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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | 44 Farms | Raised Checked: not stated |
Evidence attached to this steak | The listing doesn’t say how the cattle were raised (read 2026-10-06). | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 44 Farms USDA Choice Tomahawk Ribeye |
Size Seller’s words |
Evidence attached to this steak | Checked 2026-10-06: the page says "Each Tomahawk Ribeye is hand cut to 32 oz" and "Approximately 32 oz"; 2 Count $220.00 ($110.00 per steak), so $55.00/lb. Our record had 48 oz, from the store's shipping weight for the 2…-count (6.0 lb), which includes packaging. Reported by Delmonico-bot's weekly check, 2026-10-05. |
44steaks.com ↗ |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 44 Farms USDA Choice Tomahawk Ribeye |
Price Checked by hand |
$110.00 per steak · $55.00/lb | Size corrected to 32 oz: the page says each tomahawk is hand cut to 32 oz. The 48 oz came from the store's shipping weight. | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Welfare Certifier check |
Certified Humane — Certified Humane Raised and Handled: not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Searched all 207 company rows (company, products-certified and website columns) of the Who's Certified table (page dateMod…ified 2026-08-11) for '44 farms', '44farms': no match. |
certifiedhumane.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Welfare Certifier check |
Global Animal Partnership — GAP Animal Welfare Certified (any Step): not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). GAP publishes no farm/operation search; its public registry is the 'For Shoppers' list of G.A.P. Certified br…ands and online partners (~58 brand entries, all on one page; /shoppers/page/2/ is empty). Searched that list plus GAP's own site search (admin-ajax autocomplete, which indexes the brand entries) for '44 farms', '44farms': no match. Brand-level only, so a seller selling GAP-certified beef under a supplier's brand would not appear. |
globalanimalpartnership.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Welfare Certifier check |
American Humane Certified — American Humane Certified: not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). American Humane Society's 'Certified Farm Producers' list: all 97 producers on one page (FacetWP total_rows 97, per_page -1…). Searched names and websites for '44 farms', '44farms': no match. The registry has no beef producer type at all (types: Dairy, Eggs, Meat [Broiler Chicken, Duck, Pork, Turkey], Products and Retail). |
americanhumane.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Welfare Certifier check |
A Greener World — Certified Animal Welfare Approved by AGW / Certified Grassfed by AGW: not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Crawled all 242 listings in the AGW directory's Beef category (21 pages, title/website/des…cription) for '44 farms', '44farms', and ran the directory keyword search (searches titles and descriptions, all categories) for '44 Farms': no listing names this seller, as either a farm or an outlet. |
agreenerworld.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Raised Certifier check |
American Grassfed Association — AGA Certified Grassfed: not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Not in AGA's 'Find A Certified AGA Producer' directory. That page embeds a kViewer list, and all 94 records came back from…its records API. We searched farm name, contact, email and website for the seller's name. 11 records show no farm name; their map points fall in IA/WI/IN/MI/AR/OK/NY, so they can't be tied to any seller. |
americangrassfed.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Welfare Certifier check |
Audubon Conservation Ranching — Audubon Certified bird-friendly land: not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Not in Audubon's 'ACR Enrolled Retailers' layer, the ArcGIS map embedded on Audubon's 'Where To Buy Bird-Fri…endly Beef & Bison' page. We pulled all 2,736 records through the layer's query API (last edited 2026-08-28) and searched the Retailer, Brand, Source Ranch, Website and Address fields. Audubon's public enrolled-ranches layer gives no ranch names, so ranches can't be matched. |
audubon.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Land certification Certifier check |
Land to Market (Savory Institute) — Ecological Outcome Verified (Land to Market Verified): not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Not among the 62 member-brand logos on Land to Market's public /members page. It has no…landtomarket.com/partners/ profile and no hit in landtomarket.com site search. Caveats: the page claims '100+ members brands' but shows 62. It uses the old site nav and isn't linked from the current homepage. LTM says its live list of verified brands is visible only after a portal login. savory.global returned HTTP 403 to every request, so Savory's own pages weren't checked. |
