Crooked Horn Ranch

🥩 BEEF PACKAGE AVAILABLE — $1,280 🥩

Looking to stock your freezer? We have a great mixed beef package available and ready to go!

Approximately 88 lb of boxed beef for $1,280

Includes:

🥩 30 packs Ground Beef — 45.1 lb
🥩 4 packs Stew Beef — 3.9 lb
🥩 3 packs Rib Steak — 5.1 lb
🥩 3 packs Round Steak — 4.7 lb
🥩 3 packs Strip Loin — 2.5 lb
🥩 2 packs Tenderloin — 1.7 lb
🥩 2 packs Sirloin Steak — 2.5 lb
🥩 2 packs Short Ribs — 3.2 lb

Roasts:
• Rump Roast — 2.9 lb
• Blade Roast — 3.7 lb
• Sirloin Tip Roast — 3.0 lb
• Cross Rib Roast — 3.6 lb

🦴 2 bags Soup Bones — 6.1 lb

Total boxed weight: approximately 88 lb

Package price: $1,280

A really nice mix of everyday ground beef, steaks, roasts and slow-cooking cuts — perfect for stocking the freezer without committing to a full side of beef.

📩 Message Crooked Horn Ranch to claim it!

STOCK-UP SALE! 🥩 SOLD OUT

For a limited time:

🔥 BUY 1, GET THE 2ND 50% OFF! 🔥
Must be the same item.

❤️ Beef Hearts — 5 available | Reg. $10 each
👅 Beef Tongues — 4 available | Reg. $10 each
🥩 Hanging Tenders — 9 available | $8–$19 each
🐂 Oxtails — 5 available | $14–$22 each

Discount applies to the lower-priced item when package prices vary.

NOT PART OF SALE BUT AVAILABLE
🐕 Dog Bones — $2/lb | Prepacked boxes $25–$35
🍲 Soup Bones — $10/bag

📩 Message me to claim yours, or stop by our self serve freezers — limited quantities available!

Crooked Horn Ranch

🐴 Part 2 – Looking at the Whole Horse

One of the biggest lessons from Allie’s appointment was that horses are rarely as straightforward as they seem.

Over the last several months, both our veterinarian in Cranbrook and I consistently saw what appeared to be right hind lameness. Everything about her way of going seemed to point in that direction.

That’s why I was so surprised when we took her to Burwash.

Using the lameness locator and a full examination, her right side actually looked very good. Instead, the only side showing measurable lameness was the left.

When findings like that don’t match what you’ve been seeing, it can suggest that the horse has been compensating. In some cases, bilateral hind limb compensation can make the SI (sacroiliac region) a consideration, so after her examination, our veterinarian recommended treating the SI with injections.

That wasn’t the only piece of the puzzle, though.

We also reviewed radiographs of her hind feet. Her palmar angles were on the lower end of ideal, so we decided to be proactive and fit 3° wedge pads to improve her hoof mechanics and provide better heel support.

Could her hind feet have contributed to extra strain through her pelvis and SI? It’s certainly possible.

Was the SI the original problem? We don’t know.

What we do know is that by treating the sore SI while also improving her hoof mechanics, we’re giving her the best opportunity to move comfortably and hopefully prevent compensation patterns from continuing.

One thing this journey has taught me is that rehabilitation isn’t always about finding one single cause. Sometimes it’s about identifying all the factors that may be contributing and addressing each one.

Now comes the most important part—rehabilitation, patience, and seeing how she responds over the coming weeks.

Part 1 – Behind the Scenes at Burwash Equine Services 🐴

One thing we’ve been asked for recently is to share more of what goes on behind the scenes with our horses. So here’s the first of a little series from our trip to Burwash Equine Services yesterday.

We loaded up Scooter and Allie for a day of soundness evaluations—but they were there for very different reasons.

Allie has had an intermittent hind-end lameness that we’ve been investigating since this spring. Some days she looks completely normal, while other days she’ll take a few uneven steps before moving out comfortably. Those subtle cases are often the hardest to diagnose, so we wanted to gather as much information as possible before making any decisions.

Scooter, on the other hand, was there for a follow-up before increasing his conditioning. In 2023, he was diagnosed with a right hind proximal suspensory ligament injury and lower hock arthritis. After a long rehabilitation, careful conditioning, and ongoing management, we wanted to make sure everything was still holding up before asking more of him.

One of the coolest tools we used yesterday was the Lameness Locator.

This system uses motion sensors placed on the horse to measure tiny differences in the way they move—differences that are often impossible to detect with the human eye alone. It doesn’t replace a veterinarian’s examination, but it provides objective data that helps guide diagnosis and treatment decisions.

As horse owners, it’s easy to focus on what we think we see. Technology like this helps remove some of the guesswork and gives us another piece of the puzzle.

