Registered Highland Cattle
Raising Highland Cattle on the Canadian Prairies since 2016. Members of the Canadian Highland Cattle Society, we are located near Dauphin, MB.
For Sale
We have a limited selection of Highland cattle available to purchase this year including registered heifer and registered bull calves,. All calves are homegrown right here on our farm in Manitoba, Canada and sired by our bull – Windy Ridge Gibson’s Finest.
All animals listed for sale are available for viewing on our farm. Please make arrangements with us to view the animals in person. Feel free to reach out to us with any questions!
Our herd sire, Windy Ridge Gibson’s Finest has been tested for nt821 and Crop Ear. He is free of both. We are still awaiting the test results to come back on our calves listed in the sale. We do not expect any of the calves to come back positive, however, if they did test positive we will offer a full refund.
Bidding opens at 8:00 am (central time) on November 21, 2025, and soft closes at 5:00 pm (central time) on November 22, 2025.
https://airauctioneer.com/2025-manitoba-highland-cattle-fall-sale
Our Story
The idea to raise “those hairy cows” came during a family vacation to Hecla Island, where a tiny fold in a pasture along the highway caught our then three-year-old’s eye. The deeper we researched and the more we learned about Highland cattle, the greater our interest became as the benefits of raising Highland cattle began to seem like a no-brainer.
The Highland breed is quite rare where we call home so we were crossing into what was relatively unknown territory for us. What started out as a cross-breeding experiment using our existing Limousin cows and Highland semen has slowly grown into our own fold of registered Highland cattle.
I hope you follow along on the foray into Highland cattle with us!
Why Highland?
Aside from being incredibly good-looking, Highland cattle have many other characteristics that set them apart from commercial cattle. These added bonuses were what convinced us that raising Highland cattle was the right decision.
Highland cattle are hardy. Their coat allows them to thrive in temperatures that would be difficult for other breeds to manage. We often see our Highlands standing out in the middle of a snowstorm as though the weather is perfect. As we live in Manitoba, where our winters can dip below -30C, a hardy animal was of huge benefit.
Highland cattle will finish well on hay. They will eat up vegetation in the pasture that other, pickier, breeds will overlook. The cows are also smaller than a commercial cow, which means they require less overall winter feed. You can’t go wrong with a lower cost to raise them, while still being able to produce well-marbled, tender cuts of beef that are high in protein and iron.
Visit the Canadian Highland Cattle Society’s website for more information about the benefits of raising Highland cattle.
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