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We are the fourth generation to run a straight Angus foundation commercial herd that was started by Darby’s great grandfather Ole Wardberg. Ole brought some of the first Black Angus cattle to the extreme south western part of Saskatchewan in 1948. Three generations still run their commercial herds together; the second generation Darby’s grandparents Alfred and Josephine Wardberg, the third generation Don and Connie Delorme, and our herd makes the fourth. From those first registered females our combined numbers of 450 plus commercial females have a certain consistency that you can see in the walking herd and the replacement heifers that we sell. We strive for consistency, after all that is what buyers are also looking for when purchasing a group of females to build or start a herd. Steers are usually sold in the fall and most of the heifers are available for purchase as replacements in the spring. Our bull battery is from our own family purebred bull pen, so we know what they are capable of producing. We are not just any purebred breeder that puts the “Ranch Raised Cattle” slogan on there advertisement board; we ARE commercial ranchers and truly raise ranch bulls for ranchers and for ourselves. 
Boundary Ranch currently runs approximately 50 commercial females. You might ask why we would have a straight-bred Black Angus commercial herd when we sell Simmental as well as Black Angus bulls. The answer is simple; our target is to sell replacement heifers to commercial breeders. Raising a straight Black Angus commercial herd allows our buyers to have the greatest amount of heterosis when crossing our replacement heifers with another breed. In the future we plan to run a second herd of commercial cows to be crossed with our Simmental Bulls for high grading steers. Our Steers are usually sold in the fall and most of the heifers are available for purchase as replacements in the spring. For further information on the commercial herd, steers, commercial replacement heifers please follow the links to the South Shadow website. 
