Rimrock Forage Finished Beef

Beef Finished Naturally

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Foraged-finished all-natural organic beef available Now at $3.65/lb for half or whole carcass. 

Ground beef available for $2.65/lb.

Quality Grade ensured by carcass ultrasound

Forage Finished is the primary two avenue of market for Rimrock Cattle Company.  Rimrock Cattle Company is an integrated family business that has chosen to compete with the ever increasing competition to operate in ways that defy the general agricultural response.  Due to increasing operational costs and attempting to maintain a sustainable profit margin, Rimrock chose to concentrate on quality rather than use quantity to artificially lower operating costs.

Using technologies such as ultrasound, strategic genetic selection, unwavering culling practices, and by embracing change,  Rimrock pioneered into a position that allows us to stand apart from the average beef operation.  Years of attention to detail and drive to constantly improve quality has given us the opportunity to provide a product to the public that is produced on talent alone without the aid of artificial inputs thus allowing us to be sustainable in today’s industry.

We caution against using the term grass finished and prefer the term forage finished.  Here’s why:

Rimrock utilizes a variety of high quality forages from birth to harvest.  Cattle are managed to maximize native forage nutritive values in terms of calving season.  We practice stewardship by matching the greatest nutrient demands in our cattle to occur when the indigenous forage supply peaks to reduce the need for any additional inputs. 

Upon weaning, the calves are placed on forages such as legumes or cool season perennials and annuals that are naturally high in nutritive value.  Using carefully formulated medleys of seed, the goal is to have a staggered forage pattern in which the cattle are constantly exposed to new tender growth of forage before exhausting the supply of another within one stand of forage.  Additionally, the incorporation of legumes and conservative stocking rates helps to eliminate need for fertilizers and herbicides, thus one more way we attempt to contribute to our stewardship goal.  We would rather use methods such as aeration, rotational grazing, and strategic placement of mineral supplementation to maximize productivity and utilization of pasture instead of having to rely on chemical inputs.

Cattle are continually grown on forage inputs until harvest.  Upon achieving mature age and size, Rimrock places cattle in large paddocks or small pastures, whereas the conventional method would include placing cattle in confinement feeding or a feedlot. In this feeding set-up, Rimrock cattle are allowed 20-30 times the size of pen they would typically receive in a conventional feedlot. 

What Does Forage Finished Beef Offer?

Forage Finished beef offers producers all the benefits of grain fed beef, along with the satisfaction that forage finished cattle are produced in a fashion that is more desirable and sustainable than conventional methods.  The use of grain is eliminated, and forage finished cattle are expected to achieve a level of marbling dependent solely upon genetic potential, management, and formulation of forage inputs. 

The benefit of forage finished is two fold

Number one, with the competition of ethanol for the corn production, producers are subject to higher than historical cost of gain.  Forage finished beef eliminates that price variable. 

Secondly, it provides the consumer with a product that is wholesome and has two specific benefits which are reflected in the altered fatty acid profile.  Forage finished beef  has higher levels of omega 3 fatty acids as well as conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs).  Both of these fats have been shown to have a world of health benefits including but not limited to:  suppression of cancerous tumors, regulation of blood glucose, reduction of insulin dependence, maintenance of healthy body weight, lower triglyceride population, increase in HDL cholesterol, and increase in lean body mass with reduction of body fat.

The Process

After careful thought, Rimrock pin pointed the type of beef it sought to produce.  A product that was premium and consistent.  Moderate size and exceptional quality became the standard.  Exceptional quality includes not only carcass composition but maternal productivity as well.  Founded on the principles of sustainability and stewardship, the management of Rimrock orchestrates a web of variables that are carefully integrated with an eye toward balance and moderation.

The base cow herd was developed by the sister company, Clement Cattle Company through a desirable genetic base improved with selection based on performance, and strategic matings with bulls that  complimented cows they were bred to.  An Angus base was used for the traits of early puberty, moderate size, and higher intramuscular fat percentages.  However, these traits were quantified through production performance and selection was made within the herd as a result.  Generations later, Clement Cattle Company had a base cow herd that included only those individuals that continually measured up to rigid performance standards and are indeed the “cream of the crop”.