Category ArchiveGrass Fed Beef Sales
Beef Cattle &Devon Cattle for Sale &Grass Fed Beef Sales saboranch on 22 Feb 2010
Our first Rotokawa Devon heifer- Sabo Abby born 5/11/08
SABO ABBY (Sire: Rotokawa 93, Dam: Rotokawa 958) photographed Feb 2010, after a winter eating only standing grass and 20 lbs/day of 1st cutting hay.
SABO ABBY, just after she was born in a May Montana snowstorm, the first of our 2008 calves. Abby is an ET(embryo transplant) calf, borne and nursed by one of our Red Angus heifers.
SABO ABBY is the first of our growing herd of purebred Rotokawa Devon cattle. The eldest of our 8 current Rotokawa Devons, Abby is gentle, intelligent, and remarkably easy keeping. Although she was carried by and born to our most slender Red Angus cow (in her first pregnancy!), Abby is showing her Devon genetics well. We will be harvesting embryos from Abby this summer. We look towards increasing our Montana-born Rotokawa Devons for ourselves, and other cattle ranchers seeking their easy keeping, easy fleshing, tender, 100% grassfed genetics.
ABBY is not for sale, as we are building our current herd. We will not be selling our Rotokawa embryo Devon heifers (Sabo Abby, Belle, Callie, or Dora), but will be harvesting embryos once from each of them, and might have embryos for sale if all goes well on that endeavor. ABBY’s full brother, Sabo BEN, is for sale, photos coming soon!
We have more Rotokawa ET bull calves (born May 2009) here than we will need, and will be selecting which to sell next spring, 2011. They are looking terrific at the moment, even in the dead of winter! Look for a post coming soon with photos of our 2009 crop of Rotokawa Devons!
For more information about our Rotokawa Devons, or our Devon crossbred cattle, contact us at (406)685-3248, saboranch@gmail.com
Devon Cattle for Sale &Grass Fed Beef Sales &Intern Diaries saboranch on 04 Feb 2010
Sabo Ranch Internship blog- Jules Feeney 2/3/10
- Jules Feeney at “Montana’s Best Meats” cutting room with Wayne Worley, manager
Entry two
February 3, 2010
By, Jules Feeney
As the days progress everything begins to flow more easily. We wake up; we do early morning chores; feeding chickens and moving horses and cows. Lately, I have taken charge of the chickens and ducks; refilling their food and water pails. When I’m finished feeding the chickens and ducks and Mrs. Jenny with the cows we head in for breakfast.
When breakfast is finished we Mark, Kiril and sometimes Riley and I drive down to the hay barn before feeding the cattle located on the lower fields. I have taken to driving the little white manual pickup truck that distributes the feed. When I return from this I usually assist Jenny with the grooming and milking of the dairy cows.
Only this morning I woke up at around five O’clock, did the early morning chores and hit the road; our destination, the butcher. Only 45 minutes later we were there. I was not sure how I would react to the slaughtering of cows, but I managed. What I did realize was that these cows have only been bred to be beef cows so they have been treated as such. This learning experience has been one of the best because I now know the way in which the beef is treated in its last minutes.
The ranch continues to be a constant flow of learning and experience that never stops.
Beef Cattle &Devon Cattle for Sale &Grass Fed Beef Sales &Sustainable Agriculture saboranch on 12 Jan 2010
2010 Grassfed Beef for Sale
News:
Sabo Ranch will be offering Devon Grassfed Burgers, fresh for dinner at Bogert Park Farmers Market this summer, Tuesdays, 5-8pm. ALL LOCAL, with everything from ketchup to side salads grown and prepared as close to Bozeman as possible. We will also carry our regular frozen grassfed beef, available by the pound, at our Farmers Market booths.
Watch for us, mention you found us on the web, and get your first Devon Burger FREE!
TO ORDER YOUR 2010 GRASSFED BEEF, raised without hormones, antibiotics, or toxics on hay or pasture,
email: saboranch@gmail.com, (406)685-3248
2010 GRASSFED BEEF OFFERINGS:
Sabo Ranch Grassfed Meats CSA:
100% Grassfed BEEF raised by Sabo Ranch, Pastured PORK by Nate Powell-Palm, 100% Grassfed LAMB by Montana Highland Lamb
No Added Hormones or Antibiotics, No Toxics on pasture or hay, Pork grains are all certified organic Big Sky Organic Feeds.
Rolling CSA, which starts any month with 50% payment, remainder due within 30 days. CSA’s delivered mid month at Winter or Bogert Farmers Markets.
