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How Much Beef Do I Get?

Buying beef directly from a local farmer or rancher often involves purchasing a 1/4, 1/2 or whole animal. Understanding roughly how much beef you will receive is a key to having a great experience and getting the value you seek.

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BQA Certified - Beef Quality Assurance is a program that trains farmers and ranchers on best practice cattle management techniques to ensure their animals and the environment are cared for within a standard set of guidelines and regulations across the U.S. beef industry.

Natural - A product containing no artificial ingredient or added color and is only minimally processed.

USDA Organic

Grass Fed - Animals spend their whole lives eating grass or forage.

Grain Finished - Animals spend the majority of their lives eating grass or forage and then are finished on grain.

The California Local Beef Directory is a digital resource to help consumers research options for purchasing beef. Inclusion in the directory does not imply the California Beef Council’s (CBC) affiliation or endorsement of services or products. The CBC claims no responsibility for customer experience should you purchase beef from a farm or ranch included in this listing. If you are a beef producer and would like to be included or removed from this listing, or have an update to an existing listing, please visit the submission page.

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Northern California

1867 Fee Ranch Meat Co.

Fort Bidwell, CA (Modoc County)

website www.1867feeranchmeatco.com

Products Offered: Shares, curated boxes, and individual cuts

Grain Finished

Circle Bar Beef

Fort Bidwell, CA (Modoc County)

website www.circlebarbeef.com

Products Offered: Beef packs and individual cuts

BQA Certified

Grain Finished

Cow Track Ranch

Nicasio, CA (Marin County)

website https://www.cowtrackranch.com/

Products Offered: Whole, halves, individual cuts, smoked sausage, snack sticks

BQA Certified

Natural

Grain Finished

Crown H Cattle Company

Etna, CA (Siskiyou County)

website https://www.crownhcattlecompany.com/

Products Offered: Whole, halves, quarters, and individual cuts via the website

Eddie Ranch Meats

Potter Valley, CA (Mendocino County)

Products Offered: Full, halves, quarters, boxes

Grass Fed

Grain Finished

Family Friendly Farms

Grass Valley, CA (Nevada County)

website https://www.familyfriendlyfarms.com/

Products Offered: Individual cuts

Natural

Grass Fed

Farmstead Meats

Tehama County

website http://thefarmsteadconnection.com/farmstead-meats.html

Products Offered: Quarter, half and whole shares, as well as individual cuts of beef.

Grass Fed

Grain Finished

Five Dot Ranch

Napa, CA (Napa County)

website www.fivedotranch.com

Products Offered: Beef boxes and individual cuts of beef.

BQA Certified

Natural

Grain Finished

Five Marys Farms

Fort Jones, CA (Siskiyou County)

website fivemarysmeats.com

Products Offered: Individual cuts of beef

Natural

Grain Finished

Full Circle Ranches

Petaluma, CA (Sonoma County)

website https://fullcircleranches.com/

Products Offered: Wholes, halves, quarters, boxes, individual cuts

Grass Fed

Grain Finished

Hungry Hollow Cattle Company

Woodland, CA (Yolo County)

website https://www.hungryhollowcattleco.com/

Products Offered: Whole, halves, quarters, and beef box bundles

Natural

Grain Finished

Hyatt Ranch

Marysville, CA (Yuba County)

Products Offered: Full, half, quarter

Natural

Grain Finished

Isbell Mountain Acres

Fort Jones, CA (Siskiyou County)

website isbellmountainacres.com

Products Offered: Individual cuts

Jenner Family Beef

Etna, CA (Siskiyou County)

website jennerfamilybeef.com

Products Offered: Beef bundles as well as whole beef, 1/2 beef, 1/4 shares, 1/8 shares

Natural

Grain Finished

Koopmann Family Beef

Sunol, CA (Alameda County)

website https://koopmannfamilybeef.com/

Products Offered: Individual cuts of beef/

BQA Certified

Natural

Grass Fed

Grain Finished

Marin Coast Ranch

Tomales, CA (Marin County)

website https://marincoastranch.com/

Products Offered: Halves, quarters, eighths, individual cuts

Natural

Grass Fed

McLane Family Farms

Yreka, CA (Siskiyou County)

website https://www.mclanefamilyfarms.com/

Products Offered: Beef boxes and individual cuts of beef.