We’re incredibly grateful to have access to a veterinary team that takes the time to investigate thoroughly rather than simply treating symptoms.

Stay tuned for part 2….

🌭 Bratwurst & HG Smoky Mix & Match Sale! 🌭

Stock up for the BBQ!

Regularly $14 per pack

🔥 Special Offer:
Get any 5 packs for just $60 when at least 2 packs are Chorizo!

Available flavours:
🌶️ Chorizo Bratwurst
🇮🇹 Mild Italian Bratwurst
🌭 Regular Bratwurst
🍯 Honey Garlic Smokies (limited specialty flavour)

If you haven’t tried our Chorizo Bratwurst yet, now’s the perfect time! They’re full of flavour and fantastic on the BBQ, in tacos, pasta, breakfast hash, or sliced onto pizza.

Message us to reserve your packs before they’re gone!

🥩 1/4 BEEF AVAILABLE – READY THIS TUESDAY! 🥩

We’ve got one 1/4 beef from an Angus × Longhorn cross.

🌱 100% Grass Fed
💉 Raised without antibiotics or added hormones

171 lbs hanging weight
💲 $1,710 (includes standard cutting & wrapping)

📦 Boxed weight will be approx 105-120lbs

This quarter will include a great variety of cuts, including:

🥩 Steaks
• Rib Steaks
• Wing Steaks
• Sirloin Steaks
• Flat Iron Steaks
• Flank Steak
• Skirt Steak

🍖 Roasts
• Blade Roast
• Cross Rib Roast
• Sirloin Tip Roast
• Rump Roast
• Round Roast

Plus:
✔️ 1.5 lb packages of ground beef
✔️ Stew beef
✔️ Soup bones
✔️ Dog bones

Our Longhorn-cross beef is naturally lean while still delivering excellent flavour, making it a great choice for families looking to fill their freezer with locally raised beef.

📅 Ready for pickup Tuesday.

📩 Message us to reserve this quarter before it’s gone!

Why is our ground beef price increasing?

We believe our customers deserve to know where their food comes from—and what it actually costs to produce.

One of our most recent burger cows came from right here in the Creston Valley. While she wasn’t raised on our ranch from birth, she came from a local producer who shares many of the same values we do when it comes to animal care, quality feed, and responsible stewardship.

We also track every burger cow individually. We record purchase price, harvest and processing costs, meat yields, packaging weights, and whether each animal makes a profit or a loss. Our pricing decisions are based on real numbers—not guesswork.

Our latest burger cow:
🐂 1,825 lbs live
🥩 906 lbs hanging

Costs:
• Purchase: $4,197.50
• Harvest & processing: $2,027.84

Total investment: $6,225.34

From this animal we packaged 447.33 lbs of ground beef, along with jerky and other products.

Even after factoring in an estimated batch of jerky, this cow is projected to finish about $650 short of covering its costs, before considering the many hours spent sourcing cattle, transporting them, marketing, deliveries, freezer storage, and running the business.

Why not sell steaks?

Not every animal is suited to premium steaks. Rather than selling cuts that don’t meet our standards, we choose to turn those animals into high-quality ground beef and jerky. We’d rather stand behind every package we sell than offer something we’re not completely confident in.

While our processing costs have remained relatively stable, quality local cattle continue to command strong prices. To continue supporting local producers and providing the quality beef you’ve come to expect, the new packages coming out of the freezer from this cow will be priced at:

🐂 $13/lb

Any ground beef already in our freezers will remain at its current price. Only packages from this animal will reflect the new pricing.

Thank you for supporting local agriculture, local processing, and family ranches like ours. We truly appreciate every one of you.

– Crooked Horn Ranch

BEEF ORGAN SALE

Buy 1, Get 1 50% OFF (of equal or lesser value)

Mix and match eligible items to stock your freezer while supplies last!

Available:

❤️ Beef Hearts – $10 each

👅 Beef Tongue – $10 each

🐂 Oxtail – $9/lb (most packs are $15–25)

🫘 Beef Kidney – $5/lb

🥩 Hanging Tender – $9/lb (most packs are around $10–20)

🔥 Freezer Specials🔥NOT BUY 1, GET 1 50% OFF

🦴 Soup Bones – $4/lb (most bags are $10–15)

🐕 Dog Bones – $2/lb (boxes range from $15–40)

🐖 Pork Bones – $10 per bag (4 bags available)

🐑 Lamb Chops – 20% OFF marked package prices

📍 Crooked Horn Ranch

1077 Goat River Road South, Creston

Watch for the Crooked Horn Ranch sign at the driveway, follow it to the back residence, and you’ll find our self-serve freezers in front of the yellow garage.

💵 Cash or e-transfer accepted (e-transfer information is provided at the freezer).

We kindly ask that everyone respects the honour system so we can continue offering convenient self-serve shopping for our community