Evidence docket
Every fact, and where we read it
1,722 records behind the scores: what each seller says about its beef, the page we read it on, what we checked and found nothing, and every price change with its source. Nearly all of it is the sellers’ own words; we mark what isn’t. How we use it
| Date | Seller · steak | Fact | What we record | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Hormones Seller’s words |
No added hormones | 'NO ANTIBIOTICS OR ADDED HORMONES. EVER.'; self-claimed NE3, not NHTC/third-party verified. Confirmed. | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Steroids Seller’s words |
No steroids | No steroid-specific line, but 'no added hormones ever' (NE3) covers anabolic steroids as self-claim. No cert. Confirmed. | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Diet Seller’s words |
Vegetarian diet of grass and feed | Pasture (grass) then grain-finished; NE3 says no animal byproducts fed, so vegetarian grass+grain. Confirmed. | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Origin Seller’s words |
Product of USA | Raised in Cameron TX, harvested at Caviness in Hereford TX, but uses partner feedyards and no explicit born-raised-harvested claim. Downgraded from usa_born_raised_harvested. | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Organic Seller’s words |
None | No organic certification or claim on Our Story, Promise, or FAQ pages. Confirmed. | 44farms.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Welfare Seller’s words |
None | Markets 'ethically raised' but no third-party welfare cert (AWA/Certified Humane/GAP/American Humane/AGA) stated. Confirmed none. | 44farms.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Delivery Seller’s words |
Flash-frozen | FAQ: beef 'shipped vacuum sealed and frozen over dry ice'; store says steaks 'hand-cut, flash-frozen' via FedEx. No fresh option. Confirmed. | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Allen Brothers All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
Mixed lines | Herd spans Natural (pasture/grain-finished), Angus, standard Grain/Corn Fed feedlot, grass-fed heritage, and imported Wagyu. Stored pasture_raised_grain_finished only fits some lines. | allenbrothers.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Allen Brothers All their beef |
Steroids Seller’s words |
Not disclosed | No steroid-specific claim stated anywhere on site. | allenbrothers.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Allen Brothers All their beef |
Diet Seller’s words |
Vegetarian diet of grass and feed | Natural line: 'pasture raised and finished on a vegetarian diet of grains and grasses'; Angus 'grass-grazed and grain-finished'; standard 'Grain/Corn Fed'. Vegetarian grass+feed fits. | allenbrothers.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Allen Brothers All their beef |
Origin Seller’s words |
Mixed origin | About: sources 'from the finest producers worldwide'; sells imported Japanese A5 and Australian Wagyu. US-only applies to Prime/Choice lines, not the herd. Mixed, not product_of_usa. | allenbrothers.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Allen Brothers All their beef |
Organic Seller’s words |
None | No organic certification stated on any page. | allenbrothers.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Allen Brothers All their beef |
Welfare Seller’s words |
None | No AWA/AGA/Certified Humane/GAP/American Humane certification stated on site. | allenbrothers.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Allen Brothers All their beef |
Delivery Seller’s words |
Frozen | FAQ: 'We ship all of our product Frozen unless noted otherwise' with dry ice; Wagyu described as 'Fresh Frozen'/flash-frozen. Frozen is primary and correct. | allenbrothers.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | ButcherBox All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
Mixed lines | Sells BOTH 100% grass-fed/grass-finished beef (Australia) AND pasture-raised grain-finished beef (US). Two distinct lines = mixed_lines. | butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | ButcherBox All their beef |
Antibiotics Seller’s words |
Never given antibiotics, certified | 'No antibiotics' on never-ever list; all land suppliers third-party audited/certified (Certified Humane or GAP), which prohibit antibiotics. | butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | ButcherBox All their beef |
Steroids Seller’s words |
No steroids | Covered by 'no added hormones ever'; no separate explicit certified no-steroids claim, so kept self_claimed. | butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | ButcherBox All their beef |
Diet Seller’s words |
Vegetarian diet of grass and feed | Herd spans grass-only (AU) and grass+hay/silage/grain (US); GAP requires vegetarian feed. Grass-and-feed fits the mixed herd. | butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | ButcherBox All their beef |
Origin Seller’s words |
Mixed origin | 100% grass-fed beef from Australia (and NZ pastures); grain-finished beef from US (Montana). Herd origin mixed, not product_of_usa. | butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | ButcherBox All their beef |
Organic Seller’s words |
None | Beef not marketed as organic. USDA Organic / Regenerative Organic badges on sourcing page apply to other proteins, not the beef lines. | butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | ButcherBox All their beef |
