Website Terms of Use

Effective Date: July 20, 2026

These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of wesselranch.com, including its educational materials, cattle information, beef-program information, surveys, reservation forms, photographs, and other content.

This website is operated by Wessel Ranch, Inc., which may also be referred to publicly as Wessel Ranch.

By using this website, you agree to these Terms of Use.

Website Purpose

This website may be used to:

• Provide information about Wessel Ranch, Inc.

• Describe our cattle and ranching practices

• Advertise beef ownership shares

• Accept beef reservation inquiries

• Provide agricultural education

• Conduct surveys

• Share photographs, updates, and contact information

Website content is provided for general informational, educational, and promotional purposes.

No Automatic Acceptance of an Order

Submitting a form, survey, email, text message, or reservation request does not automatically create a contract, guarantee availability, or require Wessel Ranch, Inc. to accept an order.

A beef reservation is accepted only after Wessel Ranch, Inc. confirms availability and any required ownership, deposit, payment, processing, or purchase arrangements have been completed.

Wessel Ranch, Inc. may decline or limit a reservation when necessary because of:

• Animal availability

• Processing capacity

• Transportation limitations

• Legal requirements

• Customer location

• Requested share size

• Requested finishing method

• Failure to make a required payment

• Other practical or business considerations

Beef Ownership Shares

Wessel Ranch, Inc. may offer whole, half, quarter, eighth, or other approved ownership shares of live cattle.

For beef processed under the custom exemption:

• The customer must acquire ownership of the animal or ownership share before slaughter.

• The finished beef is intended for the owner, members of the owner’s household, and the owner’s nonpaying guests.

• Packages must be marked “Not for Sale.”

• Custom-exempt beef cannot legally be resold, traded, bartered, or donated.

• Restaurants, retailers, caterers, food trucks, and other commercial customers require separate arrangements using legally appropriate inspected processing.

The website’s general information does not replace any separate beef reservation agreement, ownership agreement, processor paperwork, invoice, or purchase agreement.

If a separate written agreement conflicts with these general website Terms, the more specific written agreement controls the applicable transaction.

Estimates Are Not Guarantees

Every weight, price, yield, date, age, processing time, aging period, freezer-space estimate, feed cost, delivery estimate, finishing estimate, or other number displayed on this website is provided only as a general planning estimate unless expressly guaranteed in writing by Wessel Ranch, Inc.

Actual results may be higher, lower, earlier, later, or otherwise different.

Livestock are living animals, and results may be affected by:

• Animal growth and health

• Live weight and dressing percentage

• Feed and forage conditions

• Weather

• Processor availability

• Hanging and aging loss

• Cutting instructions

• Trimming and deboning

• Transportation

• Delivery or shipping

• Equipment or facility delays

• Events outside Wessel Ranch, Inc.’s reasonable control

Visitors and customers should confirm current prices, availability, policies, and estimates directly with Wessel Ranch, Inc. before relying on them.

Pricing, Deposits, and Payment

Prices, deposits, processing charges, delivery costs, shipping costs, and other fees may change.

Unless otherwise stated:

• A reservation deposit is credited toward the final Wessel Ranch, Inc. purchase price.

• A deposit is not an additional charge on top of the stated animal price.

• Final prices may depend on actual hanging weight.

• Processing may be charged separately.

• Delivery, shipping, special finishing, extended feeding, alternative processing, and special requests may involve additional charges.

• Final payment must be made as agreed before the beef is released, delivered, shipped, or picked up.

Any cancellation and refund policy presented during reservation or included in a separate agreement becomes part of that transaction.

Availability

Cattle and beef-share availability may change at any time.

An animal shown as available may become reserved, unavailable, unsuitable, delayed, injured, ill, or otherwise unable to complete the expected program.

Wessel Ranch, Inc. may substitute another suitable animal, offer a later reservation, refund amounts paid, or make another reasonable arrangement when an expected animal cannot be provided.

No animal or ownership share is guaranteed until Wessel Ranch, Inc. confirms the reservation.

Processing and Cutting Instructions

Wessel Ranch, Inc. may coordinate custom processing through Ryan Grocery and Processing, Inc. in Jordan, Montana, or another qualified processor approved in advance.

Processing schedules, aging periods, available cuts, packaging options, ground-beef ratios, specialty products, and other services are controlled in part by the processor.

Wessel Ranch, Inc. will make reasonable efforts to communicate customer requests, but cannot guarantee that every cutting, aging, packaging, or special-processing request will be available or completed exactly as requested.

Customers are responsible for reviewing and submitting cutting instructions by the required deadline.

