Salt Creek Ranch& Co. · Umpqua, Oregon
Shaggy red Highland cow with her calf standing in tall dry grass beside a pond, with a forested hillside behind
Umpqua, Oregon · Douglas County

Salt Creek Ranch & Co.

Grass-fed cattle, Katahdin sheep, Spanish goats, pack goats and farm-fresh eggs from a working family ranch in the Umpqua Valley.

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Welcome to the ranch

A small ranch with a lot going on

Salt Creek Ranch & Co. is a working ranch near Umpqua, Oregon, run by William Koehler. We raise grass-fed cattle, along with a flock of Katahdin hair sheep, Spanish meat goats, a string of Packer pack goats (including 12 Packer nannies with kids), and a busy yard of chickens and ducks.

Whether you’re looking for breeding stock, a pack goat for the trail, grass-fed meat for the freezer, or a dozen fresh eggs, we’d be glad to hear from you.

More About Us
A man in a cowboy hat and a woman holding a small flag standing on a gravel road, with sheep and horses grazing in a dry pasture and a forested ridge behind
Out on the ranch road, with the sheep grazing behind

What We Raise

Here’s a look at the animals on the ranch right now. Contact us for current availability.

Close-up of a fluffy red Highland calf's face

Grass-Fed Cattle

Raised on grass. Right now that’s a Highland cow with her heifer calf, a Hereford heifer, and two young steers in oxen training.

Cattle
Large flock of white, tan and brown Katahdin sheep and lambs grazing along an electric fence in a green pasture, with forested hills behind

Katahdin Sheep

About 60 Katahdin ewes. Some are KHSI-registered; lambs can be registered on request.

Katahdin sheep
Herd of black Syfan Spanish doelings standing together in a dry pasture with forested autumn hills behind

Spanish Goats

Black, fullblood Syfan Spanish doelings and does (SGR DNA-registered), Alpine does, and a Spanish buck.

Spanish goats
Horned tan-and-black goat standing on a pile of firewood rounds in a dry pasture, with forested hills behind

Pack Goats

Seven Packer pack goats and a Packer buck, plus 12 Packer nannies with kids at side.

Pack goats
White rooster with brown and white hens beside a weathered wooden chicken coop

Chickens & Ducks

About 30 chickens and 5 ducks keeping us in fresh chicken and duck eggs.

Poultry
Paint mare in a wooden stall under construction in a pole barn, with a dog resting in the doorway

Horse Boarding

Now boarding horses alongside our own two geldings and mare. Three covered 12×12 stalls (being built now), four pens, free-roaming turnout, about 80 acres to ride, and an arena on the way.

Horse boarding
Red Highland cow with long horns standing over her newborn calf in a golden pasture

Cattle AI Services

Will is a certified artificial insemination (AI) technician for cattle. Text or email to set up AI breeding for your herd.

Cattle AI
A young boy hand-feeding a Hereford heifer wearing a bell

We’re Buying Cattle

We buy 400–500 lb beef cattle when available, and occasionally bottle calves. Have some for sale? Get in touch.

We’re buying
Anatolian livestock guardian dog walking with the sheep

Anatolian Guardian Dogs

We raise Anatolian livestock guardian dogs, with litters about every other year. Get on the list for the next litter, and see more pup photos on our Animals page and Facebook.

Guardian dogs
Available by Request

Meat & Eggs

Whole lambs and farm eggs from the ranch. Beef, goat, and duck eggs are available by request — text or email us to check availability.

Meat & eggs
Why buy local

Know where your food comes from

  • Raised right here in Douglas County, Oregon
  • Grass-fed cattle
  • Buy straight from the rancher who raises the animals
  • Come see the animals for yourself. Just text or email ahead to set up a visit
Meat & Eggs
Wide green pasture with the flock grazing in the distance and a forested ridge behind
Green pasture on the ranch

Looking for animals, meat or eggs?

Availability changes with the seasons. Text or email us and we’ll let you know what we have right now.

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