Welfare Seller’s words |
GAP Step 4 | US grain-finished beef is GAP Step 4 (stronger tier, kept). Certifier registry also confirms beef exclusively Certified Humane. No AWA/GAP5+ here. [2026-10-06: GAP’s own list shows ButcherBox for chicken only; the source…is a Certified Humane announcement, so this is the seller’s claim.] |
certifiedhumane.org ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | ButcherBox All their beef |
Delivery Seller’s words |
Frozen | Site: meat 'frozen for freshness', vacuum-sealed, shipped frozen with dry ice; nothing arrives fresh. Does NOT say 'flash frozen', so flash_frozen overstated. | butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Chicago Steak Company All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
Pasture-raised, grain-finished | Own blog: cattle fed 'the sweetest corn and fresh grass...eat freely and get fat naturally.' Corn + pasture grass = pasture-raised, grain-finished. Not feedlot. | mychicagosteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Chicago Steak Company All their beef |
Steroids Seller’s words |
Not disclosed | No steroid claim anywhere on their own pages. | mychicagosteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Chicago Steak Company All their beef |
Diet Seller’s words |
Vegetarian diet of grass and feed | Changed from undisclosed: diet IS stated. Own site: 'feeding from the sweetest corn and fresh grass' + 'we stick with corn-fed'. | mychicagosteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Chicago Steak Company All their beef |
Origin Seller’s words |
USA born, raised and harvested | Upgraded from product_of_usa: sourcing page states 'This cattle is born, raised, and finished in the USA' (Midwest) = top USA origin tier. | mychicagosteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Chicago Steak Company All their beef |
Organic Seller’s words |
None | No organic certification claimed anywhere; corn/grain-fed conventional program. | mychicagosteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Chicago Steak Company All their beef |
Welfare Seller’s words |
None | No welfare cert (Certified Humane/GAP/AWA/American Humane) on any own page. Only generic 'raised with respect / responsibly & sustainably'. | mychicagosteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Chicago Steak Company All their beef |
Delivery Seller’s words |
Flash-frozen | Refined from 'frozen' to flash_frozen: pages say 'vacuum-sealed and flash-frozen'/'flash frozen in their natural juices,' dry ice. No fresh option. | mychicagosteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Crowd Cow All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
Mixed lines | Curated marketplace: carries 100% grass-fed/grass-finished lines AND pasture-raised/grain-finished (Mishima Reserve wagyu-cross) AND A5 wagyu. Not a single grass-finished herd. | crowdcow.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Crowd Cow All their beef |
Antibiotics Seller’s words |
Antibiotics only to treat illness | FAQ: 'raised without unnecessary antibiotics'; antibiotics only therapeutically when sick, never for growth or prevention. Self-claimed across farms, not Never Ever cert. | crowdcow.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Crowd Cow All their beef |
Hormones Seller’s words |
No added hormones | FAQ: 'raised without any added hormones'; marketplace self-claim, no third-party hormone certification cited. | crowdcow.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Crowd Cow All their beef |
Steroids Seller’s words |
Not disclosed | No separate steroid claim beyond no-added-hormones language; not specifically stated or certified. | crowdcow.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Crowd Cow All their beef |
Diet Seller’s words |
Vegetarian diet of grass and feed | Herd spans grass-only and grain-finished lines ('graze on grasses before finishing on wholesome grains'), so grass-only is false herd-wide. | crowdcow.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Crowd Cow All their beef |
Origin Seller’s words |
Mixed origin | Predominantly USA (~100 farms, 23 states) plus imports: Japan (A5 wagyu), Tasmania/Australia, Uruguay, Spain. Not exclusively imported -> mixed. | crowdcow.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Crowd Cow All their beef |
Organic Seller’s words |
None | No USDA Organic certification stated for beef (organic only referenced for some chicken). | crowdcow.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Crowd Cow All their beef |
Welfare Seller’s words |
None | Only regenerative/ethical self-claims; no third-party welfare cert (AWA/AGA/Certified Humane/GAP) listed marketplace-wide. | crowdcow.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Crowd Cow All their beef |
Delivery Seller’s words |
Flash-frozen | Crowd Cow explicitly uses 'flash frozen' (vacuum sealed, quickly iced); all orders ship fully frozen with dry ice, no fresh option. | crowdcow.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | D’Artagnan All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
Mixed lines | Stored pasture_raised_grain_finished fit only Wagyu. 'The best of both worlds: 100% grass-fed [Australia] beef, as well as grain-finished beef' + American Wagyu = mixed_lines. | dartagnan.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | D’Artagnan All their beef |
Antibiotics Seller’s words |
