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 | ButcherBox Ribeyes (2 x 10 oz) |
Raised Seller’s words |
Evidence attached to this steak | “Our 100% grass-fed ribeye steaks are incredibly tender and juicy. / 100% Grass-Fed / Pasture-Raised” (read 2026-10-06) | shop.butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Oct 6, 2026 | ButcherBox Thick Cut Ribeye (18 oz) |
Raised Seller’s words |
Evidence attached to this steak | “Our 100% grass-fed thick cut ribeye steak is incredibly tender and juicy. / 100% Grass-Fed / Pasture-Raised” (read 2026-10-06) | shop.butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Oct 6, 2026 | ButcherBox Grain Finished Ribeye (14 oz) |
Raised Seller’s words |
Evidence attached to this steak | “Grain-finished flavor and marbling with the high standards you trust. / Pasture-Raised / Grain-Finished” (read 2026-10-06) | shop.butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Oct 6, 2026 | ButcherBox Tomahawk (~30 oz) |
Raised Seller’s words |
Evidence attached to this steak | “Our 100% grass-fed tomahawk is incredibly tender and juicy. / 100% Grass-Fed / Pasture-Raised” (read 2026-10-06) | shop.butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Oct 6, 2026 | ButcherBox All their beef |
Welfare Certifier check |
Certified Humane — Certified Humane Raised and Handled: listed (checked 2026-10-06). “ButcherBox | By subscription ButcherBox Grass-fed: Beef, Pork, and Bison” Own company row 'ButcherBox' (website ButcherBox.com) lists …grass-fed beef. Also named in other companies' rows for beef: Branding Iron Holdings Inc. ('Butcher Box: Grass-Fed Ground Beef Patties ... Seasoned Grass-fed Ground Beef for Meatloaf'), Colorado Premium ('Butcher Box: Grass-fed Beef, Ground Beef, Grass-fed Beef Portion Cuts'), Dan's Prize ('Butcher Box 100% Grass-fed Beef Pot Roast'), Dole and Bailey, Inc. ('Butcher Box - Assorted Grass-Fed Beef Cuts'), Rastellis Bros Inc dba Rastelli Foods Group ('Butcher Box Ground Beef, Butcher Box Various Beef Cuts'), Courage Production, LLC ('BUTCHERBOX® 100% Grass-Fed Uncured Beef Hot Dogs'). Non-beef ButcherBox items also listed via Southwest Bison (bison), Fred Usinger, Hazekamp's, Niman Ranch, North Country Smokehouse (pork/bacon/charcuterie). Species: beef (grass-fed), pork, bison. |
certifiedhumane.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | ButcherBox All their beef |
Welfare Certifier check |
Global Animal Partnership — GAP Step 3/Step 4 (species not stated): not listed for beef (checked 2026-10-06). “Butcher Box | Products & Brands: Step 3/Step 4/Better Chicken Project” AMBIGUOUS - review. ButcherBox IS list…ed on GAP's brand list (and as an online partner tile linking butcherbox.com), but the entry text does not name a species. GAP's own filter tags the entry only as 'chicken-products-brands', and 'Better Chicken Project' is chicken. Nothing on the registry says ButcherBox BEEF is GAP-certified, so beef is recorded as not listed. Site search for 'Butcher Box' returns only these two entries. |
globalanimalpartnership.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | ButcherBox 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 'butcherbox', 'butcher box': 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 | ButcherBox 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 'butcherbox', 'butcher box', and ran the directory keyword search (searches titles and descriptions, all categories) for 'ButcherBox', 'Butcher Box': no listing names this seller, as either a farm or an outlet. |
agreenerworld.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | ButcherBox 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 | ButcherBox 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 | ButcherBox 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 | ButcherBox All their beef |
Organic Certifier check |
Regenerative Organic Certified — two ground beef products only: listed (checked 2026-10-06). “ButcherBox https://www.butcherbox.com PRODUCTS 100% Grassfed Ground Beef, 93% Lean, 7% Fat Primal Blend - Ground Beef, Liver a…nd Heart” Listed in ROA's Brand & Product Directory (https://regenorganic.org/product-directory/). Its directory filter tags are product category 'Beef' and '100% ROC'. The listing covers only these two ground-beef products, not ButcherBox's whole range. NOTE: our file has organic_status 'none' for ButcherBox, which this ROC listing contradicts. |
regenorganic.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | ButcherBox 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: 'ButcherBox', …'Butcher Box'. 0 results for every term. |
organic.ams.usda.gov ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | ButcherBox 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). Note: antibiotic claim on file 'never_ever_certified' and hormone claim on file 'no_added_hormones_certified' is not corroborated by any USDA PVP listing. |
ams.usda.gov ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | ButcherBox 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. Hormone claim on file 'no_added_hormones_certified' is not corroborated by this listing. |
