With our partners, Lori Kramer of Full Tilt Alpacas and Linda Brown of Linda's Alpacas, we are pleased to introduce the newest addition to our lineup of silver grey studs, JanusAspen Cataldo Steel. As the name implies, his sire is none other than US Steel. Cataldo carries forward his sire's fine, dense fleece which displays brightness and a high frequency crimp uniformally throughout his blanket and beyond with consistent fiber bundles. Cataldo has a well developed top knot, short muzzle, correct bite, balanced gate with correct conformation, and a uniform dark silver grey blanket with minimal spotting. Included in his pedigree are Snowmass Enlightened, Snowmass Blue Epic, Snowmass Silver Star, Snowmass Xxxtreme, Pperuvian Victor, Danko, Aussie 38 Special, Rayo Del Sol, US Steel and Snowmass Enlightenment. Cataldo's 24 month histogram: MFD 18.3, SD 4.2, CV 23.0, %>30 0.8 Cataldo has started breeding and is available for breeding services in Northeastern Ohio. Please contact us to schedule one of his 10 introductory breedings. His first cria is on the ground, a rose grey female... if you are wondering what Cataldo can produce you have to see this cria!

Madiera is the daughter of 10 time color champion and 2015 black Futurity Color Champion FTAF's Blackbeard and Compadre's Silvia. Both parents are true black and Madiera color checked true black at her first show. At the 2017 Buckeye Alpaca Show Madiera placed 3rd in a class of 8 and then had the 3rd highest scoring fleece of all the blacks in walking fleece missing reserve champion by one point. As you can see from the profile photos, Blackbeard literally stamped the head of this young female. This female is large, thick boned, very correct with excellent coverage. She has a lower frequency crimp style with good brightness and her blanket fleece quality extends well into the upper leg and belly (per the walking fleece judge). We are thrilled that she has produced three crias to date, all black females out of Cataldo Steel! Madiera is also very friendly and fully halter trained. We are including a breeding to any of our herdsires.