BQA Certified

Natural

Grass Fed

Muelrath Ranch

Penngrove, CA (Sonoma County)

website https://muelrathranch.com/

Products Offered: Halves, quarters, individual cuts, bone broth, jerky, tallow products

Natural

Grass Fed

Grain Finished

Pioneer Cattle Co.

Montague, CA (Siskiyou County)

website https://pioneercattleco.com/

Products Offered: Halves, wholes, quarters & individual cuts

BQA Certified

Natural

Grain Finished

Pomponio Ranch Meat

San Gregorio, CA (San Mateo County)

website https://pomponioranchmeat.com/

Products Offered: Individual cuts, jerky

Prather Ranch

Macdoel, CA (Siskiyou County)

website pratherranch.com

Products Offered: Individual cuts, beef boxes, halves, quarters, eighths

BQA Certified

Natural

Grain Finished

Rockin H Ranch

Cottonwood, CA (Shasta County)

website https://rockinhcattle.com/

Products Offered: Quarters, halves, and whole

Natural

Grass Fed

Grain Finished

Six Bar Ranch

Pleasant Grove, CA (Sutter County)

website https://www.sixbarranch.net/

Products Offered: Custom whole, half or quarters. USDA individual cuts and bundle boxes

Grain Finished

Sonoma Mountain Beef

Sonoma, CA (Sonoma County)

website www.sonomamountainbeef.com

Products Offered: Whole, half and quarter shares of beef, quarterly subscriptions, and individual cuts of beef.

BQA Certified

Natural

Grain Finished

Stemple Creek Ranch

Tomales, CA (Marin County)

website www.stemplecreek.com

Products Offered: Whole, half, eighth and sixteenth shares of beef as well as beef boxes and individual cuts of beef.

BQA Certified

Natural

Grass Fed

Summerfield Cattle Company

Vacaville, CA (Solano County)

website SummerfieldCattleCo.com

Products Offered: Wholes, halves, and quarters

Natural

Grass Fed

Grain Finished

Tara Firma Farms

Petaluma, CA (Sonoma County)

website www.tarafirmafarms.com

Products Offered: Individual cuts of beef.

BQA Certified

Natural

Grass Fed

TX Grassfed Cattle Company

Los Molinos, CA (Tehama County)

website https://txbargrassfed.com/

Products Offered: Half or whole shares of beef.

BQA Certified

Natural

Grass Fed

Yolo Land and Cattle 100% All Natural Grass Fed Angus Beef

Woodland, CA (Yolo County)

website www.yololandandcattle.com

Products Offered: Quarter, half and whole beef shares.

Natural

Grass Fed

Central California

3 Oaks Meats

Woodlake, CA (Tulare County)

Products Offered: Beef boxes, combination boxes and individual cuts.

BQA Certified

Natural

Grain Finished

Ardis Cattle Co.

Oakdale, CA (Stanislaus County)

website https://ardiscattleco.squarespace.com/

Products Offered: Wholes, halves, split quarters

BQA Certified

Grass Fed

Grain Finished

The Beef Boutique/Dot Seven Beef

Clovis, CA (Fresno County)

website www.thebeefboutiqueca.com

Products Offered: Quarter, half and whole shares of beef, as well as beef boxes and individual cuts.

BQA Certified

Grass Fed

Grain Finished

BR Beef, LLC

Gilroy, CA (Santa Clara County)

website Brbeefllc.com

Products Offered: Individual cuts, halves, quarters, wholes

BQA Certified

Grain Finished

Dot Seven Ranch

Sanger, CA (Fresno County)

website dotsevenranch.com

Products Offered: Individual cuts

BQA Certified

Natural

Grain Finished

Flying B Beef

Mariposa, CA (Mariposa County)

Products Offered: Bulk buy via quarter, half, whole or box (selection of curated cuts, including steaks, ground beef, roasts, and other popular cuts)

Natural

Grass Fed

Grain Finished

Gonsalves Ranch

Modesto, CA (Stanislaus County)

website http://gonsalvesranch.com/

Products Offered: Whole, half and individual cuts.

