History
To some CARR ANGUS may be a name new to Central Montana, but with its rich history and deep ties in cattle production, it has become a staple in the ranching community.
Valerie (Stevenson) Carr grew up in the Angus business. She worked alongside her parents, Wayne & Marian Stevenson as they built what would become the world renowned Basin Angus Ranch. After falling in love with and marrying Clint Carr, a 3rd generation rancher from Winifred, Valerie and Clint continued their connection to Basin Angus. Upon the sudden death of Valerie’s father, Wayne Stevenson, she and Clint returned to ranching full time in 1994. With their experience and hard work, Basin Angus Ranch continued to flourish.
In 2010 Basin Angus went through a complete dispersal. Clint & Valerie, along with their eldest son, Kyle, retained a small herd of registered Angus cattle. The Carr Angus Ranch was born. Not long after, Kyle met Stephanie, a girl from Western Montana. Stephanie fell in love with Kyle and his dream of family ranching. Kyle and Stephanie have started their own family, raising their children, Oliver – Theodore – Archer, to have a love for the ranch life, shaping the next generation of Carr Angus. In recent years, Nate Carr (Kyle’s brother) and his wife Liz, and their children, Carter – Cora, have joined the crew, making this a true family operation.
Grandma Marian continued to watch over the ranch and the herd until, sadly, she passed away in the early morning hours in January 2022. We continue to mourn the loss of such a bright light in our lives, but find solace in knowing she has finally made it home to be with Grandpa Wayne and her beloved canine companion, Cleo.
After the Basin dispersal, Carr Angus had continued to grow our herd, breeding with genetically elite sires, producing top quality calves. During which time, selecting only the very best of bulls, we sold under the Basin Angus name at the Midland Bull Co-Op. In 2017 we decided to forge our own path and independently market our calf crop as Carr Angus. After two Fall sales at Lewistown Live, Carr Angus began hosting the sale at our Ranch in the Spring, sale day is forever more the second Thursday in April
Family run, Clint and Kyle Carr manage the day-to-day work and operations. Valerie and Stephanie manage the accounting and marketing. With the dedication to family and the ranch, Carr Angus is quickly becoming one of the most elite, independent ranches in Montana.
Clint & Valerie Carr
Kyle & Stephanie Carr
Operations
Carr Angus Ranch is an elite, top-quality registered Angus producer in today’s market.
Possessing deep genetic ties to some of the world’s most coveted Angus cattle combined with the knowledge and experience of 3rd and 4th generation ranchers, we provide superior genetics for growing your herd.
Sired by industry leading bulls, our calves are selected for:
Structural soundness
High carcass quality
High $ indexes
Maternal quality
Moderate birth weight
Accelerated growth
Performance testing
Docility
All of the bulls have been DNA tested with Zoetis Genetic testing to improve the accuracy of our data and give our customers a more reliable and predictable bull. We are strong believers in the idea that you need to use all of the tools available to you - so while we have worked to continually improve our EPDs through more accurate selection with this DNA testing, we have never lost sight of the basics - cattle that are sound, correct, and will produce calves with low input, always keeping the commercial cattleman in mind. We want you to have big steers to sell and sound, phenotypically correct heifers to retain in your herd.
The bulls selected for our sale are the 50%-60% of our AI bull calves. This allows us to insure the bulls offered are of the highest quality.
Our family Ranch is comprised of 1700+ acres throughout Central Montana. In addition to Angus Cattle, we produce alfalfa and hay barley… and a llama called Carl.