Skye High Farms

04/18/2026

Saved one! 🍻🍻😃Quick breach/back legs pull on a hearty bull calf at Pats. We were happy it was alive. She’d been gone all day delivering steers and saw upside feet coming out a good young cow this afternoon

04/09/2026

Alright we hate AI but just this once.
Pic for attn!!
Reaching out to all our beef producers and prospective beef producers out there. My name is Skyler Anderson. I’ve been raising Highland cattle since 99 and have a strong conviction that the value and expansion of our BEEF breed is limited to the price of our beef. Without a strong back bone/ rooted somewhere within the BEEF industry the potential of the highland cattle market will remain limited. There is no dog pound for unwanted cattle and cattle take money to raise. Not everyone can be a seedstock producer or the whole thing becomes essentially a pyramid scheme.
As a new volunteer member of the the beef marketing committee I am looking for ideas from the public: avenues to pursue, studies, marketing, what you find helpful from Ahca as producers, what has worked for your program, crossbreeding etc etc etc.
please feel encouraged to drop a line here in this post or to me privately.
I always thought we have a fair number of breeders with farms on main roads/highways and that billboard kinda like this one below but with real pictures would be a great idea far as marketing went. But then what about supply!?

04/08/2026

This one blends right in with the dead grass. Cute hider. Little bull

03/31/2026

Edit: Sale pending.
Posting for old good friends Dawn and Chris Manthi of Maple Hill Highlands. These guys are retiring from cattle after 25 or so years and have based their entire program at this point of of one killer old cow that’s been stamping her quality progeny and now grand progeny out for years. The old matriarch LSR Princess Iona from the Bakemans is a Skye High Wayward Son daughter out of Cedrus of Swains cow who was actually my first bull. Anyway they’ve got a high quality little herd (five cows and five heifers or so) that are available. Look them up or holler at me if you’d like to get connected with them. Will post a few photos in the comments from then I was up there the other day. Located in mid north west Michigan.

03/31/2026

Crap unrelated photo of the first spring calf here and dam Skye High Heira. Been trying to get into the half way habit of brushing and just sitting and enjoying the cows again recently and while brushing them out the other day I swear one moo’d lightly three times just like a dog at the dinner table, three times in a row watching me brush the others. Vocally begging I swear to god. Has anyone else ever seen this? Never have. Was kinda notable I though

03/25/2026

Belated congratulations to the Greenlee’s of Bugtussle Farm Bourbon MO on the purchase of this cool Scottish/Australian guy! Soon to be relocated BC Canada!

03/17/2026

I got a feeling we’re gonna be seeing a lot of winning out of this group this year! Grand and reserve champion female and res Bull go to these proud owners and exhibitors AGAIN this year! Skye High Kodiak Pinch offspring getting at done in South Carolina at an 80 head show. Excellent job to all involved. Storybrooke and Kesabe farms.
Take the guess work out and try Kodaik Pinch semen for reliable results and affordability

03/05/2026

03/05/2026

Great weekend in Missouri this past weekend dropping off a couple nice ones, seeing some beautiful places, good cattle, and catching up with friends old and new. Truly a great visit. Thanks to Annie and Elijah Howell and family, Dan Parmele, and Clement and Shannon Jones for the tour and hospitality! Also got to catch up with OG breeders and friends Keith and Sherri Bakeman of the former Laughing Sun Ranch. They had bought Skye High Wayward Son from me back nearly 20 years ago probably. He was just a yearling then and they paid me $5000 which was a large dime for a young bull back then. He stuck around as part of the deal and bred my cows as a yearling and then went on to Denver to win Grand Bull. We’ve remained friends since then. Was great seeing them.
Lots has been running through my mind since. Between the heat and the fescue Missouri is certainly rough country for highland cattle but with proper management techniques can be pulled off successfully as these ranches have been able to. Keith and Sherri, coming from Colorado with their cattle, were in awe of the green green plentiful grass but reported weaning weights 1/3 less their traditional weatern grass wts originally! Fun fact/observation anyway.
Dan also raised an interesting observation (if i understand correclty) he made from selling at farmers markets. He thought he might be better off as selling his highland beef as just beef rather than advertized as highland feeling that people tended to shy away from highland beef for some reason… possibly because of the cutesy bs that has been a large marketing strategy/ part of the craze of late. People not being able to imagine eating a cute cow or not associating them with quality beef. This is concerning to me and also makes sense. Feel free to comment if any of you have ran into this. I’d be interested to know.
Anyway! Calving season begins! I wish mine wouldd hurry up. First one born two days ago. Happy trails.
Pictured is a not fancy enough photo of BFS Re*****on. A large framed dandy yearling from Brown Farmstead that landed at the Jones’ Niangua Blue Spring Ranch and Skye High Mair with her first calf, a bull sired by Sunset Rebel Yell

02/23/2026

Didn’t know they had Buffalo too! Shoulda be a cool event

🥩✨ A Night at Parmele Ranch Co. ✨🐂 Join us for a special six-course farm-to-table dinner in collaboration with Parmele Ranch Company, showcasing the incredible cattle and bison they raise right her…

02/22/2026

Take a look at this Skye High Kodiak Pinch daughters tearing it up this last week. They got the look of their sire no question. Top pic is Kesabe’s Rouge Ambition, an ET calf bred by Kelley Morris. Bottom pic is Skye High Night Fall (2025 heifer of the year) owned and exhibited by the Medinas at Story Brooke Farma winning champion over all breeds!! Congratulations to both families and thank you for choosing our genetics!
Kodiak is dependably making super stout and easy fleshing types back by generations of quality everything. Udders feet growth on pasture etc. although weve been unable to get sexed semen try the good ole 50/50 chance! It’s CHEAP!! at www.highlandbreeders.com