Grund Beef Genetics

Grund Beef Genetics has been raising Gelbvieh and crossbred cattle on the high plains of western Kansas since the 1970s, operating out of Sharon Springs in the far northwest corner of the state, roughly two hours east of the Colorado border near Colby.

What started as a cow-calf operation founded by the Layal and Donna Grund family has grown across three generations, all of whom live and work on the ranch. The program centers on purebred Gelbvieh cattle alongside Balancer, Angus, Red Angus, and Sim-Angus genetics, with crossbreeding used deliberately to capture hybrid vigor. Sire selection emphasizes calving ease, growth rate, and carcass traits, and many herd sires trace back to Dam of Merit females — a designation held by roughly three percent of females in the Gelbvieh breed nationally.

For ranchers searching for Gelbvieh cattle or seedstock bulls in Kansas, the operation sells breeding stock suited to the demands of commercial cow-calf and feedyard programs alike. The Grund family recognizes the particular challenges of ranching in the western Kansas climate and selects animals that can perform across both the pasture and the feedyard. The annual Cattleman's Choice Bull Sale, held on the ranch each February, has run for well over two decades and draws repeat buyers year after year.

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