The Charolais Association of Texas would like to invite you to join us in promoting Charolais cattle across the state and the country. Texas leads the nation in the number of active members, junior members, and enrolled females. In recent years we have seen an increase in participation in CAT sales and advertising. If you haven’t attended a CAT sale lately, we encourage you to do so. There is a sense of unity amongst our members, and we understand that there are great cattle right here in Texas. CAT members have the option to sell cattle in our two annual sales and have the opportunity to advertise in the CAT Directory. The Directory appears in the Charolais Journal, AICA website and CAT website. It is a great way of gaining national exposure and recognition.CAT membership is open to everyone, including our out of state members. CAT works to support our junior members; we award annual scholarships to graduating seniors and offer premiums at the Fort Worth Junior Show.

In the past few years we have seen drastic fluctuations in the cattle market and this has created challenges for some producers, but it has also created an opportunity. Most believe that the market may have over corrected from what was an all time high and should level out with some time. Until it does, the bottom line of commercial cattlemen will be tight.

This presents us with the opportunity to promote Charolais bulls. Our bulls will significantly add pounds to any calf crop and the demand for Charolais influenced calves is strong. All it takes is getting people to buy one Charolais bull, after that our product sells itself and anyone that can do simple math will figure out Charolais bulls will make you more money.

If you are interested in joining or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call myself or any of the other officers/directors.

Sincerely,

David Skeans