Albert
Rancher
Castle Rock Ranch
Butcher
Castle Rock Ranch, also trading as CDA River Ranch, raises grass fed and grass finished beef on regeneratively managed pastures in Kingston, Idaho, sold by the quarter, half or whole.
Castle Rock Ranch raises grass fed and grass finished beef in Kingston, Idaho.
The herd is built on English foundation breeds such as Angus and Hereford, selected to thrive on grass alone, and the cattle range from premium animals conceived, born and raised on the home pastures to grass finished yearlings and mature animals whose deeper flavour suits ground beef and slow cooked roasts.
The beef is dry aged after harvest, and offal such as heart, liver, tongue, oxtail and cheek can be requested so nothing goes to waste. Orders are placed through the ranch's online store and collected by arrangement.
What they sell
- Grass finished beef
- Grass fed beef
- Beef quarters and halves
- Ground beef
Plan your visit
- You can visit in person
- Delivers locally
Meet the farm team
From the community
4.6
From 16 Google reviews
6 July 2026
Great owners and workers. Great set up for private events.
31 October 2025
Albert is one of the most unprofessional humans I’ve ever encountered. Instead of displaying an ounce of customer service in the realm of understanding butcher fees, he cancelled and refunded my full cow order without even speaking to me. I called to ask why he canceled and refunded it, and he said he “assumed” I didn’t want it because I asked a question about butcher fees. Evidently he has PTSD from providing customer service to previous ex-clients. So when I said “no, I still want the full cow”, he said okay. Calls me back 30 seconds later to tell me he has a 1/2 cow for me, and when I displayed frustration, professionally, as a consumer client, that I ordered and put a deposit for a full cow, his response was, verbatim: “you can take a 1/2 or nothing at all” in the most rudest manner. I don’t know who these people think they are. We don’t need your beef, we wanted it. There’s a difference. We went to Castle Rock’s farm dinner a couple seasons ago, and enjoyed our time there, but this encounter put a sour taste in my mouth. We could have bought at Twin Lakes Farm, Packsaddle, Lazy JM Ranch, Roots Project Farm, or a number of other farms. These people don’t value their clients, their relationships, or how a business should be ran. They only care about their ego. There’s a huge lack of customer service, professionalism, and more importantly, understanding the damage they do to working families who rely on big purchases like this to feed their families. We have a small farm in Athol with chickens, pigs, ducks, and turkeys; and ordered this cow at the beginning of 2025 to help feed our family. I doubt we’ll be able to find another full cow somewhere else this late in the game. If there’s anyone left at Castle Rock with an ounce of respect, I would hope they would call me back and provide what I ordered. If there’s not, then I’ll bet my paycheck that Albert or whoever runs their page, will just deflect and attack me somehow/ someway.