Natural

Grain Finished

Grisedale Ranch Beef

Bakersfield, CA (Kern County)

website www.grisedaleranchbeef

Products Offered: Quarter shares, half shares, whole beef, ground beef bundles

Natural

Grass Fed

Grain Finished

Harris Ranch Beef

Coalinga, CA (Fresno County)

website https://shop.harrisranchbeef.com/

Products Offered: Individual cuts of beef.

BQA Certified

Grain Finished

Hornitos Beef

Hornitos, CA (Mariposa County)

website https://hornitosbeef.com/

Products Offered: Halve, quarter, whole, per pound in store

Natural

Grass Fed

Grain Finished

Mariposa Ranch

Turlock, CA (Stanislaus County)

website https://mariposaranchmeats.com/

Products Offered: Whole, half and quarter shares of beef, as well as beef boxes and individual cuts.

Natural

Grass Fed

Miller Moth Ranch

San Miguel, CA (San Luis Obispo County)

website https://www.millermothranch.com/beef-cattle.html

Products Offered: Whole, halves and quarters.

Grain Finished

Morris Grassfed

San Juan Bautista, CA (San Benito County)

website www.morrisgrassfed.com

BQA Certified

Grass Fed

Old Stage Angus

Tipton, CA (Tulare County)

website https://www.oldstageangus.com/

Products Offered: Individual Retail Cuts, halves, quarters

BQA Certified

Natural

Grain Finished

Rankin Ranch Beef

Caliente, CA (Kern County)

website www.rankinbeef.com

Products Offered: Quarter and half shares of beef, as well as beef boxes and individual cuts of beef

BQA Certified

Natural

Grain Finished

S&A Signorelli Family Beef

Lompoc, CA (Santa Barbara County)

Products Offered: Quarters, half or whole beef.

BQA Certified

Grain Finished

Silva Ranch

Tracy, CA (San Joaquin County)

website https://www.silvafamilyranch.com/

Products Offered: Whole, half and quarter beef shares

BQA Certified

Natural

Grass Fed

Grain Finished

Springville Beef

Springville, CA (Tulare County)

website www.springvillebeef.com

Products Offered: Grass fed and finished dry aged Angus beef. USDA cut and wrap in cryovac.

BQA Certified

Grass Fed

Twisselman Ranch

Carissa Plains, Ca (San Luis Obispo County)

website https://www.twisselmanranch.com/

Products Offered: Quarter, half and whole shares of beef as well as beef boxes and individual cuts of beef.

BQA Certified

Grass Fed

Willis D Ranch

Santa Maria, CA (Santa Barbara County)

website https://willisdranch.com/

Products Offered: Half and whole steers

Natural

Grass Fed

Grain Finished

Wine Country Beef

Creston, CA (San Luis Obispo County)

website https://www.winecountrybeefco.com/

Products Offered: Half, whole

Grass Fed

Grain Finished

Zuber Ranch Beef

Sonora, CA (Tuolumne County)

Products Offered: Wholes, halves, quarters, 1/8

Grass Fed

Grain Finished

Southern California

Diamond B Ranch

Santa Ysabel, CA (San Diego County)

website https://www.diamondb.org/

Products Offered: Whole and half shares

BQA Certified

Grass Fed

Grain Finished

Flying F Ranch

Santa Ysabel, CA (San Diego County)

website https://flyingfranch.org/

Products Offered: Whole and half shares

Golden Creek Reserve

Temecula, CA (Riverside County)

website https://gcrcattle.com/

Products Offered: Individual Cuts

Mendenhall Valley Ranch

Palomar Mtn, CA (San Diego County)

website https://mendenhallvalleyranch.com/

Products Offered: Whole beef, occasionally halves

One World Meat Co.

Buena Park, CA (Orange County)

website https://oneworldmeatco.com/

Products Offered: Individual cuts of beef.

BQA Certified

Grain Finished

Tollgate Partners

Caliente, CA (Kern County)

website https://www.tollgatepartners.com/

Products Offered: Quarter, Half, Whole

BQA Certified

Natural

Grass Fed

Grain Finished

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