The Dancing Yak Ranch

03/11/2026

Spring is here and the training for the calves on Leon Lux's ranch officially start! Please stay tuned as we'll update the details of these cuties soon!

03/06/2026

We just reduced our asking price from 45xx to 35xx each mule, but they must go together!

03/06/2026

Our hearts were heavy to make this decision, but we decided to try and find our 1.5-yr-old mules a new home. They came to our ranch on Nov. 2024 carrying our biggest dream - mule-drawn agriculture. We dreamed of driving our mule team with horse-drawn equipment to make hay, to haul firewood, to hunt, to carry people. We collected a series of horse-drawn equipment before bringing home our mule foals, like sickle-bar mowers, hay rakes, wagons, horse carriages...you name it. But unfortunately, we have to stop our dreams due to our current financial situation.

They came from West Elk Equine, and Katherine trained them well. We know mules will build up bad habits if not trained carefully, so we decided to get a pair of very young foals from a reputable mule trainer instead of just purchasing from someone else. We reduced our original asking price from $4500/each to $3500/each especially considering this economy, which is half of our original purchasing price for a good pair of mule foals. We don't have the financial ability nor training skills to "break" them, but they're also too young to ride or drive. We feel that if we have to pause our dreams, we might as well find someone who's able to resume training to guide them toward becoming a pair of phenomenal working mules.

They're about 14-15 hh, they can be led by rope, will lift feet for farrier, and can be led into a trailer no problem. They live freely with a wide variety of animals such as yaks, sheep, and llama.

We're in Jefferson CO(Park county), and our preferable purchasing process would be:
Schedule to see the mules and see our proof of ownership -> pay the deposit and sign a purchase contract -> wait for brand inspection(usually within a week) -> pick up mules and the brand inspection paperwork and pay off the remaining balance -> then contact West Elk Equine to register them under your name.

Please DM for more info or schedule to meet the mules. If you're interested to see them on West Elk Equine website, here are the links:
https://www.westelkequine.com/wee/tobasco/?
https://www.westelkequine.com/wee/west-elk-star-lord/

03/03/2026

We have three sweet girls looking for a greener pasture, two 3-yr-old and one 1-yr-old, all came from IYAK registered parents. They're a bit shy but would take treats from hands, they free-grazing year round with livestocks in our ranch like chickens, sheep, pigs. Since yaks are territorial, they are not only good multipurpose livestocks but also could be very good livestock guardian animals. We mainly use our yak herd as guardian animals for years and haven't lost any sheep or pigs due to predation.

If interested to get a starting herd, our partner ranch Leon Lux's ranch will have friendly yak bull calf to pair with our girls this spring(totally unrelated bloodline). We also give bundle price if getting all 3 of the girls. Please DM for more details if interested.

02/26/2026

We've got 4 beautiful and happy girls right now, more on the way!

02/14/2026

Happy Valentine's Day! I love ewe guys!

02/14/2026

We've been wanting to summarize our experiences about milking dairy sheep over the years, and we finally did!

If you feel that there are other questions you'd like to know before purchasing EF cross from us, please reach out and let us know and we can try to answer them and update this Q&A!

Thank you!

a Q&A

02/01/2026

This winter is dry!!! Praying for more snow to come!

02/01/2026

New lamb on the ground and more on the way! This spring we have quite a waitlist to fulfilled!

01/16/2026

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01/15/2026

PSA: You might have noticed that we changed the location shown on this page from Hartsel to Jefferson.

The Dancing Yak Ranch is a joint venture of two ranches. While Leon's (our yak training mentor) ranch is in Hartsel, CO., Sophie and Jason's Ranch is located in Jefferson CO.

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01/14/2026

After three years of alpine ranching we are glad to finally announce the yak meat share from The Dancing Yak Ranch!

Year round free grazing at 9500 ft. high plain with the cleanest water and air. Grass-fed and finished yak meat with higher in proteins and other nutrients than beef! Available in 1/4, 1/2, or whole share. Delivery to Denver metro area available. Earliest scheduled processing date is 03/30, 2026.

- USDA-certified butchery with 14-day dry-age process. (Westcliffe Meats)
- No grains.
- No vaccination.
- No dewormers.
- No antibiotics.
- No hormone.

Price is $11/lb (hanging weight), processing fee is included. Please DM us or visit our website directly to order or learn more details.

Thank you!