Illinois Local Beef DIrectory
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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.
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The beef directory purpose is to connect consumers directly with cattle farmers to purchase beef. If you would like to make a change to your directory listing, please contact Annie Schoetmer at [email protected].
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.
*Percentage of carcass and edible beef product may vary*
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Carroll
ODK Wagenknecht Farms
Keith Wagenknecht
Milledgeville, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarters, halves, whole portions, and ground beef.
BQA Certified
Natural
Grain Finished
R Meats
Annette Rahn
Mt. Carroll, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarters, halves, and whole portions. We also package select cuts for purchase.
BQA Certified
Grain Finished
Cass
Champaign
Christian
Clay
Clinton
Windy Hill Meadows
Kimberly Wolter
Aviston, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarters, halves, and whole portions
BQA Certified
DeKalb
Pasek Farms
Chase Pasek
Malta, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarters, halves, and whole portions.
Grass Fed
Grain Finished
Pasture Grazed
Trent Sanderson
Clare, IL
Comments: Quarters and halves will be available for pre-order and ready each fall. Individual cuts are available for purchase from the farm based on inventory.
BQA Certified
Natural
Grass Fed
Grain Finished
Fulton
Greene
Paul and Jason Smith
Paul Smith
Greenfield, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarters, halves, and whole portions.
BQA Certified
Natural
Grain Finished
Henry
Jefferson
Jersey
Turkey Ridge Cattle Company
Ted Prehn
Jerseyville, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarter or half portions.
BQA Certified
Natural
Grain Finished
Johnson
DBA Harris Cattle Ranch LLC
Mike Harris
Ozark, IL
Comments: We offer pasture raised/grass fed beef to the public. We are USDA inspected. No hormones are used and limited antibiotics are used for health use only.
BQA Certified
Natural
Grass Fed
Kane
LaSalle
Brady Angus farm
Pat Brady
LaSalle, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarters, halves, and whole portions.
BQA Certified
Goodbred Farms
Adam Goodbred
Tonica, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in individual cuts, quarters, halves and whole amounts.
BQA Certified
Grain Finished
Walter Farm & Cattle, LLc
Darren Walter
Grand Ridge, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarters and half portions.
BQA Certified
Natural
Grain Finished
Livingston
JB Land & Livestock
Tasha Bunting
Emington, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarters, halves, and whole portions.
BQA Certified
Natural
Grain Finished
Logan
Graff Champion Beef
Judi Graff
Middletown, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in individual cuts, steer-in-a-box, beef bundles, quarters and halves.
BQA Certified
Grass Fed
Grain Finished
Macon
ES MEATS
Katie Sellmeyer
Maroa, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in individual cuts, quarters, halves, or whole portions. We have a physical storefront available with hours of operation Monday to Saturday and local deliveries on Tuesday and Thursday. Order online by Facebook, email, text or call.
BQA Certified
Natural
Grain Finished
Leeper Family Farms LLC
Tom Leeper
Decatur, Illinois
Comments: Quarter, half, and whole quantities available!
BQA Certified
Grain Finished
Macoupin
Johnson Family Farms
Andrew Johnson
Carlinville, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarters and half portions. All beef is Purebred Black Angus. Cattle are also for sale if the buyer would like to purchase a live animal.
BQA Certified
Natural
Grain Finished
Rhodes Angus
Larry Rhodes
Carlinville, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarters, halves, and whole portions. Our primary working relationship is with Magro's Processing. Magro's Processing is federally inspected and located in Springfield, IL.
BQA Certified
Natural
Grain Finished
Madison
Ernst Family farms
David Ernst
New Douglas, IL
Comments: Text "Beefalo" to 646-00 for EZ card web based app
BQA Certified
Grass Fed
Grain Finished
Homeland Farms
Brad and Beth Dorsey
Moro, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarters, halves, whole portions, and ground beef.
BQA Certified
Natural
Grain Finished
Massac
Bremer Bros
David Bremer
Metropolis, IL
Comments: Our beef is grass raised and grain fed to harvest. Beef is available for purchase in quarter, half, and whole amounts.
BQA Certified
Grain Finished
McHenry
Townsend Cattle & Meats
Sean Townsend
McHenry, Illinois
Comments: Storefront open daily 9 am- 6 pm from late May to mid-November.
Grain Finished
McLean
Funk Farms PREMIUM beef
Brian Bangert
Shirley, IL
Comments: From our farm to your fork, we are dedicated to sustainably raising the highest quality, premium beef. Individual cuts, quarter, half, and whole amounts are available in our storefront: Thursday-Friday 8:00 am-5:00 pm and Saturdays 9:00 am-Noon.