landtomarket.com ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Organic Certifier check |
Regenerative Organic Certified — Regenerative Organic Certified: not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Not among the 379 brands in ROA's Brand & Product Directory or the 561 producers in its Certified Farm & Ranch Di…rectory (https://regenorganic.org/certified-farm-ranch-directory/). Both lists loaded in full, and we searched names, websites and product text. |
regenorganic.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Organic Certifier check |
USDA Organic — USDA Organic (NOP) certified operation - beef livestock or beef handling scope: not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Searched OID operation-name filter (contains match, status=All) for: '44 Farms'. On…ly hit: '44 Farms LLC' (Manning, IA; [WFCFO] Where Food Comes From Organic; Certified; CROPS only - Field/Forageable: Alfalfa, Soybeans; HANDLING and LIVESTOCK N/A; no website/contact linking it to 44farms.com). Whether or not it is related, it has no beef/livestock/handling scope, so not a beef listing. |
organic.ams.usda.gov ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Antibiotics Certifier check |
USDA Process Verified Program — No USDA PVP for beef (checked for No Antibiotics Ever, Never Ever 3, NHTC, no added hormones, grass fed): not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Searched the Official Listing of Approve…d USDA Process Verified Programs (Last Revised October 02, 2026; 82 pp, 172 certificates) and the AMS PVP Directory (80 entries) for the seller's brand/company and known parent names. No company or program text names this seller. Only beef PVPs on the listing: Bord Bia - Irish Food Board (Irish Grass Fed Beef, PV6034ZZA), Cargill Meat Solutions (Beef Tenderness, PV5269ZZA), INAC Uruguay (incl. 'INAC Never Ever 3', grass fed; PV4106ZZA), Meat & Livestock Australia (MSA eating quality, PV5062ZZA). |
ams.usda.gov ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Hormones Certifier check |
USDA NHTC Program — Non-Hormone Treated Cattle (NHTC) approved source (EU export verification): not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Searched the AMS 'Official Listing of Approved Sources of Non-Hormone Treated Catt…le' (linked from ams.usda.gov/services/imports-exports/nhtc; Last Revised April 25, 2025; 14 approved sources: AzTx Cattle Co., BeefTraxx, Big Blue Sale Barn, EarthClaims, Elite Beef Producers, FSNS Certification & Audit, IMI Global (Where Food Comes From), Legacy Verified, Lindsay Ranch, M&R Cattle Company, Morgan Ranch, Ranchers Connecting Ranchers, Samson LLC, TechniTrack). No match by brand or parent. Caveat: individual farms/ranches enrolled under these cattle-management-group programs are listed on FSIS PartnerShare, which is not public; the 'NHTC Supplier List' .xls linked on the AMS page is a blank template. So a seller's cattle could be NHTC-enrolled through a CMG without appearing on this public list. |
ams.usda.gov ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Raised Certifier check |
USDA Grass Fed Small and Very Small Producer Program — USDA Grass (Forage) Fed claim - SVS Grass Fed Program (beef): not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). Searched the 'Official Listing of Operations Included on the …USDA SVS Grass Fed Program' for beef (linked from ams.usda.gov/services/auditing/grass-fed-SVS; Last Revised September 3, 2026; 38 operations). No match by brand or parent. Program is limited to producers marketing 49 or fewer cattle per year. |
ams.usda.gov ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
“At 44 Farms all cattle are pasture raised and grain finished.” (read 2026-10-06) | 44steaks.com ↗ | |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 44 Farms USDA Choice Tomahawk Ribeye |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Weekly price check 2026-10-05 by Delmonico-bot: CHANGED $/lb. Live page: 2 Count $220.00 ($110.00/item); page now says "Each Tomahawk Ribeye is hand cut to 32 oz" (board uses 48 oz). $110 / 2.0 lb = $55.00/lb (was $36.67…/lb). Other packs: 4 |
44steaks.com ↗ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 44 Farms USDA Prime Boneless Ribeye Steak (12 oz) |
Price Weekly price check |
$45.00 per steak · $60.00/lb | Shopify variant "USDA Prime Boneless Ribeye Steak / 2 Count / (12 oz) Ribeye" = $90.00 / 2 = $45 per steak (options matched in code) | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 44 Farms USDA Prime Boneless Ribeye Steak (16 oz) |
Price Weekly price check |
$60.00 per steak · $60.00/lb | Shopify variant "USDA Prime Boneless Ribeye Steak / 2 Count / (16 oz) Ribeye" = $120.00 / 2 = $60 per steak (options matched in code) | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 44 Farms USDA Choice Boneless Ribeye Steak (12 oz) |
Price Weekly price check |
