Crooked Creek Cattle Company

08/29/2026

Available for your consideration!

Because our family has officially aged out of the junior program, CCRK Liberty 6254P is looking for her next showman!

Liberty had a very successful first outing at the Iowa State Fair, earning:

🏆 Reserve Grand Champion Balancer Female – Junior Show
🏆 Champion Spring Heifer Calf – Junior and Open Shows

She was shown by seven different exhibitors throughout the week, including our six-year-old nephew, who was named Champion Pee-Wee Showman. Liberty has plenty of eye appeal and is truly little-kid broke.

Her looks and disposition are not her only strengths. Her dam is a three-time Dam of Merit and remains one of our top-producing cows at nine years old. Liberty has the potential to be successful in the show ring before becoming an even better cow.

For more information, call Drew at 563-794-1972.

08/24/2026

We won’t forget the 2026 Iowa State Fair anytime soon! There was a lot of good food, great conversations, and new showmen stepped into the ring! We want to thank everyone who helped us in the barn and ring to make this such a successful and smooth weekend.

Show Highlights:
Reserve Grand Champion Balancer Female in the Open Show
Reserve Grand Champion Balancer Female in the Junior Show
Reserve Grand Champion Balancer Bull in the Open Show
Reserve Grand Champion Balancer Bull in the Junior Show
Champion Pair of Calves in the Open Show
Champion Produce of Dam in the Open Show
Reserve Champion Best Four Head

08/21/2026

It was a great morning is the ring, and now it’s time for the crew to relax!

08/21/2026

It’s show day at the 2026 Iowa State Fair! If you’re around the fair this weekend, come see us in aisle D on the northeast end of the swine barn!

08/11/2026

We love our Gelbvieh females!

Gelbvieh females add an average maternal weaning weight advantage of 22.7 pounds per calf. In today’s market, this increased weaning weight has a significant impact on the producer’s bottom line.

06/03/2026

05/15/2026

The first group has made it to grass!

05/14/2026

Spring breeding season is underway, and this is the time of year when reproductive management questions start showing up in cow-calf operations.

Join the Beef Reproduction Task Force for a live Q&A focused on practical reproductive management topics impacting cow-calf operations this breeding season. This is a great opportunity to hear directly from leading beef cattle reproduction specialists and discuss real-world challenges producers are facing in the field.

05/07/2026

Carcass data from over 5,200 head of Gelbvieh and Balancer® cattle resulted in 90% USDA Prime and USDA Choice quality grades with 88% yield grades 1, 2, or 3.

03/31/2026

Gelbvieh and Balancer® females offer a reduced mature cow size, more maternal milk, greater calving ease, and reach puberty at an earlier age.