The Beefmaster Replacement Heifer is one that a breeder has determined has the qualities needed to compete within his or her herd. At Pine Tree Acres we major on the color red with a few mottled face and paints sprinkled in.  Each breeder has to decide the markets they want to solicit and when this decision is made, it is a matter of choosing replacement heifers that will fit into your markets.  Quality, in my opinion is of utmost importance.  We are a small breeder and each year at Pine Tree Acres we attempt to add at least 10 new replacement heifers so that our herd is maintained at the level we have determined maximizes the land and resources we are blessed to use.  This year, we have 10 heifers in a development program that will be bred using artificial insemination when they are 15 months old and followed up with clean up with one of our herd bulls - Polled Performer, Polled Vision, or L Bar Enfuego.  We attempt to study the pedigrees of each heifer and match them up with an AI Sire or one of our own bulls that we feel will compliment the herd with another offspring subject to our own replacement or placing in a BBU approved sale. I included a replacement paint heifer in this article because we feel at PTA this heifer not only has style, muscle, straight back, and bone, but with the correct pairing she will produce offspring that will be marketable. We have always done weights and measurements, but now we are having all of our heifers scored to make certain they should be able to calve with ease and will be adding other scoring and measurements in the near future so that we can better predict for our markets the kind of animal they can expect when purchasing from PTA.