SMALL CSA: Choose A) All Grassfed BEEF, B) Grassfed Beef/Pastured Pork/Grassfed Lamb
5 lbs Frozen grassfed meats/month for 6 months–($37.00 value per month,$222 value). $210.00 total due.
2 lbs Grassfed Beef Steaks, 1 lb each beef/pork/lamb (mostly ground meats) per month–all BEEF option available also!
LARGE CSA: Choose A) All Grassfed BEEF, B) Grassfed Beef/Pastured Pork/Grassfed Lamb
10 lbs Frozen grassfed meats/month, for 6 months. ($75.00 value each month,$450 value), $435.00 total due.
2-4 lbs Grassfed Beef Steaks, Roasts, 2-3 lbs Grassfed Burger, Short Ribs, Ground Lamb, Shanks or Steaks, Pork Chops or Pork Sausage. Each month a bit different.
Sabo Ranch Devon/Angus Quarter Beef Option:
We will be harvesting only 6 Devon/Red Angus steers this year for 1/2 and 1/4 BEEF customers.
Harvest Date: mid October, delivery to Bozeman early November 2010.
10% off for 2009 returning customers! First come first served.
Free Grassfed Meats recipe book to all Quarter Beef Customers.
$5.00/lb boxed and frozen, 80-100 lbs of meat per mixed quarter (Rib steaks, Sirloin, T-Bone, Brisket, Round and Chuck steaks or roasts, Burger) is the basic option, other choices possible. $100.- deposit required.
TO ORDER YOUR 2010 GRASSFED BEEF, raised without hormones, antibiotics, or toxics on hay or pasture,
email: saboranch@gmail.com, (406)685-3248
Beef Cattle &Dairy Cattle &Events &Grass Fed Beef Sales &Intern Diaries &Meet the Sabos &Off Grid Lliving &Sustainable Agriculture saboranch on 28 Dec 2009
Internships available
SABO RANCH INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE
Contact us at (406)685-3248, saboranch@gmail.com
March-June 2010, and Sept-Dec 2010.
Same or different people possible.
Summer work here might also be possible, as work can expand here depending on help.
The program can be formal, or informal, hooked to the university or not, as the student needs.
2-7 days per week possible.
Food and Lodging provided.
We would like to be paid $100.00/week for the first three months, recognizing the extra time that goes into training and teaching someone the “ins and outs” of a sustainable beef/dairy ranch.
Once a student is competent enough, we might choose to leave for an overnight trip, at which point we will pay the intern to cover the ranch in our absence.
If a student is also competent enough, there is the option of staffing a Farmers Market booth for Sabo Ranch, which is also a paid position.
Benefits:
Daily delicious food, much of it raised on our ranch or by our direct friends. Eating LOCAL every day of the year!
Experience living in an off-the-grid home
Heritage breed beef cattle management
August & Sept will include embryo transfer work within our herd
Grassfed Jersey dairy cattle management (milking, breeding with AI techniques, caring for milk)
Management Intensive Grazing with livestock
Pastured Poultry
Pastured Pork
Farmers Markets, including fresh food and frozen meat sales
Field to Table management training in our Grassfed Beef program, participating in our family discussions about finances and future planning for the ranch
Publish your thoughts as you learn on our Intern Blog
Questions about our internship, or reference needed for us?
Contact Rebecca Kurnick, rakurn@gmail.com, who interned with us May-Dec 2009.
Beef Cattle &Dairy Cattle &Devon Cattle for Sale &Events &Grass Fed Beef Sales &Meet the Sabos &Off Grid Lliving &Sustainable Agriculture saboranch on 15 Dec 2009
Field Day- Sabo Ranch- June 19, 2010- 11:00 to 4:00
Jenny and Mark Sabo
- Sabo Ranch Field Day 2009
Come Meet the Sabos and Tour the Sabo Ranch – Saturday, June 19, 2010, 11:00am-4:00pm. Tent Provided this year for dry/shaded eating!!!
100% Grassfed DEVON and JERSEY Cattle, Management Intensive Grazing, Off Grid Living, Eating Local Foods, Grassfed Beef, Pastured Pork, Pastured Poultry. Only 150 Spaces available, Local Food Lunch served.
After Lunch SEMINARS: 2:00-4:00pm
1. GOOD FOOD/GOOD FUTURES- How to Source Great Local Food HERE!, Keep yourself Healthy all year on Local Food, and Why Your Purchases will Change our LOCAL ECONOMY for all of us.
2. FAMILY DAIRY ANIMALS- How to Choose the Best Genetics for Family and Friends, How to Keep Animals and Milk CLEAN AND HEALTHY.
