Lakota Ranch Farm Store

10/06/2026

Our guardian dogs, Lakota’s King Henry, Lakota’s Red Dude, and 36 year old Lakota’s G1 in the back all hanging out together in the pasture of retirement 💕

10/05/2026

🏆 CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2026 WINNERS! 🏆

What an incredible weekend at the 2026 Red Devon USA National Event & Show!

We want to congratulate all of this year’s winners and everyone who brought cattle, competed, participated, and helped make this event such a success. The quality of Red Devon cattle represented this year was outstanding, and we are proud to celebrate the breeders and exhibitors who continue to move this incredible breed forward.
Bob & Diana VanKirk from Bob VanKirk
Heidi Leitzell from Beech Creek Beef
Adam & Nicole Crane from Next Adventure Farm
David & Susan Fell from Abiding Acres
Jenny Kharl from Montana Red Devons
Susan Simmons from Edgewood Red Devons

From the show ring to the pasture competitions, steak contest, calendar contest, and everything in between, this year showcased the genetics, hard work, dedication, and passion behind the Red Devon breed.

A huge congratulations to our Overall Grand Champions, class winners, contest winners, and all of our 2026 exhibitors! 🏆

And an even bigger THANK YOU to our judges, sponsors, volunteers, speakers, vendors, breeders, families, and everyone who traveled to join us at Lakota Ranch. You are what made this weekend so special.
Thank you to Tommy & Will Clark from Clark Squared for judging this year’s show and doing an absolutely phenomenal job!

Here’s to great cattle, great people, and the future of Red Devon USA!

09/10/2026

From Virginia pastures to the Deep South.

These Red Devons carrying Lakota Ranch genetics are thriving all the way down in Talladega, Alabama with the Robbs Family, proving that good genetics don’t stop at the state line.

Heat, humidity, and a completely different environment, yet these cattle are doing exactly what Devons are bred to do: stay productive, utilize forage, and thrive on grass.

Seeing Lakota genetics performing for producers in different parts of the country is something we’re pretty proud of. Genetics built on grass, working on grass.

08/18/2026

We still have 4 adorable border collie pups looking for their forever homes!

We have 2 boys & 2 girls, all just a little over 3 months old and ready to go!

Reach out to Laurel Engh at (540) 216-4782 for more information!

07/30/2026

Amen

🚨 BREAKING: Virginia farmers are reminding America that the Old Dominion grows far more than history and beautiful landscapes. 🌾🚜🇺🇸
Across rural Virginia, more families are speaking out about protecting local farmland and supporting the hardworking farmers who help feed the Commonwealth every day.
One Virginia resident reportedly said:
“We don't need to depend on food shipped across the world when Virginia farmers already produce some of the best food in America.” 🇺🇸
From sweet corn, apples, peanuts, soybeans, tomatoes, grapes, and dairy farms to cattle ranches—Virginia agriculture remains one of the state's greatest strengths despite rapid growth and development.
Locals say: Once farmland disappears under concrete... it rarely comes back. 🌱
Let's support local farmers, protect our farmland, and keep Virginia agriculture strong for future generations.

07/16/2026

We have 2 female pups left looking for their forever home 🏡 🐾

07/14/2026

07/06/2026

CHARLES GOODNIGHT KEPT ONE LONGHORN STEER FOR 20 YEARS. THAT STEER LED 3,000 CATTLE UP THE TRAIL 8 TIMES.

Charles Goodnight was not a sentimental man. He blazed the Goodnight-Loving Trail. He brought the southern bison back from extinction. He ran one of the largest ranches in Texas.

And he wept when a Longhorn steer named Old Blue died.

Old Blue was Goodnight's lead steer at the JA Ranch in Palo Duro Canyon. He wore a brass bell around his neck. The cattle learned to follow that bell through any terrain — river crossings, rough country, unfamiliar pastures. When the drive ended for the day, Goodnight would call for Old Blue and the steer would bring the herd in.

Over eight seasons, Old Blue led trail drives from the JA Ranch in Palo Duro Canyon north to Dodge City, Kansas — roughly 1,500 miles round trip. He led herds of 3,000 head or more. He crossed rivers no one thought cattle would cross. He worked through weather that stopped lesser animals.

When the trail drive era ended, Goodnight kept Old Blue in retirement on the JA Ranch. Old Blue lived to the age of 20. When he died, Goodnight had his skull and bell preserved. They are still at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas today.

There are ranchers who can still describe Old Blue in detail — not because they knew him, but because Goodnight talked about him for the rest of his life.

Is there a single animal from your operation that you'll never forget? 👇

📚 Sources: J. Evetts Haley, Charles Goodnight: Cowman and Plainsman (1936) · Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX (holds Old Blue's skull and bell)

07/02/2026

The sweetest border collies need a forever home 🐾

06/03/2026

Absolutely yes!!! 🥰🥰🥰