High Elevation, Natural grasses, forage and wild country
High Mountain Country, Natural Grass and Forage Fed Black Angus Cattle
Raising Cattle in the High Country of Southwestern Colorado brings the reality of the Wild West heritage to life. Real Cowboys, horses, and cow dogs roam this country caretaking the cow herd with the ultimate knowledge of range, cattle health, wild life, environment, weather and water.
The importance of high country grazing and finishing is the weight put on the cattle ensures a healthy and robust diet, mixed with local grasses and forage, with the drier grasses in the fall putting on the highly desired marbling, muscling, proteins, fats, and vitamins, all naturally produced.
The ultimate gift returned to the ranchers, is the end product of consumer delight that our ranching team did a great job full circle. We caretake our cattle meticulously, ensuring excellent health, life of the cattle, and care not to stress the herd while rotating pastures, gathering or transporting them.
This process helps ensure the overall exceptional cattle health, and in return, an exceptional product You and your family and friends will love.
We are Proud to be local Ranchers with family heritage deep in both Montezuma and Dolores Counties, where our Bar H Cross Cattle Company cattle range all year round, on local, native forage and healthy soil, natural water filled with Rocky Mountain Fresh Water.
We use the \ # Brand for our marketing because we believe it is Number One from every aspect.
The County With The Bounty® is \ #.
Our beef is Grass-fed and grass-finished 🥩
•No antibiotics
•Free from pesticides and herbicides
•Regeneratively raised
•Low-stress handling
•Not confined - always out to pasture
•USDA inspected •ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!
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Grass Fed Beef Studies
High Mountain Country, Grass Fed Black Angus Cattle
The case for grass-fed beef and finished beef
The growing research of the benefits of grass fed beef over conventional beef chain (feedlots and grain fed) include:
- Cattle are healthier and require little drug treatment when they are not confined, have constant access to pasture and eat a predominately grass diet.
- Grass-fed beef is more healthful for people because of its significantly better omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratio, higher concentration of conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs), higher levels of antioxidants and lower risk of E.coli infection and antibiotic–resistant bacteria.
- Grass-fed cattle of the right breed, produced to high standards, result in beef that is tender, well-marbled and, in the opinion of many connoisseurs, better-tasting than grain-fed beef.
- Intensive grain farming and feedlot cattle production are major sources of greenhouse gases, whereas grasslands managed with regenerative grazing can sequester carbon and act as net carbon sinks, offsetting methane emitted by cattle.
- The concentration of manure in and around feedlots can pollute air and water, whereas well-managed grazing systems can regenerate grasslands, build soil and protect watersheds.
Source: Back to Grass: The Market Potential for U. S. Grassfed Beef
Healthy Soil = Healthy Grass = Healthy Environment = Healthy Animals = Healthy Humans!
Order or Pick Up
Stop By 100 N. Pinon Drive in Cortez
Pick up some great beef or place an order for a future date of a 1/4, 1/3, 1/2 or whole beef.