We are Sawyer and Abbie Cottrell, and we started Legacy Ranch in the spring of 2021. We had been raising commercial Angus cattle for several years, but our cattle were more of an expensive hobby than anything else. We got to the point where we decided that we needed to do something that actually created a sustainable income rather than just breaking even or going backward. I (Sawyer) have always loved a good steak. When I heard about Wagyu, or Akaushi to be more specific, from a friend in Iowa, I started to get pretty excited about the possibilities. In the summer of 2019, I decided to artificially inseminate my cows to a Wagyu bull...