Meat Farms & Ranches in Montana

Bar 77 Montana Grassfed Beef

Bar 77 raises grass-fed Angus beef near Bozeman, aged 21 days and born, raised, and processed entirely in Montana under USDA inspection. They sell steaks, ground beef, and jerky as individual cuts or monthly subscriptions, with shipping or pickup at their Four Corners location west of town.

Central Avenue Meats

Great Falls, MT

Originally from Geraldine, Drew began his butchering career in Denver at Whole Foods, before completing Fleisher's Butcher Apprenticeship Program in Brooklyn, NY. After moving back to Colorado Springs, where he and Louanne were married, Drew worked as a butcher at the Cowboy Star Steakhouse, as well as working in different meat-cutting roles at Ranch Foods Direct. In 2017, Drew and Louanne moved back to Great Falls, and in 2018, Drew worked for Vaughn Meats before its eventual closure. Every ste

Darlington Ranch Co

Darlington Ranch Co. is Colter and Lauren Darlington's farm-to-table beef business on Montana's historic Darlington Ranch — a centennial ranch founded in 1916, now in its fifth generation. Cattle roam native grasslands drinking from spring-fed reservoirs with a light home-grown barley finish for tenderness and marbling, never seeing a feedlot, with antibiotic- and hormone-free beef shipped nationwide.

Feddes Family Meats

Feddes Family Meats works out of the Amsterdam Meat Shop at 6680 Amsterdam Road in Manhattan, a plant that has processed local meat since 1949. The Feddes family has raised Gallatin Valley cattle since 1925 and owns the whole chain from pasture to counter. They sell beef that has never been given hormones, offered both grass-fed/grain-finished and fully grass-finished.

Foodstead

Ronan, MT

Regenerating soil, food, and community is the whole business model at Foodstead, a Ronan, Montana ranch whose grass-finished cattle graze multi-species pastures their entire lives — no hormones, no confinement, no shortcuts. Bulk beef sells by the eighth, quarter, half, or whole with nationwide shipping to the lower 48, backed by a triple money-back guarantee.

Foodstead

Ronan, MT

Foodstead in Ronan, Montana raises premium grass-fed and grass-finished beef in a regenerative model — pastured, never confined, no hormones at any stage — sold as eighths through whole beef with shipping to the lower 48 and a triple-your-money-back guarantee. The ranch's formula is simple: soil, plants, animals, food, families, community — with summer farm dinners on the ranch.

Little Creek Lamb & Beef

Townsend, MT

Little Creek is a regenerative ranch and old-fashioned feedstore in Townsend, Montana, raising grass-fed lamb and dry-aged beef with no added hormones or antibiotics — plus sheepskins, Cowgirl Seasoning, tallow cast-iron seasoning sticks, and dry-aged jerky. The Front Street store stocks ranch, pantry, and livestock essentials, subscriptions ship nationwide, and Cowgirl Camp offers women an immersive, gritty retreat with horses and landscape.

Living River Farms

Living River Farms produces pasture-raised poultry and grass-fed and finished beef in the beautiful Bitterroot Valley at Stevensville, Montana. The farm's mission pairs a vibrant work environment with high-quality food, sold through a wide-ranging online store.

Lolo Trail Ranch

Lolo, MT

Lolo Trail Ranch in Lolo, Montana has been family-owned since 1959, raising full-blood Montana Wagyu and grass-fed all-natural Wagyu beef with never-cut-corners ethics. The ranch is a leading source of Wagyu genetics — full-blood semen, embryos, and year-round AI and embryo transfer services — and operates a USDA-approved bovine quarantine facility for domestic and international export.

Lolo Trail Ranch

Lolo, MT

A family ranch on US-12 since 1959, Lolo Trail Ranch produces both all-natural grass-fed Wagyu beef and some of Montana's most sought-after full-blood Wagyu genetics. Breeders come for certified semen, embryos, and flushing services; the ranch also runs one of the country's USDA-approved bovine isolation quarantine facilities for international export.

