In their words.
McClatchy Ranch is located 25 miles southwest of Brownwood, Texas near the historic town of Trickham which was the last stop before Kansas on the John Chisum cattle drive trail. The steers bedded down for the night in a horseshoe loop of the creek where we now raise grass-fed and grass-finished BEEF. The McClatchy family has been Hereford breeders for three generations and have won awards for the high quality of our registered breeding stock. Every cow dreams of life on the McClatchy Ranch and a few special ones have enjoyed this idyllic setting for generations. We begin with the right genetics add grass and tender loving care. Our cattle have been tested and shown to have high levels of the tenderness genes and sonogram muscle density tests have shown our entire herd to be tender. Our cowboys have been trained in gentle handling techniques to assure that the herd stays placid and content. Our cattle are not your ordinary commercial herd, they're something special and almost pampered but still hardy enough to thrive in our ever changing heart of Texas environment. No grain. No feedlot. No antibiotics. No added hormones. No pesticides. We offer beef by the whole, half and split-quar…
McClatchy Ranch lists grass-fed, grass-finished, and no antibiotics on their public-facing materials. These are the producer’s own claims; we do not independently audit them.