Welcome to the Ranch!

With the main herd at the new ranch, our home ranch looks slightly different. The only cattle grazing in the pastures are the calves that are in our grass fed beef program and are finishing out on grass. No bulls or mama cows. No baby calves. Just our grass fed business.

This has opened up our grazing potential for our grass fed herd as we are no longer rotating two herds here. The grass finishing herd has a lot of grass to eat. If we continue to be blessed with rain throughout the summer, I wonder if the herd will be able to keep up with the grass. It is a good problem to have, if you even consider it a problem. After last year’s drought, we just feel so blessed.

We just completed a big grass fed harvest. We thank our many customers who support us year after year. We also thank our new customers who just found us. They travel from Georgetown, Sugarland, Spring, Pearland, Tomball, and Bryan/College Station. We appreciate their business, but most importantly enjoy getting to meet them face to face at our ranch.

With the addition of our new property, we hope to keep expanding in numbers and filling our customer’s grass fed beef needs. As of now we are sold out of any beef; however, we are already beginning a waiting list for future orders. We should begin filling them in August/September and then through the fall.

If you are interested in securing an order now for a future harvest, please contact Lara DeHaven at lndehaven@aol.com. I will be more than happy to answer any and all questions you might have about the ordering process or grass fed beef in general.

In the midst of an exceptional drought, Cross Creek Cattle Company is thankful for the rain we have gotten. We are thankful that we have not been driven out of business.

With the cost of hay rising through the roof, we are thankful for securing our needs at a relatively good price. We are thankful for all the friends and neighbors, who sent us names and phone numbers of possible hay suppliers.

We are thankful for our customers. Without you, we would not be in business. We especially thank our repeat customers and those that refer others to us. We greatly appreciate you. As the person who writes, speaks, and meets with our customers, I can honestly say that it has been a pleasure meeting with you at the ranch. I love to hear your stories and meet your families.

Cross Creek Cattle Company is thankful for the attention in the press it has received this year. Thank you, Dr. Ward Bond, for committing a large portion of your show, Think Natural, to focus not only on grass fed beef, but our ranch in particular. Thank you, Shauna Lewis, for writing about our business in the Bryan Eagle. And, thank you Beefmaster Breeders United for getting the word out.

I was jumping up and down Tuesday afternoon because I was so thankful for the rain.  The Good Lord blessed us with 3.5″ of rain!  The ground soaked up as much as it could and the rest ran off into the creeks and ponds.  The water level in our big lake rose about 4 feet.  It was such a beautiful sight watching the precipitation fall to the ground.  Now our rye grass will really take off.

Family is so important to us at Cross Creek Cattle Company.  We are thankful for each other.  Our family wants to extend warm holiday wishes to yours.  Have a very Happy Thanksgiving!