NEXT STOKROSE BULL SALE
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2026
Greetings Friends,
Thanks to supporters like you, we’ve held five successful Stokrose Angus bull sales since 2020. Following our November 2024 sale, we’ve taken the time to assess how best to serve you in a way that works for our unique family farm and ranch business.
With all aspects considered, our sale will move to the spring, and be hosted on our farm in Warden, Washington. So, please save the date:
Stokrose Angus Bull Sale
Thursday, February 12, 2026, Noon
23311 Rd 6 SE
Warden, Wa 98857
Expect a great opportunity to preview the bulls and participate in a video style auction in our indoor facility at the heart of our farm. This change in date and location fits our family farm operation better and includes other advantages for you. Based on our popular wintering program and typical delivery pattern, we believe this timing will suit your turnout needs as well.
We are looking forward to seeing you there. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with questions about these changes or to talk bulls - I can be reached at 509-750-9821 and Aaron@stokrose.com.
Sincerely,
Aaron Golladay
Angus Expertise
“Stokrose bulls have been developed and known to thrive in many different environments including the high desert grasslands of Eastern Oregon to the mountain pastures and dryland ranges of Eastern Washington.”
- Rod Wesselman
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Our cattle move seasonally from our scabrock covered ranch near Edwall, Wash. to our farm ground in Warden, so our stock must thrive in variable climates and terrain at home. They've been bred and selected so our customers will have the same experience.
The ranch
Edwall, Wash.
We've added a significant amount of rangeland to support our registered and commercial Angus herd. "The Ranch" is 70 miles from our home base of Warden, Wash.
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One of the reasons we chose this area is the vast array of different environments and terrains. Our cattle live on everything from rocky basalt flats to the deep rolling hills of the Palouse; lush growing creek bottoms to sagebrush flats, to thickly covered Ponderosa tree groves. Our cows get to see all of it and must perform and teach their calves to do the same.
These bulls were bred and weaned by Stokrose for the Rathbun Angus Ranch 2019 sale. Click on the bulls in the gallery below to learn more about each.
OUR BULLS
Our focus is developing bulls that will perform anywhere. Read below to follow the path a Stokrose bull must perform on to be a part of our program and offered to our customers.
BIRTH
Bull development begins at birth.
We start developing our bulls at birth. When they are born, they are on irrigated pasture. After a month or so, they move to some type of crop residue, typically cereal grain regrowth or alfalfa regrowth. There they start to learn how to graze along side their mothers.
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In late October we will start feeding the cows and calves under a feed wire, where they get a ration of 40% alfalfa and 60% corn silage. They get NO creep feed.
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In late January they are moved to corn stalks. They still get a ration, but they begin to learn how to graze corn stalks by their mother's side.
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In early March the cows will come in for preg checking and all of the calves receive their first rounds of vaccinations and a set of weights is taken.
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Mid-April the pairs are moved out to either the ranch in Edwall or to some irrigated ground in the rocky environment west of Warden.
BIRTH
WEANING
A good bull, makes a GREAT steer.
In early June the pairs are gathered and the calves are sorted to be weaned. The calves get their second round of vaccination and we take weights.
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Using the data we've collected from birth, we start the culling process:
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- A calf born with a high birth weight is steered
- A calf born with bad EPD's, DNA or substandard growth will be steered
- a calf with structural problems (legs, feet, or back) will be steered
- A calf showing any demeanor problems will be steered
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We castrate an average of 40-50% of the bull calves born each year to offer customers the best breeding stock we can. While "good" bulls don't make that grade, they make great steers!
WEANING
DEVELOPMENT
We get these bulls ready to work in the real world.
After weaning the remaining bulls are moved to one of the three grass pastures they will rotate through as they grow.
They are supplemented with an alfalfa hay and bakery waste ration, with the goal of a 3.1 rate of gain.
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The bulls rotate through three 10-acre pastures once every two weeks. We believe this allows the bulls plenty of space to develop and become athletic. It also helps cut down on fighting injuries.