KY cattlemen's Ground Beef is a branded beef launched by Beef Solutions a partner with the Ky Cattlemen's association.  Most cattle producers have heard of Ky Cattlemen's Ground beef or read about it in the Cow Country News. Beef Solutions buys cull cows from Ky farm families who are all BQCA  trained producers, commmited to excelent animal husbandry practices and in turn retails the meat through grocers.  This allows an opportunity for consumers to connect more with livestock producers in the state, promotes the good practices our producers are already doing to the public, and provides a healthy wholesome high quality product to consumers easily available at their local grocery store. 

Producers get the benefit of a few extra dollars per head on their cull cows because they are being sold directly into the food chain. Trigg, Christian and Caldwell counties all sold cattle to Beef solutions in 2021.  Two trailer loads of cattle were marketed in the way.  For a total of 46 cows owned by 15 producers in the 3 counties.  The extension office headed up organizing to loads with the help of our local KBN representative.  Producers were provided live weights and dressing percentages on their cattle this will assitst them in the future in deciding what might be the best ways to martket their cattle- even the culls.  It gave them an opportunity to better understand pricing of cull cattle both in this program and at the stockyards as well.  Most producers reported that they thought their cattle brought around $150 per head more than they would have at the stockyards the same week.