Click HERE to View the Full February 2026 MSBA Bulletin PDF Hello, Fellow Shorthorn Enthusiasts! Here we are deep into an exceptionally cold and snowy winter and the bright spot is: there’s no mud, and yet...it still hasn’t been as bad as the winter of 2013. For some...

February 20-22, 2026 | Farm Bureau Pavilion | Lansing, MI The MSBA will again host the annual Shorthorn sale as part of the MI Beef Expo. The offering has a little bit for everyone, mature bred females, open heifers and bulls to take home and turn out with your herd!...

Hello MSBA Members and Shorthorn enthusiasts! The Michigan Shorthorn Breeders Association would like to invite you to join us in promoting Shorthorn cattle in Michigan and across the Midwest by joining our association. We would love to know of everyone who is breeding...

Hello Shorthorn Friends, It sure has been a cool spring. Our furnace was still coming on in the first few days of June. The calves didn’t seem to mind and are thriving out on pasture. Crops are in the ground and growing, we baled our wheat and wrapped it for haylage,...

Hello MSBA Members and Shorthorn enthusiasts! The Michigan Shorthorn Breeders Association would like to invite you to join us in promoting Shorthorn cattle in Michigan and across the Midwest by advertising in our new online DIRECTORY! We would love to know of everyone...

February 21-23, 2025: MSU Pavilion East Lansing, MI The MSBA will again host the annual Shorthorn sale as part of the MI Beef Expo. The offering has a little bit for everyone, mature bred females, open heifers and bulls to take home and turn out with your herd! Join...

Legacy 56As part of the Chicago International Livestock Show, the National Shorthorn Lassies were officially organized in 1956. The National Shorthorn Lassie Queens represent the Shorthorn breed across the United States. Each year, the Shorthorn Foundation and the...

February 23 - 25, 2024 MSU Pavilion, Lansing, MI Download the catalog here.

MacKenna Geesman, Evart, Michigan was crowned the National Shorthorn Lassie Queen in Des Moine, Iowa at the National Junior Shorthorn Show. Kenna is the daughter of Jeff and Carla McLachlan Geesman, grand-daughter of Gail and the late George McLachlan of Lakeside...