BQA Certified
Grass Fed
Grain Finished
Morgan
Hadden Farms
Gary Hadden
Jacksonville, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarters, halves, and whole portions. The majority of our beef cattle are Angus based with some Simmental. All beef is raised and feef on our farm.
BQA Certified
Grain Finished
Ogle
Piatt
cresap farms
Liz Cresap
White Heath, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarters, halves, and whole portions.
BQA Certified
Gallagher Farms
Kayla Gallagher
Mansfield, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in individual cuts, quarters, halves, and whole portions.
BQA Certified
Grain Finished
Sunset acres
Wes Hornback
Monticello, IL
Comments: Individual cuts, quarter, half, and whole amounts available: order off our website of give us a call!
BQA Certified
Grain Finished
Peoria
Christ Orchard
Karl Christ
Elmwood, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in individual cuts, quarters, and half amounts. A physical storefront is available from August to November, Monday to Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Open year-round by appointment only.
BQA Certified
Grain Finished
Willow Lane Farm
Jack and Curt Stevens
Trivoli, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarters, halves, and whole portions.
BQA Certified
Grain Finished
Randolph
elder Family Farms
Cole Elder
Coulterville, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in individual cuts, quarters, and half amounts.
BQA Certified
Grain Finished
Saline
Slykhuis Farms
Todd and Angela Slykhuis
Raleigh, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarters, halves, and whole portions. We start taking pre-orders October through December for our harvest window of February through April. Please feel free to call, text, email, or Facebook message us.
BQA Certified
Grain Finished
Sangamon
Heissinger Creekside Herefords
Matt Heissinger
10200 Buckhart Rd
Rochester, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarters, halves, and whole amounts. We raise pasture raised, corn-fed, purebred cattle.
K & K Family MEats
Katie King
New Berlin, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in individual cuts, quarters, halves, and whole amounts. Custom cuts can be available upon request.
Rice Cattle
Paul Rice
New Berlin, IL
Comments: Quarter and halves available.
Natural
Scott
St. Clair
Justin Schaeffer
Justin Schaeffer
Lebanon, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarters, halves, and whole portions.
BQA Certified
Grain Finished
Stark
Justin and janette gillespie
Justin Gillespie
Toulon, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarters, halves, and whole portions. We use Reason's Meat Locker in Buffalo Prairie, IL and Bittners Meat Company in Eureka, IL for processing.
BQA Certified
Natural
Grain Finished
Stephenson
Foley farms
Pat Foley
Pearl City, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in ground beef, quarters, and half portions.
BQA Certified
Tazewell
Little mackinaw cattle company
Bill and Joan Harrison
Minier, IL
Comments: Individual cuts, quarter, half and whole amounts available.
BQA Certified
Natural
Grain Finished
Wyss Beef
Fred Wyss
Washington, IL
Comments: Grain fed, Prime Angus beef available for purchase in quarters, halves, and whole amounts.
BQA Certified
Natural
Grain Finished
Vermilion
mash-c-farms
Alan Baldwin
Ridge Farm, IL
Comments: Quarter, half and whole amounts available!
BQA Certified
Natural
Grain Finished
Warren
Sumner Point Beef Company
Krystal Jungmann
Little York, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in individual cuts, quarters, halves, and whole portions.
BQA Certified
Grain Finished
Whiteside
County Line Cattle Co.
Jake Perino
Deer Grove, IL
Comments: Beef is available for purchase in quarter and half portions.
BQA Certified
Natural
Grain Finished
Jakobs Bros. Farms
Nik Jakobs
Sterling, IL
Comments: Jakobs Bros. Farms produces the highest quality of Angus beef while establishing a comfortable, healthy environment for all animals. Beef is available for purchase in quarters, halves, and whole amounts.
BQA Certified
Grain Finished
Woodford
Scattered Acres Farm
Gary Grebner
Washburn, IL
Comments: Beef is available in split sides, halves, and whole portions. All animals are home-raised, Charolais/Angus crossbred cattle. All processing is done at Bittner's Meat Company in Eureka, IL. We are taking orders for April through June of 2021. 2020 orders are already filled for the year.
BQA Certified
Grain Finished
7K Cattle Company
Loren Kennell
Roanoak, IL
Comments: Quarter, half and whole amounts of Black Angus cattle available. No hormones, antibiotics or by-products.
BQA Certified
Natural
Grain Finished