High Ridge Beef is the Wach family’s operation in the High Ridge precinct of Hayes County, where Friedrich Wach filed a homestead claim in 1886 and the family has farmed ever since — seven generations. Cattle graze pasture through summer, then finish on farm-grown grain and crop residue.
The beef is an Angus-Limousin cross the family calls Lim-Flex, aimed at lean with enough marbling to matter. Individual USDA cuts sell year-round; bulk quarter/half/whole shares open each spring and early summer. Pickup points run in Lincoln, North Platte, and Hayes Center, with bulk delivery to Lincoln and Longmont, Colorado. The site’s history page — sod houses, covered wagons, a cement-block house still standing — is worth reading while your freezer box thaws.