Bradshaw-Weiss Angus
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34 – July/August, 2025
By Megan Arszman
Most people picture halter champions and stallion lineups when they think of Terry Bradshaw’s life off the field and out of the TV spotlight, but it turns out this Steeler has always been a true cowboy. For years, Bradshaw was active within the commercial cattle and Angus cattle breeding and selling industry. At one point, more than 200 head of cattle roamed his ranch in Thackerville, Oklahoma. Then he turned to focus on breeding and showing horses, building just as successful an equine ranch as his previous cattle ranch.
Now, he and his son-in-law, AQHA Professional Horseman Scott Weiss, have paired up to start Bradshaw-Weiss Angus. It’s yet another family endeavor bringing together Tammy and Terry and Scott and his wife, Erin, daughter Jessie–along with Chad Wing, who has managed Terry’s farm for years.
“It all started because I needed an ag exemption for our ranch in Aubrey (Texas),” says Scott. “I’ve always been intrigued by cattle, and we had some extra pasture, so I thought if we could make some money off of some commercial cattle, it’d be worth it.”
Terry introduced Scott to Mark Gardiner, president of Gardiner Angus Ranch, Inc., in Ashland, Kansas. Through the partnership with Mark, Terry and Scott built their breeding program to follow the genetics of the Gardiner Angus. It’s this partnership that Scott solidified his goal of breeding registered Angus while taking his “ag-exemption minimum” to another level. Now, Bradshaw-Weiss Angus can be found on Terry’s ranch, Scott’s ranch, and a leased property just 45 minutes from Scott’s facility.
“We have a lease together that’s a few miles from Terry’s ranch,” says Scott. “I keep a lot of the stuff we’re breeding on down here in Aubrey. They’re getting cycled back and forth. Up there, he has a big bull lot that he built so all of the bulls get finished and sale-prepped there in front of the ranch. The lease is where all of the females and the yearling bulls are.”
The venture came together, officially, about three years ago, but years of bubbling passion from Terry and Scott now brings together two worlds–breeding horses and breeding Angus cattle. There are similarities between the two, as well as some distinct differences.
Similarity: Breeding for Specific Genes
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