Henke Farms 2025 Fall Female Sale

Henke Farms 2025 Fall Female Sale will be held on November 5, 2025, at the Farm. 

I had a great conversation with Charles Henke discussing Henke Farms' upcoming Female Sale. The Henkes are outstanding producers and even better people. Charles is a knowledgeable breeder who brings an exceptional understanding of genetics to his customers' herds.

Henke Farms is a multi-generational row-crop and premium livestock operation.

They believe in cattle that can do it all—researching expected progeny differences (EPDs) for high docility and maternal stay ability. Yearling weight, high fertility, soundness, and functionality are essential, as are calving ease and end-product merit. In short, their philosophy is to breed cattle as entirely as we can make them.

In 2018, they were honored with the Century Farm Award. This is a glimpse into their farm, their history, and the generations that have built it into what it is today.

Charles Henke explains how his Great-Grandfather Ben Henke and his Grandfather Ray Henke established a farm near Salisbury, where his father, Ron Henke, raised him. A farm that Charles works hard to continue the tradition for the next generation.

Thank you for taking the time to review our offering. We are in unprecedented territory with phenomenal cattle prices. We have brought our absolute best for this sale. We will lead off with the progeny of one of the best cows in the business. Barbara 0169 has started putting her stamp on the breed. She is an outstanding source of a combination of phenotype and genotype. Lot 1A is a tremendous, hardworking donor that is ready to start flushing eggs immediately. It is very rare to find a female with as much $M and $B as what she has, and still add calving ease, weaning, yearling, heifer pregnancy, calving ease maternal, and foot quality. She is definitely one to make a significant impact on the breed going forward.

The Lot 1B heifer, Barbara 4052, is quite the specimen in her own right. This female adds as much muscle, shape, and as cool a hip as any female we have found. She will go on to be a phenomenal bull producer. Lots 3,4, and 5 are the next generation of Barbaras. They are following in their dams’ footsteps, with some incredible predictions that look to be very promising. The Lot 6s are from the Robyn cow family. For those of you who are not familiar with them, keep your eyes on this family as they are making a big name for themselves in our cow herd. The dam of these heifers is the dam of Henke Historic. He sold to Knoll Crest Farms in Virginia and has done well for them. These three heifers, we feel, will do an excellent job as well.

We are especially excited about the 6a heifer we are offering a half-interest in. We would love to remain partners and explore the opportunities she will bring to the breed. We feel the sky is the limit with her. Lot 7, D313, has been a prolific donor for us. She produces many high-quality embryos that have resulted in excellent calves at our past sales. Her daughters led off an incredible set of bred heifers that we are happy with. This is a complete set of bred heifers for phenotype, balance, and functionality. They will make a great set of brood cows. The open heifers in this sale have incredible potential. We look forward to seeing what they will do. After the female sale, we will sell 16 stout and robust young bulls. Feel free to come by anytime before the sale to review the cattle. Please call with any questions you might have.

We look forward to seeing you on November 5th at 5 pm.

A NOTE FROM COLIN: Welcome to our third fall female sale. I am very excited about it. Leading off with the Barbaras, Lot 1A is a great female with an awesome Powercat bull calf on her side. Lot 1B is a phenotype standout with a Breakaway heifer due in January. I am especially excited about these lot 2s out of the great 0169 cow. This Hennessy bull, as well as the Wizard bull, are two of my favorite breakthrough sons. I even bought a Wizard 0169 pregnancy. Then these Historic embryos are very exciting, with Historic being a half-brother to the lot 6s.

The Lot 3, 4, and 5 are some standout young 0169 granddaughters that I love. This 6a heifer is promising out of the great 9149 cow, who will eat corn out of my hand. Going to the D313 cow, who was a staple donor for us, she averages about 22 embryos per flush. Lot 8 is a bred heifer I love overall. The Lot 9 heifer is a phenotype standout, as well as Lot 12, which is very similar. Lot 14 brings the whole package from phenotype to genotype. Lot 15 is at the top of my favorite heifers list, and I hate to sell her. The lots 21 and 23 heifers are two heifers that are hard to sell as well, and are excellent bull makers. Lot 45 is a heifer that makes you go WOW when you are in the pen. Then, Lot 51 is a special heifer with a bright future ahead of her. When you get to the lot 56 heifer, she stands out from everything