By allowing our animals to finish to their full growth potential, the marbling that is usually abundant in only certain cuts of beef is visible in all of our cuts. A typical grain fed (feedlot) animal will be finished and ready for harvest at approximately 16-18 months of age. Our Grass-fed animals will not be fully finished until approximately 22-28 months of age. The marbling is what makes the meat tender and flavorful. Our customers tell us that they have never tasted grass-fed beef so flavorful, lean, tender
and juicy!
We never ever use antibiotics, hormones, artificial supplements of any kind on the animals in our Natural Grassfed Beef program. Any of our animals that become sick and are in need of antibiotics are treated and marked with a special ear tag and removed from our Grass Finishing Program. All of our cattle are rotationally grazed on our 7,500-acre hill ranch from November to May/June eating nothing but native grasses and clovers. In May and June, we take most of the cattle off the ranch to our local irrigated pasture ranches so they can continue to graze on nutritious green grass and clovers during the summer, thus giving our hill ranch a rest period during the hot dry summer months.