Welcome to Briggs Ranches!

Rich History of Ranching in South Texas

Herd numbers 48 and 49 make Briggs Ranches one of the oldest established Santa Gertrudis operations in the country.

R.W Briggs Sr., the founder of Briggs Ranches, purchased his first Santa Gertrudis bulls in 1942 from King Ranch. In 1943, the first herd of 150 females was purchased from Dr. J.K Northway.

The upgrading program began in 1946 when R.W Briggs Sr. selected 400 Hereford cows and divided them into four herds of 100 cows each. Heifers from each cross were bred back to Santa Gertrudis bulls. Through this upgrading program, Briggs Ranches reached purebred status in 1955.

Briggs Ranches has deep roots in both Santa Gertrudis and Brangus breeds, establishing a reputation for high-quality cattle. Today, Briggs Ranches maintains between 500-600 head of Purebred Santa Gertrudis cows and 150 Purebred Brangus females. Briggs Ranches joined IBBA in 2016 and have continued to grow our Brangus herd. Along with running purebred cattle, Briggs maintains around 1,000 to 1,500 head of commercial females on a good year.

Briggs is currently operating on three different divisions: our headquarters Traylor Division in Bloomington, Texas, San Roque Division in Catarina, Texas and San Carlos Division in Rio Grande City, Texas. Wildlife has always been a very important part of the ranching operation. The ranch is fortunate to have an abundance of whitetail deer, quail, dove, javalina and feral hogs.