Raised without antibiotics | Confirmed. 'affidavit to never use antibiotics'; 'None of our beef cattle have been subjected to antibiotics.' Self-claim, no certified never-ever beef program. | dartagnan.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | D’Artagnan All their beef |
Hormones Seller’s words |
No added hormones | Confirmed. 'affidavit to never use antibiotics or added hormones'; 'No antibiotics or hormones - ever.' Self-claimed, not NHTC/certified. | dartagnan.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | D’Artagnan All their beef |
Steroids Seller’s words |
No steroids | Confirmed. Angus line: 'No growth hormones, steroids or antibiotics.' Self-claimed, not certified. | dartagnan.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | D’Artagnan All their beef |
Diet Seller’s words |
Vegetarian diet of grass and feed | Confirmed herd-wide. Wagyu 'No animal by-products in feed' (grain/corn/rice); grass-fed line grass-only; grain-finished uses grain. Grass + veg feed = grass_and_feed. | dartagnan.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | D’Artagnan All their beef |
Origin Seller’s words |
Mixed origin | Stored product_of_usa wrong. Grass-fed = 'Product of Australia' (S. Australia/Tasmania); Wagyu and Angus = 'Product of USA'. Herd = mixed origin. | dartagnan.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | D’Artagnan All their beef |
Organic Seller’s words |
None | Confirmed. No organic cert for any beef line; only chicken/turkey are organic. | dartagnan.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | D’Artagnan All their beef |
Welfare Seller’s words |
Certified Humane | Stored 'none' understated. Grass-fed beef 'certified by Humane Farm Animal Care' = Certified Humane (that line only; Wagyu/Angus uncertified). Registry lists D'Artagnan chicken, not beef. | dartagnan.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | D’Artagnan All their beef |
Delivery Seller’s words |
Ships fresh | Stored ships_frozen implied frozen-only. Pages offer BOTH 'Fresh' and 'Frozen' package types; 'use or freeze within 3-5 days.' Primary fresh; frozen also offered. | dartagnan.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Four Sixes Ranch All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
Pasture-raised, grain-finished | FAQ: 'cattle spend the majority of time grazing on pasture before finishing on grain.' Product: 'Grass-fed and grain-finished.' | 6666beef.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Four Sixes Ranch All their beef |
Antibiotics Seller’s words |
Raised without antibiotics | Self-claim: 'special precautions to ensure that no antibiotics are present in the products you receive.' No never-ever cert cited. | 6666beef.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Four Sixes Ranch All their beef |
Steroids Seller’s words |
Not disclosed | No steroid claim anywhere on site. | 6666beef.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Four Sixes Ranch All their beef |
Diet Seller’s words |
Vegetarian diet of grass and feed | Pasture grazing then grain finishing = grass + feed (grain) diet. | 6666beef.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Four Sixes Ranch All their beef |
Origin Seller’s words |
Product of USA | 'Raised and Processed in the USA'; FAQ notes sourcing from 'other ranches within our network' at US facilities — not single-source born/raised/harvested. | 6666beef.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Four Sixes Ranch All their beef |
Organic Seller’s words |
None | No organic claim; grain-finished conventional program. | 6666beef.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Four Sixes Ranch All their beef |
Welfare Seller’s words |
None | Site references welfare 'standards' but cites no third-party cert (no Certified Humane, AWA, or GAP). | 6666beef.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Four Sixes Ranch All their beef |
Delivery Seller’s words |
Frozen | 'All of our products are shipped frozen with dry ice.' No fresh option offered. | 6666beef.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Good Chop All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
Pasture-raised, grain-finished | Default beef is Angus raised on grass/pasture then grain-finished to USDA Choice/Prime; '100% Grass-Fed' is only a separate premium option, so herd default stays grain-finished. | goodchop.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Good Chop All their beef |
Antibiotics Seller’s words |
Raised without antibiotics | Beef marketed 'responsibly raised / all natural, no antibiotics' as brand self-claim, no third-party cert. NOTE: the stronger 'no antibiotics ever' wording on the site applies to CHICKEN, not beef. | goodchop.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Good Chop All their beef |
Hormones Seller’s words |
No added hormones | Self-claimed no added hormones / no growth promotants, all-natural; no NHTC or certified no-added-hormones verification cited. | goodchop.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Good Chop All their beef |
Steroids Seller’s words |
No steroids | Covered by self-claimed 'no growth promotants / no added hormones, all natural' language; no third-party no-steroids certification. | goodchop.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Good Chop All their beef |
Diet Seller’s words |
Vegetarian diet of grass and feed | Cattle raised on grass in pastures then finished on grains and roughage; vegetarian grass-plus-feed diet. | goodchop.com ↗ |