Horse Brands and Cattle Brands pictured on cattle & horses:
The American Trail Horse Association has an association brand, shown at the right, that is available for use by members.  It is registered in 10 states.  Their thinking is that an association brand is more recognizable especially across state and international borders. For more information visit their web site page on identification: http://www.trailhorse.com/identification.php
Are we having FUN yet?	Texas shaped brand
Do you have an interesting brand?  Do you have a story about a brand that has been in your family or area for a long time?  We would like to hear from you and would like to feature your brand or story. Contact Cowboy Showcase e-mail Check back often for more brand pictures.	Freeze brands, made with an iron cooled by liquid nitrogen, usually change the hair color to white, making a clean distinct brand       Upside down (or inverted) M R combined.
	Lazy G T M This fine freeze brand was made for us by the proprietor of Moonlight Welding in Las Vegas, New Mexico.  I'm sorry I cannot remember his name but he did an excellent job with the design and materials I supplied.  It is a registered New Mexico brand and the only one of it's kind.  Also know as the buffalo skull brand.  We live in south central Utah now where we operate mixed animal practice my wife Anne being the vet and the force behind the business.  Terry M Gwinn tagwinn@xmission.com
Bucking horses often carry number brands.	Broken Bone Brand
Rocking Horse Southwest Jewelry I have a brand that my father registered in 1936.  We used to have horses when I was younger.  It now is a trademark for my Indian jewelry business.  I tell my customers that I brand our jewelry.  I also have kept up the registry since my father retired.  I was thinking I might sell it sometime but would not know how to do it.  For now I continue using it for my business and may use it at some later date for a ranch. E-mail: Lani@IndianJewelry.com Voice: (602) 265-1061	Diamond J reverse J ??? "The brand you show read as "Diamond J reverse J" I have seen as "flying diamond". The owner in Washington is Beard Rodeo Co Ellensburg"  Thanks to Dave Wickham
The bar N brand on the left shoulder, -N , is the brand of the Navajo Nation in Arizona and New Mexico.  That, along with the three character brand on the animal's left hip designate the grazing permittee that owns the stock. For more information contact:      Navajo Nation Veterinary and Livestock Program (928) 871-6615      Navajo Nation Switchboard (928) 871-6000
Jaw brands on a horse	lazy J R combined on the left and a pitchfork brand on the right
	Mexican Freeze Brand
Answers to Callin' Brands Quiz : 1.  Slash lazy C 2.  Reverse R V combined   3.  D hanging C	Shoulder brand on a longhorn steer.
The famous King Ranch of Texas uses the "running W" brand, probably the best known ranch brand in the United States.	The Hashknife brand from northern Arizona was established in 1884 and the Babbitt Ranches still brand their excellent ranch horses with the iron.

Mustang Brands:  Angle code used by the Bureau of Land Management to mark mustangs with age and registration numbers	Mustang brand example:
The registration numbers for mustang brands fall into these number ranges depending on the state where the horse was gathered. Arizona                 80,001 - 160,000        (08-16) California        160,001 - 240,000    (16-24) Colorado          240,001 - 320,000    (24-32) Idaho             320,001 - 400,000    (32-40) Montana           400,000 - 480,000    (40-48) Nevada            480,001 - 640,000    (48-64) New Mexico        640,001 - 720,000    (64-72) Oregon                  0     - 80,000          (00-08) Utah              720,001 - 800,000    (72-80) Wyoming           800,001 - 880,000    (80-88) Eastern States          880,001 - 880,100
www.wildhorseandburro.blm.gov Here are telephone numbers for BLM offices with local jurisdiction. AZ 888-231-2582 CA 916-978-4637 CO 719-269-8500 ID 208-373-3822 MT, SD, ND 406-896-5223 NV 775-861-6400 NM, KS, OK, TX 800-237-3642 OR, WA 541-573-4400 UT 801-539-4057 WY, NE 307-352-0292 East of the Mississippi River 703-440-1560
Mustangs are freeze branded on the left neck by the BLM after they are captured.  Details such as age and registration number can be deciphered from the brand.	This bay gelding is a 1991 model from Nevada.
	1998 gathered horse with a Wyoming registration number.
1994 black mustang mare	some brands are a little hard to read, but the brand looks like 1994 on this buckskin gelding
	Tattoo on a thoroughbred horse.  These numbers are tattooed on the inside of the upper lip and registered with the Jockey Club.  This is a permanent manner of identification, however not easily seen.

 

Livestock brands