Welcome to Ramsay Farms, Inc.

I have had beef cattle since I was 3 years old when my dad bought me my first cow/calf pair. From those early beginnings I have bred, raised and purchased many different breeds of cattle, selecting what I thought was good for our farm setting. On January 1, 2005, I sold the remaining commerical purebred Angus cattle to concentrate solely on Simmental. We have purebred, 3/4 Simmental and 1/2 Simmental blood cows and heifers in our breeding program. Fortunately the American Simmental Association has an open herd book, so we are able to continually use outcrossing and new genetics from outside our gene pool to strengthen our breed. Simmental have come A LONG WAY since the 70's and most people do not realize this. Along with my dad, we raise blacks and reds in solids, with some blazes and baldies and the traditionally marked red cattle.

We occassionally have animals available for the home table. They are naturally raised meaning no hormones injected into them or steriods of any kind. We also have heifer calves and bred cows for sale from time to time. We are proud to raise animals that are born small and easily, grow fast and wean out at 500-700 pounds at less than 7 months of age. The cows are very good mothers with lots of milk and easy keepers. Our Simmental our docile and correct structurally.

A little history:

Simmental can be traced to the Bernese Oberland, and were known as early as the Middle Ages as large, spotted cattle. From here, the 'Simmentals' spread into western and northern Switzerland. 

The Simmental, one of the more docile and easy to manage breeds, is known for a long straight topline with deeply muscled back and loin.  Medium to large cattle with strong bones, bulls typically weigh 2200 to 2800 pounds at maturity and cows 1200 to 1600 pounds.  The females have a productive lifetime of ten to twelve years and high milk production.  Simmental are spotted, occasionally with just a few white markings. The color varies from pale gold to dark reddish brown. The head is usually white in front of the eyes with the lower parts of the legs also largely white.  In the feedyard they have a weight gain of 2 to 3 pounds a day and excellent feed conversion  with about a 63% carcass yield. They are suited to all-purpose crossing with smaller breeds.

We typically sell primarily to the breeding stock end of the business. While we do occasionally sell animals commercially (either through the local auction market, or privately), we feel that our genetics are best utilized in the breeding stock aspect of the cattle industry. Its true our bulls when bred to a commercial herd excel in the ability to pass on all the great attributes of the Simmental breed, we don't typically sell them for this purpose.

In that regard, our animals are priced more towards a breeding stock and purebred herd situation. If you are looking for something commercial and at commercial prices (which by the way are NOT that far behind the current breeding stock prices) I can direct you to someone who may/may not have what you are looking for. We do occassionally raise 3/4 simmental, 1/4 angus bulls or replacement heifers but there is typically a strong demand for them and a waiting list has been formed. To be placed on it, please do let me know.

All animals are registered with the American Simmental Association. Member #221951

 

At six months old this bull calf is getting close to size to his two year old mother!


This bull calf will be retained for a future herd sire. His dam is the smallest framed cow I have ever owned, but she always weans the largest calf (upwards of 700 pounds at eight months old)


This gorgeous dark cherry red heifer is a Red Reality AI calf. She is being retained as well.


Another dark cherry red heifer calf that will be retained.


A few of our yearling heifers that were all AI'ed this summer.