McCafferty Ranch Beef

Belt, MT

Know Your Beef When buying straight from our ranch you will purchase high quality, safe, and healthy all-natural beef. Our animals are raised as they were years ago, because we believe that our customers deserve a product that does not contain preservatives, hormones, or antibiotics. In addition, our cattle are never confined and always out in large pastures. As a customer you can know where your beef is coming from, and how it is raised. ​ Follow us on Instagram to learn more. @mccaffertyranchb

Meats of Montana

Meats of Montana is the retail shop at 209 E 1st Avenue in Big Timber for Pioneer Meats, a local packing plant. The counter carries locally raised meat and house-made specialties like cured bratwursts, bacon, and snack sticks, sourcing grain-finished beef from Todd Family Meats and grass-finished from Cowgirl Meats. Owners Brian and Katy Engle started in a semi-trailer before building the plant. Open Monday through Saturday.

Montana Brooks Beef

Montana Brooks Beef raises 100% grass-fed and grass-finished Angus along the Flathead River in northwest Montana. Brandon Brooks is a fourth-generation rancher; his cattle winter south of Flathead Lake in the Mission Valley, then move to summer pasture in the Madison Valley next to Yellowstone. Hormone-free and regeneratively managed. Orders ship across the lower 48 as beef boxes and shares.

Montana Grasslands Beef

Livingston, MT

Montana Grasslands Beef raises grass-finished Galloway cattle on a certified organic family ranch off Old Clyde Park Road near Livingston, in Paradise Valley country. The Galloway, a hardy Scottish breed, finishes on grass alone with no grain. Beef sells direct from the ranch, also listed as Ferry Creek Ranch, to Montana households.

Montana Wagyu Cattle Company

Montana Wagyu Cattle Company raises Wagyu on its own ranch in the Gallatin Valley near Belgrade, handling the animals from birth to processing rather than just distributing. The beef is raised and finished without hormones, dry-aged 14 to 21 days in carcass form, and processed under USDA inspection. A partnership with the Galt Ranch helps meet demand; they offer full cuts and custom orders.

Mountain Meat Shares

Mountain Meat Shares in Missoula, Montana sources meat from local farms the owner personally visits — farmers interviewed one by one, raising animals to a simple standard: meat I would eat. Local processors turn it into monthly Meat Shares ordered online.

Oxbow Cattle Company

Missoula, MT

Bart and Wendy's Oxbow Cattle Company raises grass-finished beef entirely on pasture and hay in Missoula, Montana — beef so local that customers discover dinner "was living just down the street." The mission says it all: regenerate the ecosystem, respect all animals, connect with community, and produce healthy beef that nourishes body and soul, sold through the ranch's own farm store.

Oxbow Cattle Company

Missoula, MT

Oxbow Cattle Company is Missoula's neighborhood rancher, raising and finishing natural grass-finished beef on pasture and hay just 3.8 miles out Lower Miller Creek Road. Built on integrity, regeneration, and community — healthy land gives healthy cows — the ranch sells leaner, healthier, better-tasting beef through its Farm-2-Market store on Haugan Drive.

Wickens Ranch

Bozeman, MT

Wickens Ranch delivers some of Montana's best beef from a regenerative ranch to doorsteps across the Gallatin Valley three days a week, with Bozeman freezer pickup on Tuesdays. Eric Wickens raises cattle on grass and finishes them with peas and barley grown on the ranch — a formula praised by chefs at the Yellowstone Club, Shan, and 1864 as some of the most flavorful beef they've worked with.

Wickens Ranch

Bozeman, MT

Wickens Ranch brings cattle to the processor every month so its Bozeman customers never run short of favorite cuts — ribeyes, Delmonicos, flat irons, brats, plus tallow, suet, bones, and organs. The regenerative ranch's grass-raised, pea-and-barley-finished beef gets free Gallatin Valley home delivery on orders over $150, three days a week.

Wickens Ranch - Bozeman's Online Beef Shop

Wickens Ranch is a fourth-generation Montana ranch outside Winifred, operating since 1911 and selling its grass-raised beef online to the Bozeman area. Cuts include thick steaks, ground beef, burgers, sausages, ribs, and jerky, all raised and processed in Montana. Orders over $150 get free home delivery in the Gallatin Valley on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, or pick up at the Bozeman freezer on Tuesdays.

B Bar Ranch Beef Shop

Big Timber, MT

Big Sky Natural Beef Inc

Clinton, MT

Loyal to Local

Hamilton, MT

Milligan Canyon Meats

Mission Ranch Beef

Livingston, MT

MM Beef Company

Billings, MT

Uncommon Beef LLC

Big Timber, MT

Western Montana Growers Cooperative

Missoula, MT