In their words.
At Lair Ranch, Doug, Mary Lair and Andrew Lair and Family raise grass-finished BEEF and LAMB along the beautiful and fertile Yellowstone River Valley just downstream from Big Timber, Montana. We are non-certified organic, returning to the regenerative practices of our ancestors for the past many years—no pesticides or herbicides on our pastures, no hormones, antibiotics, or grain supplements in our grass-finished market beef and lamb, and gentle and humane handling in a rotational grazing system that promotes overall animal, soil, wildlife, and human health. We raise and feed our own hay for winter feed. Our cows are Red Devon (a Heritage Breed), Red Angus and Devon/Angus crosses. The English breeds finish well on grass. We calve on pastures in May and June. It takes around 20–26 months to finish a steer on grass in this part of the Country, slower than a feed lot, but much healthier and more flavorful meat with higher levels of Omega-3 fatty acids and CLA (the good stuff). We are currently sold out of beef and are taking reservations for our next group of steers that finish in early July. These will be ready to deliver in late July and early August 2025, with more finishing in the…
Lair Ranch carries third-party certification: USDA Organic. Those bodies maintain public producer rosters that this listing has been cross-referenced against.