Homestake Ranch is located west of Wolsey, South Dakota and operated by 4th generation owners Keith and Amanda Larsen. In 1910, Keith's great-great-grandfather obtained the ranch when he traded his blacksmith shop in Iowa and began raising cattle. Throughout the 1950's, Keith's grandfather Harlow Larsen focused on breeding purebred Herefords. Upon his return from college in the early 1970’s, Keith's father Tony Larsen began integrating registered Simmental cattle. Keith purchased his first Red Angus females in 1998 as a 4-H project and a way to diversify the herd. Amanda grew up in Lake Benton, MN and has been involved with Red Angus cattle her whole life exhibiting cattle with her family at the county, state, and national levels. Keith and Amanda first met at the 2002 South Dakota State Fair while showing cattle in the Junior Red Angus Show. Both are active on the South Dakota Red Angus Association Board of Directors and volunteer with Beadle County 4-H. Amanda also works full time as a crop insurance specialist at an agency near Huron, SD. Homestake Ranch consists of approximately 2,100 acres in western Beadle County with 1,000 tillable for corn, soybeans, and alfalfa and the remaining grazed as pasture. We currently run 250 head of registered Red Angus and Simmental cows and continue to improve the genetics each year through the extensive use of AI and embryo transfer. In addition to the cattle, we also have a small flock of Katahdin hair sheep and club pigs. We sell the offspring to local 4-H members to exhibit at Achievement Days and State Fair at our sale each year in Menno, SD. We are a true “family ranch” with all of the work being done by Keith, Amanda and Tony. We have also recently partnered with Jacob Kahre who has started a herd of registered Angus cattle. On February 28th, 2024 we will host our 10th Annual Production Sale at Huron Continental Marketing in Huron, SD.
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