cattle selling them on the breed
The story of winning t...
What is in the February auction at Christensen Genetics? Seth Christensen takes us through:
A Rueshaw x Big Al x Namimaru x Dai 8 donor
An Outback x 919 heifer
Sons of Master Chef, Big Al, All Polled and Rhubarb
A Red Emperor x Rueshaw aspiration
Embryos sired by Rueshaw, Master Chef, Umemaru, Tamamaru, Guapo and more
The initial semen offering of Spectrum and 31...
What would make someone fly around the world to look at cows?
John Phillips from Queensland Australia explains to us how valuable it is to see the cattle in person. In this episode, you'll learn:
- Why it's worth traveling to see the cattle in person
- What traits brought John to Christensen Genetics
- Which bulls John saw at stud at Hoffman AI
- How Akaushi beef is to eat
- What Akaushi beef looks like on the rail
What’s in the January 2026 auction at Christensen Genetics?
- A maternal granddaughter of the original import Fuyuko
- A full brother to the $2300/straw stud, Atreides
- A lease on the $3200/straw stud, Shoshone
- An aspiration on a full sister in blood to S A V Resource 1441
- An aspiration on a full sister in blood to the national champion, Double Your Miles
- Embryos sired by the...
What do you get when a guy from Florida meets Temple Grandin at the Akaushi convention?
Mark Ganskop of Florida Akaushi shares a funny story from last year’s Akaushi convention, and shares his experiences with
- Akaushi cattle
- Akaushi beef
- Raising cattle in the Southeast
- ET and IVF
- Mineral options for cattle
- The Akaushi Association board of directors
- Nutrition
- Genetics
- Marketing
- The importance of going to convention
0:00 Intro + Housekeeping Items
8:48 Lot 1: CG Polled Queen 0088
20:29 Lot 2: 2079A Bred Akaushi Cow
21:17 Lot 3: CGX Akiko 4460M
22:52 Lot 4: Big Al x 61G Heifer + 9314 Cow
25:41 Lot 5: CG Growth 2221 + Samsung x 919 Bull Calf
27:35 Lot 6: Ms Judo 56J Aspiration
32:07 CG Tsunami 3371 Bull
33:36 Lot 8: CGX Rueshaw 4407M Bull
34:08 Lot 9: Master Chef Steer
36:14 Lot 10: Rueshaw x Z023 Em...
Have you ever wondered how bulls are collected and their genetics shipped around the world?
Doug Coombs of Hoffman AI in Logan, UT has been in the bull industry throughout his career. Tune in to this episode to learn all about the AI industry and Doug’s experience in it.
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