About Us
What we offer…
Where to find us…
We currently do not have a storefront, but do set up at several markets during the spring, summer, and fall. Follow us on Facebook to keep up with us. Since we don’t have a store (yet!) we are happy to offer free delivery in our area with a $100 order minimum. Please call Jane at 918-484-5333 to place an order and arrange delivery!
Shelter Creek Cattle Company is the embodiment of our faith, work ethic, integrity, and love of cattle. I sure hope that you can join us for the ride as we grow our beef business, and that you have a chance to try our delicious beef! Please reach out anytime, I’d love to hear from you!
- Jane Drake
Our Ranch
Beef Quality Assurance
Our priorities are to grow and maintain high quality forage for our animals, and to ensure that our animals are cared for in a safe, humane manner. For us, that means making our decisions based on Beef Quality Assurance practices.
You can learn more about BQA by visiting www.bqa.org.
Our herd of crossbred mama cows thrive on native and improved grass pasture. Our calves are conceived, born, raised, and finished all right here at home. By having our hands on the entire process, we ensure that our cattle are healthy and thriving! In our area, nutritious forage can go dormant in the winter, so we supplement their diets in the coldest months by providing free choice hay (grown and harvested here at home) and a curated grain-based blend suited to their particular nutritional needs. We utilize resources from our Oklahoma State Extension Service, particularly the Soil, Water, and Forage Analytical Laboratory at OSU, to ensure that our cattle have everything they need to thrive. We know that healthy, well-finished cattle equal delicious, nutritious beef!
As BQA certified producers, we consider the big picture of how our management decisions affect our animal’s health and the quality and consistency of our beef. We handle our animals in a low stress environment, keep records that inform decision making, and are focused on the health of our cattle. We believe that doing it right is a calling, not an option.
Our Cattle
Our end goal is to produce the most nutritious and delicious beef possible, which means maintaining exceptional health and vitality in our animals. In this regard, we do vaccinate our young calves to support their health, but we do not administer growth hormones. While we do not give antibiotics broadly, we will use them on a case-by-case basis to support the health of individual animals. Very occasionally, our cattle will need help to fight an illness just like we do.
My interest in developing the best beef possible led me to attend Artificial Insemination (AI) School in late 2019. While the health and genetics of our mama cows are of critical importance, one of the most consequential choices we make as beef producers is our choice of herd sire. Utilizing AI to breed our cows allows us to access sire genetics that would likely be financially out of reach for us if we had to buy the bull. We all understand that part of the success of any living thing is its particular mix of heritable traits. By utilizing AI in our breeding program, we can improve upon the traits most important to us, chiefly maternal, efficiency, and meat quality traits. For a small ranch like ours, AI makes a world of difference in a relatively short time, and we are proud of the positive outcomes we are seeing in the vitality of our herd and the quality of our finished beef.
Our cow herd has matured into a mix of strong, healthy crossbred cows that are predominantly Black Angus, Red Angus, and Charolais influenced. By breeding these good mamas to some of the best bulls in the business, we have developed a foundation of vigor, health, and efficient growth in our cattle that all leads to exceptional quality on your plate.
We hope you get a chance to try our beef; we think you’ll love it as much as we do!
By utilizing AI in our breeding program, we select herd sires that have the positive heritable traits important to us, chiefly maternal, efficiency, and meat quality traits.