Tour with Jenny and Mark Sabo will discuss:
– Breeding Jersey cattle to A2/A2 New Zealand bulls, tightening breeding season towards seasonal milking.
– Rotokawa Devon cattle: Harvesting embryos from “Sabo Abby”, our first Rotokawa Devon, implanting in other Sabo Red Angus previous recipient cows, using seasonal fertility patterns in cattle. Testing for A2/A2 status in Devon Herd.
– More Management Intensive Grazing (MIG)practices with beef cattle
– MIG with laying hens
– Sabo Ranch Interns- the importance of training future Sustainable Farmers/Ranchers
– Direct Marketing Grassfed Beef
– Devon Burgers for fresh food sales added to Bogert Farmers Market activities Summer 2010.
ALL LOCAL FOOD booth!
– 1/4 Carcass Beef Harvest, single week harvest, for compacted beef sales, premium Omega 3 levels in the grassfed beef
Tour and Meal: $15/Adult, Children 12& under FREE.
**$7.50/Young Farmers 12-21(free with reservation before 5/1/10)**.
Beef Cattle &Devon Cattle for Sale &Grass Fed Beef Sales &Sustainable Agriculture saboranch on 08 Dec 2009
Sabo Ranch Devon bull calf- born 5/09
This nice, full bodied bull calf is an example of the Rotokawa bulls Sabo Ranch will have for sale in winter 2010. These bulls are Embryo Transplant calves from the Rotokawa Devon herd now living in Massachusetts. 933 is of moderate frame, gentle, 100% grassfed, and easy keeping, a great example of the Devon breed’s ability to thrive on sustainable, ranch grown forages.
Grass Fed Beef Sales saboranch on 07 Nov 2008
Sabo Ranch 100% Grassfed Beef – Products and Philosophies
Jenny and Mark Sabo have made a commitment to make healthy, grassfed meats and other foods available to families who care deeply about the foods they eat, and the health of the animals and land that produced those foods.
Sabo Grassfed Beef and Pastured Pork available for sale at the Ranch, Bozeman Winter Farmers Market (Jan-June 2009), Bozeman’s Bogert Park Farmers Market(June-Sept 2009). Contact us for autumn sales venues.
Grassfed Beef Burger: $5.00/lb, Pastured Pork Sausage: $6.00/lb, Sabo “Ranch Dogs” sausages $7.50/lb. 1/4 and 1/2 Grassfed Beef carcasses available, limited availability. $5.00/lb boxed and frozen.
Grassfed Meats CSA: January-June 2009. SOLD OUT. July-December 2009, still available. 10 lbs. frozen grassfed meats/month, delivered once monthly. $420.00 total ($7.00/lb). (All Prices subject to change without notice)
Grassfed Meats CSA includes, Sabo Ranch grassfed Beef burger and steaks, Sabo “Ranch Dogs” (beef/pork sausages with organic spices and sea salt, no nitrates or MSG), Sabo Ranch Pastured Pork breakfast sausage (organic spices, no MSG or nitrates), 13 Mile Farm organic grassfed Lamb, assorted cuts.
Gourmet Beef that is produced here on our ranch is 100% grassfed on fields that are not sprayed with toxic chemicals. Grains of any kind are never given. Our animals spend their lives in the company of other cattle of varying ages, learning to eat a broad variety of beneficial plants at their mothers’ sides until they are ready to be weaned at 9 months of age.
Pastured Pork is raised here on local barley or certified organic whole grain hog feed (call for current practices and availability). Pigs are enclosed in movable pens that are moved frequently on pasture, or work to transform winter cattle bedding to compost, with garden greens and grassfed milk to supplement their grain ration. Limited availability, order ahead!
Our cattle are never enclosed in feedlots, which often require the use of backgrounding antibiotics. Our cattle also grow naturally without the need for growth enhancing hormones.
In addition to summer grasses and winter hay, we (free choice) feed our cattle a custom mineral mixture we mix ourselves, kelp meal for trace minerals, and probiotic yeasts and organic apple cider vinegar for improved digestion and health.
Any animal which does get sick receives appropriate medications, and if it receives antibiotics it is removed from our regular meat program.
Jenny and Mark Sabo have also committed to improving our lands for our resident wildlife.
- - We use “Predator Friendly” management techniques for our poultry, changing our poultry management when necessary, rather than killing racoons, skunks, badgers, coyotes, and raptors which prey upon our birds
- - We cycle our grasses across the ranch, keeping all forage fresh and palatable for cattle and wildlife
- - We preserve natural cover for wildlife during breeding and wintering seasons, for both land and in-stream animals
- - We use no toxic chemicals which might negatively impact wildlife
- - We reserve standing dead timber for wild birds to use.
