Welcome to Elkhorn Creek Ranch, the home of
Best Angus and Quarter Horses
Check out the “Best” kept secret being offered at the
2012 North Dakota Angus Association Select SaleJanuary 7th at Kist Livestock, Mandan ND.
Buyers choice of Best Angus 2011 born heifer calves. No reservations, pick of the bunch.
Numerous AI sired and ET heifers to select from.
Daughters of OCC Missing Link, Sinclair Extra 4X13, Leachman Right Time,
SAV Traveler OO4 and LAR Alliance 64L.
Photo taken late November 2011
Heifers back out on fall grass with cows after being weaned on October 10, 2011.
For more information on our consignment or to request a catalog, please contact us!
We look forward to visiting with you!
The Elkhorn Creek Ranch is a family owned and operated ranch which inventories approximately 250 head of commercial and registered Angus cattle and a small band of registered Quarter Horses on a combination of private and USDA Forest Service acres in western North Dakota.
As active members of the North Dakota Stockmen’s Association, the American Angus Association and the American Quarter Horse Association we are dedicated to the missions of those organizations and to offering quality beef cattle and working horses which offer recognized value to our private treaty customers. We offer annually by Private Treaty a select group of registered Angus bulls (yearlings and two year olds), many of which are full brothers from our embryo transfer (ET) program, replacement Angus heifers and ranch raised working Quarter Horses.
Our brood cow herd is founded on time tested genetics influenced by GDAR (Gartner - Denowh Angus Ranch), Shoshone Angus, McCumber Angus and CAR (Connelly Angus Ranch). Our cow families include: Miss Wix, Rosetta, Gale, Miss Marie, Marie, and Blackcap. We have focused heavily on pheno-type (for our unique and demanding environment) and balanced EPD’s when selecting both AI sires and donor cows for our ET program.
Our current AI sire battery includes: CAR Tracker 904, SAV 8180 Traveler 004, Sinclair Extra 4X13, Best Right Time 8024, Leachman Right Time 2700, Boyd New Day 8005, Bo Duke 8006 of Best Angus, Littau Alliance 64L, and OCC Missing Link 830M.
Please check our Angus Sales Catalog area of the website for our current Priviate Treaty availably listing and recent news from the ranch. Contact Us if you have any questions.
The desire to have an economical source of consistently bred, good disposition, dependable ranch horses brought us to the point of raising our own in 1998. We will be offering a limited number of offspring each year. Some offspring will be sired by Genuine Two Buck "Chance", and out of daughters of Two Bucks A Jack. Please check our QH Sales Listings for more information and availability. Contact Us if you have any questions.
Productive, efficient Angus cattle
that utilize the native western
North Dakota forages that the
rugged badlands provide them!
We hope you enjoy your visit to our website.
Please Contact Us with any questions or concerns you may have.
Visitors are ALWAYS WELCOME at anytime!Pictured below is a 2007 Hovet / Best / Murphy family picture on ranch raised, ‘Box cross’ Quarter Horses. All of the horses are sired by Two Bucks A Jack, aka “Howard” (on the far right hand side of the picture). Howard is a 2000, chestnut son of the Pitzer Ranch’s Two Eyed Red Buck. Howard is now owned by Larry and Tana Stall of Dunn County. They ranch with him and their grandchildren youth rodeo on him.
Pictured Left to Right in this 2007 photo are: Lee Murphy on Two Bucks Twist (2003 bay filly), Rita Hovet on Ima Tyrees Two (2003 Chestnut filly), Vawnita (Hovet) Best on Two Bucks For Parr (2004 sorrel filly), Kim (Hovet) Murphy on Two Bucks For Ima (2005 chestnut filly), Kurt Hovet on Red Bucks Twist (2003 chestnut gelding) and Pete Best on Two Bucks A Jack, aka 'Howard'.