Pickup, Delivery, and Shipping

Pickup, delivery, transportation, or shipping must be arranged and confirmed.

Customers are responsible for:

• Providing accurate contact and destination information

• Being available at the agreed time

• Having adequate freezer space

• Promptly placing frozen beef into suitable cold storage

• Paying applicable transportation or shipping charges

• Following any laws applicable in their state or location

Wessel Ranch, Inc. is not responsible for spoilage, thawing, loss, theft, or damage occurring after the beef has been transferred to the customer or the customer’s selected carrier, except to the extent caused directly by Wessel Ranch, Inc.’s proven failure to follow an agreed responsibility.

Shipping may not be available to every address or state.

Customer Responsibilities

By submitting a reservation or communicating an order, you agree to provide accurate information.

You may not:

• Submit false ownership information

• Misrepresent your intended use of custom-exempt beef

• Attempt to resell prohibited custom-exempt products

• Use the website for unlawful or fraudulent activity

• Interfere with the website or its forms

• Submit malicious files, code, or messages

• Impersonate another person

• Use Wessel Ranch, Inc. content to falsely suggest endorsement or affiliation

Educational Information

Educational pages may discuss cattle genetics, gene editing, livestock diseases, animal care, conservation, beef production, or other agricultural subjects.

These materials are intended for general education and are not a substitute for professional veterinary, medical, legal, food-safety, financial, or regulatory advice.

Scientific knowledge, regulations, case numbers, and agricultural practices may change. Readers should consult current original sources and qualified professionals before making important decisions.

Surveys

Participation in Wessel Ranch, Inc. surveys is voluntary unless otherwise stated.

Survey results may be summarized, analyzed, or used in educational projects, presentations, 4-H activities, or website content.

Visitors must not submit false, threatening, abusive, unlawful, or deliberately misleading responses.

Wessel Ranch, Inc. may exclude responses believed to be duplicate, automated, abusive, irrelevant, or unreliable.

Photographs and Website Content

Unless otherwise stated, text, photographs, graphics, logos, branding, and original materials on this website belong to Wessel Ranch, Inc. or are used with permission.

You may view and share links to public pages for ordinary personal and educational purposes.

You may not reproduce, sell, republish, remove attribution from, or commercially use substantial portions of the website without permission from Wessel Ranch, Inc.

Third-Party Services and Links

This website may use or link to Google Sites, Google Analytics, Google Forms, processors, carriers, agricultural organizations, government agencies, social-media services, and other third parties.

Wessel Ranch, Inc. does not control and is not responsible for:

• Third-party availability

• Third-party privacy or security practices

• External website content

• Processor or carrier policies

• Changes made by outside services

• Third-party errors, delays, or interruptions

Use of a third-party service may also be governed by that provider’s terms and privacy policy.

Website Availability

Wessel Ranch, Inc. does not guarantee that the website will always be available, error-free, current, or compatible with every device.

The website may be changed, suspended, or discontinued at any time.

Wessel Ranch, Inc. may correct errors, remove content, change availability, update prices, or revise program details without prior notice.

Disclaimer of Warranties

The website and its general content are provided on an “as available” and “as is” basis to the extent permitted by law.

Wessel Ranch, Inc. makes reasonable efforts to provide accurate information but does not guarantee that every statement is complete, current, or free from error.

Nothing on this website creates a warranty concerning a particular animal, carcass, yield, cut, flavor, tenderness, delivery date, or other result unless that warranty is specifically made in a separate written agreement.

Limitation of Liability

To the extent permitted by law, Wessel Ranch, Inc. is not responsible for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential losses arising solely from use of or reliance on this website.

Nothing in these Terms excludes responsibility that cannot legally be excluded.

Any responsibility relating to an actual beef purchase will be determined by the specific purchase agreement, applicable law, and facts of the transaction.

Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, a person who intentionally misuses this website, submits fraudulent information, violates custom-exempt restrictions, infringes Wessel Ranch, Inc. property, or causes harm through unlawful activity may be responsible for resulting claims, losses, or expenses.

Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Montana, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Any dispute will be handled in an appropriate court with jurisdiction in Montana unless the parties agree to another lawful method of resolving it.

Changes to These Terms

Wessel Ranch, Inc. may revise these Terms as the website, beef program, services, or applicable requirements change.

Updated Terms will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

Continued use of the website after an update means you accept the revised Terms.

Contact

Questions about these Terms or the Wessel Ranch, Inc. beef program may be directed to:

Wessel Ranch, Inc.

General inquiries:
mail@wesselranch.com

Beef inquiries:
beef@wesselranch.com

Privacy inquiries:
privacy@wesselranch.com

Call or text:
+1 (406) 530-7089