Lemke Cattle

Lemke Cattle raises Gelbvieh and related seedstock cattle near Lawrence, in south central Nebraska, roughly 30 miles southeast of Hastings. Randy Lemke and his family operate this fifth-generation ranching and seedstock business, which has roots stretching back to when the operation ran Herefords and began experimenting with artificial insemination and crossbreeding in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

The Gelbvieh influence at Lemke Cattle is part of a deliberate crossbreeding program built around the breed's maternal strengths. The operation uses Gelbvieh alongside Simmental to produce Balancers and Angus hybrids for commercial cow-calf producers, pairing continental maternal genetics with purebred Red and Black Angus to balance performance, maternal ability, and carcass merit in a single cowherd.

Registered and commercial cows are managed together under the same conditions, grazing native pastures through most of the summer and moving to crop residue in late fall and winter. Calves are expected to reach at least half their dam's bodyweight on grass, water, salt, and mineral alone — a standard that reflects the operation's emphasis on functional, low-input cattle. Those looking for Gelbvieh-influenced seedstock in Nebraska will find a multi-generation program built around traits that work across the whole production chain, from the ranch to the rail.

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