About the ranch
Ranchers first, genetics second
Prescott Ranch Beef is a family-run Wagyu seedstock operation near Rush, Colorado — fifty miles east of Colorado Springs. We sell frozen semen from the bulls we breed, raise, and collect ourselves — no distributors, no middlemen.
Our story
From a Sydney steakhouse to a studbook
The revelation about this beef did not happen on the ranch — it happened 8,400 miles away, in a Sydney steakhouse, in 2005. Founder Paul Redner took his first bite of a Wagyu steak and the meat virtually melted. His recollection, as he told The Denver Post: "Wow. It was the best steak I'd ever had." He came home to Rush, Colorado and started building a Wagyu program.
The herd started small and direct: twenty cows, sold a quarter and a half at a time to families who wanted real Wagyu on their own grills. Ranch and restaurant kitchens took notice — by 2011 Wagyu from the ranch was on the menus at The Broadmoor, including the $27 Summit burger that made The Gazette's food section. Chef Bertrand Bouquin's verdict: the meat "had a wonderful smell, like butter."
In 2012 U.S.-bred Wagyu made its competitive debut at the National Western Stock Show, and Prescott Ranches was in the vanguard of the movement. Redner told The Denver Post what he saw coming: "I think this is going to boom, maybe into a market bigger than Angus. Angus is the current standard, and Wagyu will allow us to go to the next level."
Today the ranch runs a fullblood Wagyu studbook. Every bull is bred, raised, and collected on the ranch; every sire in the book held to the same question: what does he pass to the carcass? The straws we sell are the same straws we use on our own cows.
In the press
“I think this is going to boom, maybe into a market bigger than Angus. Angus is the current standard, and Wagyu will allow us to go to the next level.”
The breeding program
How we pick a sire
Every bull in the studbook is fullblood Wagyu with verifiable lineage papers, and every collection is frozen, tested, and AI-ready before it is listed.
We select on carcass data first — intramuscular fat scores, yield, and how the progeny grade — then on the maternal traits a commercial herd actually needs: calving ease, frame, and fertility.
When you request a quote, you get the full picture: EPD sheets, lineage papers, and straight answers about which sire fits your cows and your marketing. If we would not use him on our own cows, we will not sell him to you.
Rush, Colorado
High plains country, Front Range sky
The ranch sits near Rush on the shortgrass plains fifty miles east of Colorado Springs — thin air, big swings in weather, and cows that have to work for a living.
We ship frozen semen nationwide from the ranch, packed and routed to arrive ready for your AI tank. Local buyers are welcome to pick up at the ranch by appointment.
Ready to talk genetics?
Request a quote and we will send straw pricing, EPD sheets, and lineage papers within one business day.