North Canadian Red Angus is owned and operated by Tony, Yvonda, and Bryan Moore. Bryan is the fifth generation of Moore’s to raise cattle in Western Oklahoma. His great-great grandparents settled west of El Reno around 1910. One of their sons, Earl Moore, continued the family tradition just west of Calumet. Earl, his wife, Sylvia, and the family farmed wheat and owned both cattle and hogs. All five of their boys married and raised their families on a family farming operation. Each developed his own farm and, while they often worked together at various tasks, they did not pool resources and develop a larger operation.

The various family groups have gone on to do all kinds of things, and several are still involved in farming/ranching operations.  Bryan started his farming/ranching business in 1998, and Tony and Yvonda joined him in 2001. We developed the North Canadian Red Angus brand in 2018.

Yvonda earned her MBA from MidAmerica Nazarene University and had a career in healthcare finance. She retired in 2016 and joined our business operations full  time shortly after. Tony earned his D-Min from Eastern Baptist Seminary and served as a church pastor, chaplain, and marriage and family therapist until joining Bryan in the business operation in 2001.

In 2015, we began a transition to an all-cattle operation. Our focus has been on restoring land continuously farmed in wheat into grass and fencing for rotational grazing. In 2018 we purchased Pharo bulls and started to transition our commercial cow herd to a medium frame, Red Angus momma cow. 

Research shows that stocking rate is a critical factor in a profitable cow/calf operation. Research also shows that you can stock significantly more medium-frame cows than large frame cows. The result is more pounds of beef per acre. More calves always trump big calves in total weight.

Our bulls are selected with foot soundness, udder soundness in the dam, fleshing ability, disposition and even fly resistance so these traits can be passed on to their offspring. Pharo Cattle Company is perhaps the only registered bull producer screening for fly resistance. The heifers produced will be bred to high quality, five- star Pharo calving ease bulls. Calving ease will be guaranteed. Easy keeping medium-frame cows will always produce more pounds per acre than large frame cows due to increased stocking rate. Produce more pounds per acre and spend less money per cow with easy-keeping medium-frame cows.