All Texas Longhorn cattle that pass the requirements for registration in CTLR are welcome, regardless of their bloodline or previous registration in any other Texas Longhorn breed association.

CTLR Registered Federal and State Herds

The entire federal government owned herd of Texas Longhorns at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Lawton, Oklahoma was registered with the CTLR through 2002 prior to their management change to natural selection. The entire herd of cattle owned by the State of Nebraska at Fort Robinson State Park in Crawford are registered with the CTLR. This herd was previously owned by the federal government and housed at Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge in Valentine, Nebraska. The State Longhorn herds in New Mexico at the Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces and Texas at the Big Bend Ranch State Park are also CTLR registered.

Requirements for Cattle Registration

Cattle must be hot-iron branded with a holding brand and a private herd number.

The CTLR currently is a closed registry only offering registration eligibility to offspring of two CTLR registered parents. Female progeny of CTLR registered sires and dams are eligible for registration as subsequent registrants, with no need for genetic and visual inspection.

Male progeny of CTLR registered sires and dams must be visually inspected after the age of two years and DNA tested.

Both sexes of cattle of unknown parentage born into closed herds consisting only of CTLR registered ancestors, such as the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge herd and Big Bend Ranch State Park herd, are eligible for registration through the same visual and genetic testing procedure required for bulls.

Visual inspection is conducted initially by a team of CTLR inspectors. Texas Longhorns should look like Texas Longhorns. If, in the opinion of CTLR inspectors, an animal does not exhibit characteristics of Texas Longhorn cattle or if an animal exhibits characteristics of another breed of cattle, that animal shall be disqualified for registration in the CTLR.

Following visual appraisal, approved animals have a DNA sample collected and sent to a CTLR approved genetics testing laboratory. Results from the test indicating no evidence of impurity then permit that animal to be registered with the CTLR as a true-to-type fullblood Texas Longhorn.

Acceptable Breeding Methods

Cattle produced through live cover, artificial insemination and embryo transfer shall be considered as initial registrants and subject to both visual inspection and blood typing.

Animal Registration Application

Animal Transfer Application

Please be patient to receive your registration certificates. We are a non-profit organization and our staff is all volunteer. It is not uncommon to allow registration applications and membership applications to accumulate and the data entry is all made in one day about every three to four months. We are able to process rush orders. Feel free to call or email.