Are LL cattle registered? I would say yes, as he showed us some registration papers. I don't know about getting papers on a bull

because he told us what they were and we didn't ask for papers.

And there are a couple of lines of his cattle whose udders aren't

as good as some others. But he'll tell you which ones and he

is continually working on that. You can never sleep in this business!

At one time, the only outcross cattle he had were from John Hamilton's Cedar Hills Angus. And that is because he was SURE John Hamilton was honest with his cattle.

10 years ago, LL had white tags for his linebred cattle; yellow for 25% outside influence and green for a higher percentage outstide influence.

He now only has his linebred cattle because  he's sure enough of themnow to breed just that way.

Do a google search of Shoshone Angus. or Larry Leonhardt. There is plenty of sites to choose from. Good Luck!!

Did you know that Schearbrook Shoshone was the number one bull

for milk in the angus breed at one time. Granted, they didn't all have the best udders; but there was a time when milk was being bred out.

We used to buy some registered cows from some folks up by Chouteau, Mt. They only ran so many and when cows got a certain age, they sold them. We started buying those cows and man, did they work for us.

One year they called and were ready to sell some cows, only this time it wasn't middle aged cows, it was all 2-year old heifers. We went up to look

but didn't care for the 2 year olds. I asked them, "if you kept these heifers, what would you breed them to?" The fella never hesitated, and he answered "Shearbrook Shoshone.' That proved to me why these heifers were for sale instead of the mid-aged cows. They were daughters of Fairfield Hi Guy; who became noted for no milk.

We didn't buy the heifers. One wrong cross (in this case it was performance they were seeking and it backfired.) Took the milk right out of those heifers with one bull.