Wyoming's largest private treaty offering of high quality, registered Angus & Hereford bulls, and your trusted source for top-notch commercial replacement females!
Our History
In 1913, Jacob and Eva Ochsner settled on 320 acres 17 miles north of Torrington. The ranch became an official homestead in June of 1918. The next generation on the homestead was Jacob and Eva's son, Godfrey, and his wife, Esther. The couple had four children: Jack, Dee, George, and Marge. When George was about 12-years-old, Godfrey died in an accident, leaving his youngest son to take care of the ranch, his mother, and his sisters. At this time, George dropped out of school and found employment in town, as his older brother had been drafted in the war. George found work at the Torrington sale barn for L.W. Maxfield and at the bowling alley, all while continuing to toil at home on the ranch.
The Ochsner family. Back row is Esther and Godfrey. Front row, left to right, is Marge, Dee, George, and Jack. Circa 1939.
George joined Ruby Arnold - a nurse by trade and cowgirl by heart - in marriage on December 3, 1955, and the couple were able to grow the ranch together, along with Jack and his wife. Around 1970, Jack and his family split off from George in Ruby in order to build their own operation near Lingle, Wyoming. Nonetheless, George and Ruby were able to grow ranch with the help of their four children: Tena, Rodney, Dixie, and Blake.
Ruby's parents, Louis and Pearl Arnold (left), Ruby and George Ochsner, and Esther (Ochsner) with her husband, Tom Duncan. December 3, 1955.
The ranch became a registered cattle operation in 1956 with the purchase of our first registered Hereford cows. We later made the addition of registered Angus cows in 1990. With our eyes set on genetic progress, we began our Artificial Insemination program in 1966, which is used extensively to this day in our registered and commercial herds. Then, in 2012 our first Embryo Transfer calf was born, kickstarting our use of ET technology. Although our genetics have come a long way since the purchase of our first registered cattle, we couldn't have a greater sense of reverence for where we started.
George and Jack Ochsner.
George and Ruby celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary on December 3, 2019. Ruby made her journey to be with the Lord one month later, on January 15, 2020 at the age of 84. George passed away on February 13, 2022 at the age of 88. Though we continue to mourn their loss, we are proud to continue the legacy that they worked so hard to establish.
Ruby was born in Hawk Springs, Wyoming, and was a horse lover from an early age. As a young girl, she was known to head into town, bareback, on her horse by herself.
Tena (14), Dixie (nine), Rodney (11), and Blake (five) on March 2, 1971 with a pair of twin bull calves.
Ochsner Roth Cattle Co - formerly the George Ochsner Ranch - is currently operated by three of George and Ruby's children, Rodney, Dixie, and Blake, along with Dixie's husband, Steve, and Blake's wife, Chrissy. Additionally, the 5th generation of ranch ownership will be continued through Rustin Roth, Blake W. (BW) Ochsner, and Jeremy Ochsner, who are all full-time additions to the operation. There are also several young ranch hands running around - George and Ruby's great-granddaughters, Emersyn, Beckett, Annika, and Laiken, and great- grandsons, Cody and Traiden - who help put the hard days in perspective and will hopefully be the next generation to help continue this legacy.
The Family
Dixe & Steve
Chrissy & Blake
Rodney & Debbie
Rustin, Britte, Emersyn (left), & Beckett
B.W., Terra, Annika (front), & Cody
Jeremy, Angela, Traiden (right), & Laiken
The Cattle
As of 2025, we operate with an average cow base of 600 registered Angus and Hereford cattle. Bull progeny are sold private treaty beginning November 1st, while our heifers are retained as replacement females with opportunities to be marketed as nationally competitive show heifers. Steer calves and non-replacement heifers are wintered at the ranch headquarters, giving us the ability to offer private treaty market livestock for 4-H and youth exhibitors.
In addition to our registered cattle, we annually purchase over 850 head of commercial calves each fall from our bull customers. Heifer calves are sorted and selected to enter our breeding program, where they are AI’ed to nationally marketed Angus sires and covered by a battery of our own low birth weight Angus bulls. These heifers are preg-checked, summered, and marketed in the fall as commercial bred heifers in accordance to their ultrasound determined calving date.
Our Quality Standards
When selling our bulls, we strive to offer not only problem-free sires, but also cattle that will inject quality and genetic progress into our customer’s progeny. We simply will not sell a bull if it is not good enough to be used on our own cow base. To ensure these standards are met, every bull must pass a breeding soundness exam and while being both structurally correct and genetically progressive.
Females in our breeding program are also held to high standards for both our registered cow base and the marketed commercial bred heifers. Along with females needing to be functional and practical, we also put major emphasis on all maternal factors and docility. This selection criteria in place ensures long lasting cows that are quality mothers who are easily managed during calving season.