Villard Ranch - American Lamb Producer

The Villards have been raising natural American Lamb in Colorado
for over 80 years.

Villard Ranch is a third generation sheep operation located in Northwest Colorado. We continue to raise them much the same way "Grandma Villard" did over eighty years ago. The operation that started in Utah and used pastures part-time in Colorado moved to the Yampa Valley in 1928. Since then it has seen changes in the production and consumption of lamb and wool in the US. We have seen the reduction of the use of American Lamb and the increase in imported sheep products. We witnessed changes in the way sheep are transported to seasonal pastures, the way that wool is packaged and sold and in the attitude towards sheep in general. One thing that has not changed is the way that the Villard sheep are raised. They are a free range herd, moved from the lower country in the winter to the fattening grasses of the high country summer pastures. Our sheep and lambs are natural from the ground up. Raised with sunshine, green grass, clean air and fresh mountain water. We invite you to taste the difference that Mother Nature makes in our fresh Colorado Lamb!

So when you go Out Back tonight...
make it Fresh American Lamb on your plate!

Call Today for prices and availabilty.
We use Brother's Custom Meat Processing for all of our Lambs.
We would be happy to set up processing as well as shipping for any of our customers.
Brother's Custom Processing - Dave & Bob Satterwhite
Phone: 970-824-3855 Fax:970-826-9786

Need your lamb processed with a USDA certification? We can arrange that too!

Be sure to check out our opportunities for great Colorado Big Game Hunting (and small!), Unique Vacations, and the annual Sheep Wagon Days Event. We have hunting opportunities for Elk, Mule Deer, Antelope, Black Bear, Mountain Lion and of course COYOTES!!!

All photographs copyright of Melody Villard unless otherwise noted. Any reproduction or use without written consent is strictly prohibited.

Thanks for all the interest in the pups!
They have all gone to good homes!
The daddy has Arthur Allen in the lines
if anyone is interested in his pedigree or
would like more info...let us know!

We hope you enjoyed your visit - Tell us what you think!

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Name: Lola
Date: 02/16/09
Message: Howdy! Don't worry, I made it through Christmas dinner just fine. It has been (and always is)very busy on the ranch. I promise to catch up the diary for my lola fans soon!

Name: lola's buddy
Date: 01/20/09
Message: A few of was just wondering if Lola was ok and made it through the Hoildays ok,she has not writen in awhile!! hope eveything is ok!

Name: Sarah McDaniel
Date: 11/22/08
Message: LOVE the site - awesome info & great pics. I have learned so much from Melody in the short time I've known her - I highly recommend The Villards to anyone looking for a new adventure and a piece of history!

Name: SARA SHALDA
Date: 11/14/08
Message: SARA SHALDA PERFORMANCE HORSES DOT COM PLEASE VISIT MY BRIDLESS CLYDESDALE DRAFT HORSE WEBSITE

Name: Neal And Sharon Becker
Date: 10/26/08
Message: We just returned from the Ranch and I got to tell you they are the best bunch of People you could ever meet. We will be back probably every year. The place is so beautiful. You never run out of things to see. And The Lamb taste out of this world.........It is a must see!

Name: loiskessler@oigp.net
Date: 10/18/08
Message: Great site

Name: Lynn Johnston
Date: 09/25/08
Message: I grew up on a sheep ranch in SE Montana. My father built his sheep wagon in the Landus Lumber yard in Ekalaka, Montana.

Name: Joleen Cary
Date: 08/23/08
Message: Melody and Albert, Thank you for all that you did to make our weeklong "Agriculture in the Classroom" session in Craig absolutely unforgetable. Great website.

Name: Ryan Evans
Date: 04/17/08
Message: I saw your tribute to Tony on the hunting section. That means a lot. Tony thought the world of you all, and he loved the ranch!

Name: Dianna Cosner
Date: 01/30/08
Message: Southern Campbell County, Wyoming Sheep Rancher. Looking forward to Sheep Wagon Days 2008.

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Email: villardranch@msn.com