Welcome to Namken Red Angus

 Namken Red Angus is located in the Coteau Hills of northeastern South Dakota, approximately 20 miles south of Watertown. 

We run approximately 250 Red Angus cows, with approximately 100 being registered.  Namken Red Angus strives to continually produce high quality, structurally sound, bulls and females that are bred to be versatile and compliment any operation. Functionality is the cornerstone of our breeding philosophy. Namken Red Angus places a great deal of importance on sound feet, legs, and udders. We like cattle that are powerful, have extra rib capacity, and are easy fleshing. We also dabble in making out cross genetics through Canadian genetics and the black Angus breed.  By using these genetics, this gives us out cross and refreshing pedigrees to many popular bloodlines for our customers.  In addition to our registered Red Angus herd, we also run a Red Angus-based commercial cow herd. The commercial calves and registered progeny that do not make it to the bull or replacement pen are finished on the farm for harvest. This gives us real data on performance, feed efficiency, and carcass quality.   

We currently market our bulls the fourth Sunday in February on our annual Production Sale.  This typically consists of 35 bulls, and a set of commercial replacement heifers from some of our long time bull customers. In 2019 we added registered replacement females. P4 Cattle Company from Hayti, SD is also a purebred guest consignor to this sale. Although we do not breed our cattle specifically for the show industry, our cattle do perform well in the ring and we market a small portion of our registered bulls and females at the North Dakota Red Select Sale and the Black Hills Stock Show.  We welcome visitors and encourage those interested in learning more about our program to give us a call or be added to our mailing list. If you happen to see us at one of the cattle shows, please stop in and say hello. Better yet, stop by the ranch anytime for a tour. We'd be glad to show you around!  

 Jared, Lacey, Paisley and Cooper Namken