The Guerrieri family has a proud heritage in the beef cattle industry in Gunnison, Colorado.

Staff photo: Cal, Teresa and Wade, Chris, Phyllis (Burt's Mother),
Burt and Sandy (Owners), Richard (Burt's Father), Shaun, & Thomas

A fifth-generation rancher, Burt was raised on the family ranch, and when he returned from Colorado College, began ranching for himself. Burt always believed that high quality cattle come from a complex combination of genetics, good care of the land and the cattle, and high altitude grass. At Mill Creek Ranch, we focus on these things to produce a natural, flavorful and tender high mountain beef.

Why we sell our beef direct to you
Burt loves genetics and has always been improving our cow herd and keeping lots of data. He’s a numbers guy. For ten years, our herd was a cooperative herd for Leachman Cattle Company in Montana. You may never have heard of the Leachman Cattle Company, but they had the largest bull sale in the world – very prestigious. Few ranchers had the criteria to be selected to produce bulls and cows for this sale.

Our herd is genetically improving every year, and like most ranchers, we sold a beef or two to our neighbors. They would just rave about our beef, and so would their guests. We were asked many times to provide Mill Creek Beef.

I guess you could say that we got “pulled” from our friends, family and community to sell our beef. We’re glad they did.

“There’s just something about Gunnison grass,” the old time ranchers say, “that’s makes for great cattle.” We believe it, and we know that people in Gunnison believe it too. If you live here, you know it takes a special person to live in and love the Gunnison climate, and it takes a special cow for the same reason.

The Land
We are fortunate to ranch three ranches – Mill Creek, Ohio Creek and Burt’s parent’s ranch on the Gunnison River, all within about 12 miles of one another.

The Western Slope of Colorado is experiencing tremendous growth, and many farms and ranches are being developed. We strongly support the continuation of ranching in the Gunnison Valley, and have actively participated in placing conservation easements on our ranches. Gunnison benefits from the hard working efforts of the Gunnison Ranchland Conservation Legacy, an organization dedicated to preserving ranching and conserving ranchlands in the Gunnison Country.

We recently purchased the Ohio Creek Ranch, now our headquarters ranch, with the efforts of this non-profit organization. The entire Ohio Creek Ranch can never be developed thanks to the conservation easement.

Our Mill Creek Ranch is a special place. No photo can really show the beauty of the Mill Creek Valley. People say that Mill Creek is their favorite place in Gunnison. We are honored to own land here. Because it is free of development and in agriculture, it serves as the “gateway” to this unique and mystic valley.

When you eat Mill Creek Natural Beef, we want you to feel the cool, clean breeze, smell the green mountain sage, hear the water in Mill Creek, and taste the lush Gunnison grass.