$36.00 per steak · $48.00/lb | Shopify variant "USDA Choice Boneless Ribeye Steak / 2 Count / 12 oz Ribeye" = $72.00 / 2 = $36 per steak (options matched in code) | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 44 Farms USDA Choice Boneless Ribeye Steak (16 oz) |
Price Weekly price check |
$48.00 per steak · $48.00/lb | Shopify variant "USDA Choice Boneless Ribeye Steak / 2 Count / 16 oz Ribeye" = $96.00 / 2 = $48 per steak (options matched in code) | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 44 Farms USDA Choice Tomahawk Ribeye |
Price Weekly price check |
$110.00 per steak · $36.67/lb | Shopify variant "USDA Choice Tomahawk Ribeye / 2 Count" = $220.00 / 2 = $110 per steak (options matched in code) | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 44 Farms USDA Choice Bone-In Ribeye |
Price Checked by hand |
$72.00 per steak · $48.00/lb | Store option "2 Steaks (24 oz Each)" $144 / 2 = $72 per 24 oz steak | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Shipping Seller’s words |
One-off or subscription | No shipping prices or free-shipping threshold are published (only "FedEx 1-2 day shipping"); in cart tests a $72 order to IL was quoted $29.95 Ground and a $274 order to CA shipped free. | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 44 Farms USDA Prime Boneless Ribeye Steak (12 oz) |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | 2-count/12oz variant = $84.00 (matches site '$42.00/item'); $84/2 = $42.00 per 12oz steak; 42.00 / (12/16=0.75) = $56.00/lb | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 44 Farms USDA Prime Boneless Ribeye Steak (16 oz) |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | 2-count/16oz variant = $112.00 (from product .json); $112/2 = $56.00 per 16oz steak; 56.00 / (16/16=1.0) = $56.00/lb | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 44 Farms USDA Choice Boneless Ribeye Steak (12 oz) |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | 2-count/12oz variant = $63.00 (matches site '$31.50/item'); $63/2 = $31.50 per 12oz steak; 31.50 / (12/16=0.75) = $42.00/lb | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 44 Farms USDA Choice Boneless Ribeye Steak (16 oz) |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | 2-count/16oz variant = $84.00 (from product .json); $84/2 = $42.00 per 16oz steak; 42.00 / (16/16=1.0) = $42.00/lb | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 44 Farms USDA Choice Bone-In Ribeye |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | 2-count variant = $128.00; $128/2 = $64.00 per steak. Per-steak weight from product .json weight field: 2-count pack = 5.0 lb total / 2 = 2.5 lb = 40 oz each (bone-in, includes bone). 64.00 / (40/16=2 | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 44 Farms USDA Choice Tomahawk Ribeye |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | 2-count variant = $190.00; $190/2 = $95.00 per steak. Per-steak weight from product .json weight field: 2-count pack = 6.0 lb total / 2 = 3.0 lb = 48 oz each (tomahawk, sold bone-in incl. long frenche | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
Pasture-raised, grain-finished | FAQ: 'At 44 Farms all cattle are pasture raised and grain finished.' Confirmed. | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Antibiotics Seller’s words |
Raised without antibiotics | FAQ: animals not given antibiotics BUT if one becomes ill partner feedyards administer one, then remove it from the program. Their self-branded 'NE3' RWA, not a USDA never-ever cert. | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| 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 12, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
USDA grade Seller’s words |
Choice | Benchmark SKU is USDA Choice ('USDA Choice Boneless Ribeye Steak'). Prime is a separate step-up SKU. Sold under USDA grading; no independent grading paperwork retrieved. | 44steaks.com ↗ 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Wagyu content Seller’s words |
None | Benchmark is a Black Angus (Texas Angus) ribeye, not wagyu. 44 Farms is a registered Angus / Black Angus seedstock operation. | 44steaks.com ↗ 44farms.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Marbling Seller’s words |
Choice-level | Product page describes 'abundant intramuscular fat', 'signature buttery texture', tenderness and marbling; grade-level marbling = USDA Choice (self-asserted). | 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Aging Seller’s words |
Wet-aged 28 days | 'Wet Aged For 28 Days' on the product page; collection page states wet aged a minimum of 28 days. | 44steaks.com ↗ 44steaks.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | 44 Farms All their beef |
Sourcing Seller’s words |
Single-source vertically integrated Texas Black Angus; Cameron, TX | 5-generation registered Angus seedstock operation, Cameron TX; own cattle, hand-cut in Texas, own fulfillment center. BIF Seedstock Producer of the Year. | 44farms.com ↗ 44steaks.com ↗ |