Scorched Stone Cattle Company
22 animals · Wagyu, Fullblood Wagyu, Purebred Wagyu (Polled), Purebred Wagyu, F2 Wagyu (75%), F1 Wagyu x Angus · Holyrood, Kansas
Polled & Fullblood Wagyu, Forged in Kansas
Three generations of Homolkas raising Wagyu on the 120-year-old Scorched Stone Farm in Holyrood, Kansas. Elite polled genetics through AI, IVF and ET.
Why Scorched Stone
Elite Polled Genetics
Our IVF mating pairs Bar R G4 ET with JDH 3Way Misstery 681L. Both rank #1 for %IMF in the AWA EPDs, with homozygous polled potential.
Advanced AI & ET
Polled and fullblood Wagyu developed through AI, IVF and embryo transfer for performance, carcass quality and market value.
Proven on the Plate
Our ribeyes earned recognition at the Triple Crown Steak Challenge. Cattle are hand-fed locally sourced grain for 300+ days.
Lot 30 Mating: G4 x 3Way Misstery
Both parents rank #1 for %IMF in the AWA EPDs. Polled, with homozygous polled potential.
Polled Wagyu Program
Marbling without the dehorning.
Tyddewi N4431 Offspring
The sire of Scorched Stone Jeihoku, a $11,500 top female at the 2024 Bar R Wagyu Production Sale.
From Fire & Ash Comes New Life
The Homolka family has worked this ground between Holyrood, Wilson and Claflin since the early 1900s. Jim's family quarried the limestone and built the three-story home and the iconic barn. Two fires later scorched that limestone red, and that's where the name comes from.
Josh and Jessica started with Wagyu near Ottawa, Kansas. In 2016, during a recruiting trip as a college football coach, Josh bought five F1 Wagyu cows. Later that year, walking the field at Chicago's White Sox stadium, he bought five Braunvieh cows over the phone, and they produced the ranch's first embryo-transfer calves.
Partnering with Gypsum Valley Wagyu near Salina, the ranch began producing F2 freezer beef. Our ribeyes earned recognition at the Triple Crown Steak Challenge, and partnerships with restaurants like Fly Boys in Sylvan Grove and Verdant in Hays introduced Kansas diners to Wagyu.
Today Jim & Katie and Josh & Jessica run Scorched Stone Cattle Company as a seedstock operation focused on polled and fullblood Wagyu, with cattle that deliver pounds that pay and carcasses that command a premium.
Our Journey
Limestone homestead built
The family quarries the limestone and builds the three-story home and barn that still stand on the farm.
The Wagyu program begins
Five F1 Wagyu cows, then five Braunvieh cows that produce the ranch's first ET calves. Josh moves home to help run and diversify the farm.
Direct-to-consumer Wagyu beef
About nine head are processed during COVID and sell quickly. Farmers markets and local buyers follow.
Bar R Wagyu Production Sale
Scorched Stone Jeihoku (Lot 41, by Tyddewi N4431) sells for $11,500 in Pullman, Washington.
Signature Series 6.0 Wagyu Sale
Lot 30: three IVF embryos, Bar R G4 ET x JDH 3Way Misstery 681L, offered in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho at the AWA AGM.
Polled & fullblood seedstock
AI, IVF and ET programs building Wagyu genetics for performance, carcass quality and market value.
What Our Customers Say
"The polled genetics are the real deal. Our G4 calves came easy, no dehorning, and the marbling numbers held up. Josh knows his pedigrees."
"Bought IVF embryos and the whole process was smooth: clear paperwork, quick shipping from the ET center, and honest follow-up after transfer."
"We added Scorched Stone F1 females to our herd. Good dispositions, and the calves graded better than anything we'd raised before."