Feeding Colorado Families for over 135 years

As a 6th generation cattle ranching family with operations in Meeker, Colorado, we’ve been feeding Colorado families for over 135 years.  

It all started when Otto Metzger arrived in Meeker in 1885 and acquired four hundred and forty acres.  According to Progressive Men of Western Colorado written in 1905, “his general ranch yields good results, but his main industry is raising cattle, which he produces in numbers and of good quality.  He has been successful in his undertakings and ranks among the leading and most progressive ranch-men in his neighborhood.”

Otto’s granddaughter Edna, and her husband Fred Winslett, acquired land for our current operations 20 miles outside of Meeker in 1936.  Aptly named the Winslett Ranch, for much of the last 85 years we have raised cattle and sheep, selling them at auction to meat packers.  

After encouragement from friends and family, in 2017 we started selling beef in small batches direct to friends and family out of our home in Denver (near 6th and Colorado Blvd).  We've been humbled by the interest and support.  The rest as they say is history.