Rockin' h Farm
Alexandria, MN
Rockin' h Beef
Typical Rockin'h Charolais Quarter
We have had beef cattle on the farm since 2016. In 2017 we started to focus on raising Charolais cattle. They are fast growing, large framed cattle with excellent muscling. In July we artificially inseminate (AI) some of our cows with semen from high-quality purebred Charolais bulls. Their female offspring are raised as purebred Charolais breeding stock. The remainder of our cows (in 2023 and 2024) were inseminated with semen from Wagyu bulls. The Wagyu breed is renowned for carcass marbling and the resulting Charolais cross (Chargyu) has a large, well-marbled carcass as well.
Our beef at the Rockin’ h are raised with continuous access to pasture and alfalfa/grass hay. Steers/heifers to be harvested in the fall and winter, finish in choice pastures, with alfalfa/grass and with a limited amount of grain (corn, oats and soybeans). We walk among our cattle often, to check them and to acclimate them to people. Our goal has been to raise low-stress, happy animals that are mostly grass and hay fed. Over the last 4 months their diet is supplemented with grain to assure good marbling and great taste. Our cattle are raised antibiotic-free (except if they are being treated by a veterinarian) and are never treated or fed hormones or ionophores.
The harvest date for our first finished Chargyu heifers is February 2026. Previous customers have reserved all of the available February 2026 beef carcasses. But we do sell a limited amount of beef, including Chargyu, by-the-cut on the farm.
We will have purebred Charolais steer quarters for sale in November 2026, and Chargyu heifer quarters in January 2027.
Unfortunately, these are the last cattle we are raising on the farm! We are getting too old for all of the physical work it takes to raise cattle, so we are retiring! Our cows were sold in October, and are now on a farm in SW Minnesota. It was hard letting them go, and it will be sad when the last of our cattle leave the farm in January 2027.