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We harvested our last grass fed beef for the year.  It aged for two weeks before having it cut according to our customer’s needs.  Most customers went with the standard method.  This  includes 1″ thick steaks, tenderized round steaks, 4 pound roasts, and much more.

We want to thank our customers for choosing Cross Creek Cattle Company to meet their grass fed beef needs.  We guarantee that our beef is hormone free, steroid free, antibiotic free, and grain free.  We work hard to raise beef that is all-natural, flavorful, and nutritious.

On the ranch’s website, there is a page dedicated to the health benefits of grass fed beef.  The page is based on the book, Pasture Perfect, by Jo Robinson.   Researchers have found that overall grass fed beef is much healthier for people than grain fed beef.  The most noticeable difference is the amount of fat.  Grass fed beef is much more lean for obvious reasons.

Therefore, grass fed beef needs to be prepared with its leanness in mind.  On the page What to Expect, there are several methods a cook can employ to ensure tasty, tender meat.  We also include recipes to use with our grass fed beef.  Recipes for chili, soup, stuffed mushrooms, and roast are available to the public.

The best characteristic of grass fed beef is its flavor.  Have you ever purchased a beautiful, thick steak from the grocery store only to be disappointed that it had absolutely no flavor?  It might as well have been chewy water.  We wait to harvest cattle until they are about 18 months old.  This allows the beef to develop a full flavor.  It is delicious!  It is how beef should taste.

Those of us at Cross Creek Cattle Company want to take this time right before the end of the year to thank all of our customers.  Whether you purchased beef or a show calf, we thank you for supporting our family owned and operated ranch.  We wish you the best this holiday season.

A Family Coming Together For the Ranch

My husband, Lane, is the ranch manager for Cross Creek Cattle Company.  Last week he hurt his left leg badly.  I took him to the emergency clinic to get a x-ray.  We were pleasantly surprised when the doctor told him that his fibula was not broken.  We were very thankful too.

He did in fact bruise the bone.  His leg stays swollen.  It is extremely painful, and bearing any weight on the leg is difficult.  Subsequently, Lane has been trying to hobble around the house and the ranch trying to do his job.  The cattle cannot wait to be rotated to another pasture.  The horses want to be fed and watered.  They also require hay, which means moving them with a tractor.

The problem with this is that the clutch is on the left.  It is also hard to push, but Lane is smarter than the tractor.  He figured out how to make his hay bale deliveries in spite of his bum leg.  He simply swings his leg over and pushes in the clutch with his right foot.  It is almost like he is driving the tractor backwards.  Weird, but true.  He also found out that you must stop on a FLAT surface.

He is slowly beginning to do more and more everyday.  At first, my children and I completely picked up his slack.  Luckily we home-school so this was not a problem.  The kids took turns feeding and working with the horses.  They also check on the grass fed weanlings, making sure they have plenty of hay, and feeding them alfalfa pellets.  If you ever wondered how gentle our calves are, we send our eight-year old son in to feed them pellets of dehydrated grass.  He is never afraid even though the calves are almost as tall as he is.

We are pulling together to make sure the job gets done here on the ranch.  This is a family owned and operated ranch.  Cross Creek Cattle Company is a place that is near and dear to all of our hearts.  We do not mind doing more than usual.  It is a pleasure to have an opportunity like this to help and pick up the slack as the ranch manager heals from his injury.  It also reveals how much he does around the ranch.  With all that said, we all pray that he will fully recover soon.