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

Circle Bar Beef

Fort Bidwell, CA (Modoc County)


website www.circlebarbeef.com

Products Offered: Beef packs and individual cuts


BQA Certified

Grain Finished


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


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



Koopmann Family Beef

Sunol, CA (Alameda County)

website  https://koopmannfamilybeef.com/

Products Offered: Individual cuts of beef/


BQA Certified

Natural

Grass Fed

Grain Finished


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


Prather Ranch

Macdoel, CA (Siskiyou County)

website pratherranch.com

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


BQA Certified

Natural

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


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


Gonsalves Ranch

Modesto, CA (Stanislaus County)

website http://gonsalvesranch.com/

Products Offered: Whole, half and individual cuts.


Natural

Grain Finished


Harris Ranch Beef

Coalinga, CA (Fresno County)


website  https://shop.harrisranchbeef.com/

Products Offered: Individual cuts of beef.


BQA Certified

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


Morris Grassfed

San Juan Bautista, CA (San Benito County)


website www.morrisgrassfed.com


BQA Certified

Grass Fed


S&A Signorelli Family Beef

Lompoc, CA (Santa Barbara County)


Products Offered: Quarters, half or whole beef.


BQA Certified

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


Zuber Ranch Beef

Sonora, CA (Tuolumne County)


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


Grass Fed

Grain Finished


Southern California

One World Meat Co.

Buena Park, CA (Orange County)


website  https://oneworldmeatco.com/

Products Offered: Individual cuts of beef.


BQA Certified

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