Member of the American Highland Cattle Association

Heritage Scottish Highland cattle sales from the  native grasslands of the beautiful northern Black Hills, South Dakota

Thank you for taking the time to view our treasured Scottish Highland cattle and our corner of SouthDakota’s Black Hills and prairie!

If you are interested in owning registered Scottish Highland Cattle, call to inquire about availability and to arrange a visit our ranch where you will be able to handle the animals and also experience a piece of history that happened in South Dakota. In 1948, the Scottish Highland Breeders Association was created to collect, verify, preserve, and publish full blood pedigrees of Scottish Highland cattle. The very first Scottish Highland cattle registered in the United States came from Scotland to form a fold near Belvidere, South Dakota - about 150 miles east of our ranch. Some of the very first Highland cattle in the US were used for conservation purposes.

Our goal in developing our fold in Spearfish, South Dakota has been guided by history in that many of our cattle can be genetically traced to the Highland cattle that were originally introduced to the region, forming the folds in South Dakota and eastern Montana. A collateral goal is use of grazing practices that enhance South Dakota’s grasslands.

 

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We raise heritage Scottish Highland cattle and ranch with the goal of conserving and enhancing native pasture. Our Highlanders are instrumental in our conservation goals. Our husbandry practices are designed to retain the heritage traits of the first Highlanders that came to South Dakota from Scotland in the 1940s.

Land enhancement through grazing practices