Graystone Cattle Company

Graystone Cattle Company Graystone Cattle Co. founded in 1990 with its first purchase of registered Red Angus cattle. Producing Red Angus breeding stock that work for our customers

09/02/2026

Another heifer from our spring sale. It's great to see our genetics at work in other peoples programs. Thanks for the videos Danny!

09/02/2026

Here is a video of one of the heifers from our spring sale. Looks like she is doing well in Danny's low input program on Indiana grass and water!

We always love to hear good reports from our customers! I got this picture in a text a couple of days ago of a yearling ...
09/02/2026

We always love to hear good reports from our customers! I got this picture in a text a couple of days ago of a yearling bull from our spring sale. He's been out with heifers for a few months and is doing well according to Rick. Thanks for the report!

08/27/2026

Apparently a post I did a few days ago has been interpreted in a way I did not intend. First let me state that we do NOT sell beef to anyone privately and never have. I have no interest in selling quarters, halves or whole carcasses to the general public. My intent was to explain some of the differences between farmer raised and locally processed beef and commercially produced beef that you may buy at whatever store you may choose to shop at. Apparently it has been interpreted that I am against commercial beef processing which is not true. The fact is that there are not enough local locker plants in the U.S. to process the millions of pounds of beef that have to be processed to feed us or the world. My comparisons were intended to be much like comparing a Ford King Ranch pick up to a Ford fiesta. There is a difference whether we like it or not. If you can afford the King Ranch truck that's great but if you can't there are options for you as well. It does strike me as odd however that many people will spend $10+ on a cup of coffee every day and sometimes multiple times a day and then complain about the price of a pound of burger that can feed their family for a day. So if I offended you in any way, I hope you have a great day as you enjoy your flavored $10 cup of coffee and $5 bag of chips.

Maverick 353 in his working cloths the day we pulled him out of the pasture. A beef business bull that is leaving a huge...
08/26/2026

Maverick 353 in his working cloths the day we pulled him out of the pasture. A beef business bull that is leaving a huge influence on our herd.

08/25/2026

EDIT - SEE PART 2 IN THE COMMENTS

I hear all of the time that the beef/burger that we buy at the stores just doesn't taste the same. The simple truth of the matter is that it is not the same as you had had grandpa's house, dad's house or for that matter my house. So you ask, "What's the difference?"
Let me break it down for you. The beef that your grandpa or dad had or you find in my freezer is locally produced from the very conception of the animal to the consumption that we all enjoy. In our case it was born in our pastures, grown in the same pasture and fed here as well until it is ready for harvest. It is then processed locally through one of the butcher shops we have locally. There it is made into specific cuts of meat, whether that is steak, roasts, burger etc. No added preservatives, coloring or water is added.
Now let's take a look at the "beef" that you buy at the store of your choice. It is very likely that it contains a high percentage of what they like to call lean beef from a country that we have no control over how it is handled and processed. The rest of it, as small of a percentage as it may be, might be from the fat trimmings from an American grain fed carcass. It is thrown into a big tub where it is blended together, where it is infused with chemicals, water and bleach that preserve the shelf life of it as well as dye so that it will keep a consistent color in the package.
President Trump has declared that he will bring in 300,000 metric tons of beef from an undisclosed foreign company so that the American people can have cheap beef for 3 months. In reality, that 25% cheaper cost of beef will be absorbed by the packers and chain stores and the American people will likely not see a cent of savings at the retail level. However, the American rancher is already feeling the pressure on their ability to market cattle as the futures are spiraling down ward every day. With an already dwindling cow herd and the loss of thousands of ranches/ranchers, it would seem that politics and drought are two of the biggest enemies that ranchers face today.
In the end, as you sit in line to get a $10 cup of coffee, think about buying your beef from a local producer. You will have a far superior product with traceability that you can actually see and it will be just as good as the beef you used to have at grandpa's!

A little tour through one of the pastures this evening and this little lady decided to let me take her picture.
08/25/2026

A little tour through one of the pastures this evening and this little lady decided to let me take her picture.

Excuse the poor lighting and make shift cell phone picture. I found this young man in the first calf heifer pasture just...
08/04/2026

Excuse the poor lighting and make shift cell phone picture. I found this young man in the first calf heifer pasture just before dark the other night. I think there is some potential there, his momma will be one that we will be watching close. Doing a great job with him and keeping her body condition on fescue pasture!

07/31/2026

Yesterday a customer sent us this short video of a 2 year old they bought in our sale as a yearling. You just have to love the disposition!

So I almost missed cow appreciation day with Dr's appointments and what not. But I would be remiss not to recognize our ...
07/15/2026

So I almost missed cow appreciation day with Dr's appointments and what not. But I would be remiss not to recognize our cows as they keep the lights on around here.

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Stockport, IA
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