The Perfect Small Acreage Heritage Breed for Beef and Milk!
This is a dual-purpose, slow-growing heritage breed meant for both milk and meat (and in some cases, tri-purpose, including draft oxen). Skinny animals that don't naturally carry any muscle volume or can't gain weight on grass alone have no place in our program. Likewise, an udder that breaks-down in the middle of the cow's lifespan has no place in our program either. Dexters are also renown for tender, gourmet beef, but we've found that even that is being lost in the hodge-podge of genetics available. That's why we genetically test for meat tenderness in our Dexter herd, but also for calving ease, low birth weight, consistent hang-weights, and cuts of grass-finished beef that make the best chefs turn their heads. Lastly, Dexters are a naturally short breed with stellar, gentle temperaments, making them the perfect choice for small acreage whether you want a milk cow to hand-milk or a steer to put in the freezer every year.
Ballard Family Elvis, Our Herd Sire
Ballard Family Elvis, our herd sire out of Silvercreek Kent and Sheen's Sequin. Elvis brings muscle volume, short Dexter stature, and is free of PHA and Chondrodysplasia. He has a very sweet and gentle nature and was a breeze to train for the show ring. He also scored a 9 on his Igenity Tenderness test, preserving the tender meat genetics that gourmet Dexter beef is renown for! Homozygous polled, and A1/A2 for milk, Elvis brings strong udder genetics in his pedigree as well! While we're not big into showing, after we purchased Elvis, we felt that the best thing to do for him and his career as a herd sire was to get him into the show ring. He's just way too nice and brings so much to the table for him to not be shown off a little! He won 4th place in the Junior Bull division at the 2025 ADCA National Show in Pryor, Oklahoma! ADCA #: 057027
