The Rogers family has been ranching in the same location in Mississippi since 1926, breeding Charolais cattle since 1959 and performance testing since 1961, making us one of the oldest performance tested herds in the nation using BIF guidelines.

Harlan Rogers, owner and founder of Rogers Bar HR, has been on almost every committee and has held all offices within the American International Charolais Association (AICA).  These facts make him sound old, but points out that he has been involved.  He has made selections from more than 10,000 cows in the last 45 years - keeping the best for the present herd.

Rogers Bar HR uses all modern technology available such as AI, ET, sonogram, computer assisted mating and EID.  As a result, they have the best EPDs in the nation.  We believe in EPDs and have made more progress since we began using them intensely than all previous years combined.  If you believe in EPDs, allow us to send you information that will familiarize you with the progress made and where we now stand.

Our Annual Bull Sale is held on the second Saturday in March where we usually sell about 100 Charolais bulls and 100 Commercial Brangus heifers.  Their Annual Female Sale is held the first Saturday in May where they sell about 100 purebred Charolais females.  At Rogers Bar HR, we are proud of our cattle and enjoy "showing them off" -- especially in the spring when everything is pretty.  Consider this your standing invitation to visit.  Please give us a call 2-3 days prior to your visit, if possible.

Harlan and his wife, Dorotheann, consider themselves very fortunate to have their 3rd son, Doug, taking over and managing the ranch.  He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and also has his MBA from the University of Southern Mississippi.  He understands computers and cattle and has been involved in the cattle operation since he was five years old.

Rogers Bar HR is located about 90 miles north of the Gulf Mexico in the rolling hills of the Coastal Plains.  South Mississippi gets approximately 65" of rainfall each year.  Most of the soil is well drained internally and externally.  The winters are mild which allows them to grow excellent annual rye grass and clovers in the winter and spring.  They have improved the quality of their land as they improved the quality and quantity of their cattle.  This makes Rogers Bar HR highly competitive in the purebred and commercial beef cattle industry.

Harlan and his sons background around 20,000 commercial heifers and feed many of them with AzTx and Friona Industries. We usually have around 200 replacement commercial Brangus heifers and 600 head of registered Charolais of which almost all are polled. They are run on about 3,000 acres of land located very near the intersection of US Highways 84 and 49, sixty miles south of Jackson, twenty miles north of Hattiesburg and one hundred twenty-five miles northeast of New Orleans.