2026 Beef Shares

We have a limited amount of Quality Highland Beef shares still available, being processed at a local butcher next month.

Grass fed and grass finished. Highlands are slower growing and well known for their flavor, tenderness, lower cholesterol and high protein.

This is a great way to fill your freezer with amazing beef custom cut and wrapped to your specifications... don't panic though, the process is easy and we will walk you through it.

A $200 deposit will reserve your beef share, with the remainder due at time of butcher.

Please reach out if you are interested and would like more information.

Highland beef share availability

For those of you that are local to the Willamette Valley (or localish and willing to travel for great beef)...

We only have a 1/4 share of Quality Highland Beef still available, being processed at a local butcher next month.

Grass fed and grass finished. Highlands are slower growing and well known for their flavor, tenderness, lower cholesterol and high protein.

This is a great way to fill your freezer with amazing beef custom cut and wrapped to your specifications... don't panic though, the process is easy and we will walk you through it.

A $200 deposit will reserve your beef share, with the remainder due at time of butcher.

Please reach out if you are interested and would like more information.

What is a beef share?

Are you interested in buying local beef, but not sure what to expect... let's walk through the process. 

Local farmers and ranchers typically sell beef 'shares' which can be a 1/4, 1/2, or a whole animal. Price can be a predetermined for each share or based on the final hanging weight.

A deposit is typically required to reserve your share, at which point the farmer will let you know what butcher they will be using and any other details you will need.

Depending on the farmer and butcher, you can have your share custom cut. How many steaks do you want in a package? Bone-in or boneless steaks? Do you want roasts or that cut turned into more burger? Soup bones or dog bones? Do you want the offal (the edible internal organs)? Do you want the extra fat for making tallow? 

On the scheduled date, the farmer will deliver the live animal to the butcher. The butcher will dispatch the animal humanely. The carcass will be weighed and this is the final 'on the rail' weight. This is the weight that a lot of farmers use to calculate the price of your share. Butchers will also use this weight for determing their processing fees. 

You will pay the farmer the balance due on your share, and will also pay the butcher for the processing fees.

The time between the butcher date and when your beef is ready to pick up varies, but is typically around two weeks.

If you made it this far through the long winded write-up, thank you. It is a pretty simple process and a great way to shop local... supporting a local farmer, a local butcher, and all the people involved along the way!

Spring heifer update

Looking forward to warmer and dryer weather around the farm.  The wet doesn't stop the chores, and the few nice days we do have are filled to the brim.

Our almost yearling heifers have been going through their socialization classes, lol!  Aka, get them in a smaller paddock, work with them, and decide who makes the next cut for potential breeding stock.  A few will join the beef crew, a few will be retained, and we are faced with the decision of who will be offered for sale.

Make sure to follow our farm's FB page for the most up to date information on potential animals for sale.  We will be making an announcement in the next few weeks.

Quality Highland Beef - SOLD OUT for 2024

We have a 1/4 and 1/2 beef share of Quality Highland Beef available, being processed at a local butcher at the end of this month.

Grass fed and grass finished Highland steers. They are slower growing and well known for their flavor, tenderness, lower cholesterol and high protein.

A $200 deposit will reserve your beef share, with the remainder due at time of butcher.

Please reach out if you are interested and would like more information.

2024 NWHCA Spring Production Sale

Margaret of Asman has been consigned to the NWHCA Spring Production Sale, being held online at cowbuyer.com.  Lots will be available for bidding soon, with the auction closing on April 27th at 5pm PDT.

Margaret is a yearling heifer showing great potential along with a noteworthy pedigree. Her dam, Cape St. Mary's Vera, hails from the iconic Cape St. Mary's herd on Lopez Island, Washington with decades of breeding experience, great maternal instincts and amazing udders. Her sire, STR Journey, is the progeny of Rioghail of Balmoral and Yarnelle Farms Betula. He is a full sibling to STR Armageddon, the 2020 National Western Stock Show reserve grand champion. Our farm focuses on grass-fed beef, but Margaret would also hold her own in a show ring. She has a very calm demeanor, enjoys brushing, and has been started on the halter. With a 482# adjusted weaning weight, we are excited to see how Margaret will contribute to a successful breeding program.

Farm update January 2023

With life happening at full speed around us, and taking on a few big projects, our farm page has taken the backseat.  

We're still expanding our herd and retaining most of our heifers.  A few AI calves on the ground in 2022 and a handful more are expected in 2023 to help broaden our genetics.  

We are appreciative of those who help support us with breedingstock, beef, and hay purchases, and are looking forward to the year ahead.   

Introducing Henry

Introducing the newest addition to our farm, Fat Cow Henry. Yes that's his official registered name, and after a few days on a nice green pasture he is living up to it! He's halter trained and is enjoying being brushed.

We our very excited to have a new bull after deciding to start switching back to registered stock. It was a very hard decision since we had a very nice looking bull with a great temperament. We are still hoping to find a good home for that one, otherwise he'll be hamburger for us.

Beef for sale

We now have 1/2 of a beef available for purchase... sold as either a 1/4 or 1/2. Butcher date has been set.  This steer is 1/4 Angus and 3/4 Highland.

**UPDATE: WE ARE CURRENTLY SOLD OUT FOR 2016.  If you are interested in beef, please contact us and we can put your name on the list for next Fall.

Scheduling beef

If you haven't yet, it's time (or possibly past time) to schedule Fall butchering with your local butcher.  I called our butcher this week, and mobile farm visits are scheduled out all the way until the end of December so we will have to haul this Fall's steer into the butcher.  The soonest they had any openings was the end of October.  Glad I didn't wait any longer! 

Maybe this isn't a problem with farms that have a large number of animals going to beef every year and are on a normal schedule with their butcher, but I will definitely be marking the calendar to call earlier next Spring.  We like to butcher in the Fall before we have to start haying the cattle.  We've had years that we've made it until Thanksgiving on pasture so late October should work out good.

If you are interested in locally raised Highland beef, check out our 'For Sale' page for more information.

AHCA beef info

While perusing the American Highland Cattle Association website I came across this poster on their gifts & materials for sale page that I thought was pretty neat. I've never seen the beef poster featuring a Highland before.  There is a lot of great information on their website that's worth checking out including research done on Highland beef and recipes.