Why do you target calves that are 700lbs?

Beef is a balance between taste (fat), tenderness (age), cost/waste, and to a lesser degree storage.

Brisco Ranch 700 lb steers are at the optimum for taste (marbling), tenderness (age), and waste (external fat).

Do you only produce beef?

Yes, at Brisco Ranch, we're ranchers. At one point in time we had some feral chickens and a milk cow but now we just stick to what we're good at.

What hormones, chemicals, or other external substances do you use on your cattle?

We inject all our calves with the Clostridium vaccine at 4 months of age and have done so since the vaccine was introduced in the late 1950's. It protects the calves from several strains of the Clostridium pathogen and has no impact on the meat of the animal.

Why do you only provide the certain cuts you do?

One of the Briscos helped create the slogan "Beef, it's what's for dinner." We are proud to provide you with the cuts of meat that give you best experience available, based on five generations of research.

Why do you use finishing rations (mixed feed) for your feeder calves?

Flavor and taste. Grass-fed calves provide lean beef but it lacks flavor and frankly doesn't taste like beef. Also, it takes almost twice as long to finish a steer on only grass which makes the meat tougher. If you prefer beef that doesn't taste like beef we would suggest you try a white fish or poultry.