As our primary line of ground beef, Our Certified^™ is available in a wide range of lean points and source grinds, providing choices for every preference. Sold through select grocery stores nationwide, Our Certified ground beef delivers quality and freshness you can taste in every delicious bite.
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Delivering great performance for any application, Skillet Essential^® brings great ground beef to the table at a value price. Available in both 73/27 and 80/20 lean points, Skillet Essential is a great choice for any meal from burgers to spaghetti.
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Produced regionally to ensure the freshest ground beef possible, Meadowland Farms^® ground beef is designed to support your busy lifestyle. Offering a wide range of lean points and source grinds, Meadowland Farms is where fresh meals begin.
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While it isn't a brand you're likely to see while shopping, Excel^® ground beef represents the majority of the ground beef we deliver. Usually packaged in-store by our retail grocery customers, this is the ground beef you'll most commonly find in overwrapped trays in your grocer's meat case.
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There are many more brands in the Cargill ground beef family that you may find at your local grocery store. And all of them promise the same high quality and great flavor you expect from Cargill brands.
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Quality ground beef begins with quality sources

From the American ranchers who support our call for premium grain-fed beef cattle to the feedlots, processing plants and grocery retailers that are part of our "farm to fork" supply chain, we're proud of the long-term relationships we've built with suppliers at every level. As demonstrated by these hard-working ranching families, our relationships often span generations. Yet their hard work represents an irreplaceable link in a quality chain that extends from their ranches to your table.

Two generations of the Speckner family have provided cattle to Cargill.

Meet the Speckner Family

Lingle, Wyoming

Since 1938, the Speckner family has been in the business of raising quality cattle for American beef lovers. As operators of Speckner Livestock Co., Stan and his sons, Joe and Michael, continue the family tradition of supplying American beef to Cargill – beef we proudly provide to your family, and to ours.

The Meyring family has raised quality beef cattle for four generations.

Meet the Meyring Family

Alliance, Nebraska

Over 50 years and four generations, the Meyrings have perfected the process of raising cattle in the heart of the Midwestern plains, where some of the best beef cattle are produced. Today, they operate the Meyring Cattle Company and remain committed to bringing nutritious, fresh beef to Cargill and families everywhere.

For more than 50 years, the Mushrush family has raised quality cattle.

Meet the Mushrush Family

Elmdale, Kansas

The Mushrush family has excelled in providing quality cattle and consistent beef products for over 50 years. Mushrush Angus Farms started with Joe's father, Bob, and focuses on raising cattle in a sustainable, ethical, humane and caring way.

The United States provides 25 percent of the world's beef and 10 percent of the world's cattle. farmers-care.com