ams.usda.gov ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | ButcherBox 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 | ButcherBox All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
“We offer pasture-raised, 100% grass-fed beef from Australia and pasture-raised, grain-finished beef from the US” (read 2026-10-06) | butcherbox.com ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | ButcherBox All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
“All ButcherBox beef is certified pasture-raised.” (read 2026-10-06) | butcherbox.com ↗ | |
| Oct 5, 2026 | ButcherBox Thick Cut Ribeye (18 oz) |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Weekly price check 2026-10-05 by Delmonico-bot: UNCHANGED. Live page: 18 oz pack $33.00 ($29.33/lb), not sold out. | shop.butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Oct 5, 2026 | ButcherBox All their beef |
Welfare Third party |
Certified Humane | Certifier source: Humane Farm Animal Care (Certified Humane) announced (Feb 29, 2024) that ButcherBox now sources only from third-party welfare-certified partners, including Certified Humane beef, pork and bison, after a…udits of hundreds of ranches, slaughter plants and processors for chain of custody. HFAC's Who's Certified registry (checked 2026-10-05) still lists "ButcherBox: grass-fed beef, pork and bison" plus ButcherBox beef processors (Colorado Premium, Dole and Bailey, Rastelli). Limits: |
certifiedhumane.org ↗ certifiedhumane.org ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | ButcherBox Ribeyes (2 x 10 oz) |
Grade Checked: not stated |
House grade — “100% Grass-Fed” | Checked 2026-09-30: no grade stated. Pages: https://shop.butcherbox.com/market/products/ribeyes https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/faqs https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/sourcing https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/about-us ht…tps://support.butcherbox.com/hc/en-us (help-center article search: aged, graded, grade, dry aged, USDA, beef, ribeye, grain finished; incl. 'Can you tell me about your beef?') https://justcook.butcherbox.com (ButcherBox blog search: wet aged, graded) |
shop.butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | ButcherBox Ribeyes (2 x 10 oz) |
Aging Checked: not stated |
The seller doesn’t say | Checked 2026-09-30: aging not stated. Pages: https://shop.butcherbox.com/market/products/ribeyes https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/faqs https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/sourcing https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/about-us h…ttps://support.butcherbox.com/hc/en-us (help-center article search: aged, graded, grade, dry aged, USDA, beef, ribeye, grain finished; incl. 'Can you tell me about your beef?') https://justcook.butcherbox.com (ButcherBox blog search: wet aged, graded) |
shop.butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | ButcherBox Thick Cut Ribeye (18 oz) |
Grade Checked: not stated |
House grade — “100% Grass-Fed” | Checked 2026-09-30: no grade stated. Pages: https://shop.butcherbox.com/market/products/thick-cut-ribeye https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/faqs https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/sourcing https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/ab…out-us https://support.butcherbox.com/hc/en-us (help-center article search: aged, graded, grade, dry aged, USDA, beef, ribeye, grain finished; incl. 'Can you tell me about your beef?') https://justcook.butcherbox.com (ButcherBox blog search: wet aged, graded) |
shop.butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | ButcherBox Thick Cut Ribeye (18 oz) |
Aging Checked: not stated |
The seller doesn’t say | Checked 2026-09-30: aging not stated. Pages: https://shop.butcherbox.com/market/products/thick-cut-ribeye https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/faqs https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/sourcing https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/a…bout-us https://support.butcherbox.com/hc/en-us (help-center article search: aged, graded, grade, dry aged, USDA, beef, ribeye, grain finished; incl. 'Can you tell me about your beef?') https://justcook.butcherbox.com (ButcherBox blog search: wet aged, graded) |
shop.butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | ButcherBox Grain Finished Ribeye (14 oz) |
Grade Seller’s words |
Choice — “Grain Finished” | 2026-09-30: "Treat yourself to our USDA Choice Black Angus Ribeye and enjoy steakhouse flavors at home." | shop.butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | ButcherBox Grain Finished Ribeye (14 oz) |
Aging Checked: not stated |
The seller doesn’t say | Checked 2026-09-30: aging not stated. Pages: https://shop.butcherbox.com/market/products/boneless-ribeye https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/faqs https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/sourcing https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/ab…out-us https://support.butcherbox.com/hc/en-us (help-center article search: aged, graded, grade, dry aged, USDA, beef, ribeye, grain finished; incl. 'Can you tell me about your beef?') https://justcook.butcherbox.com (ButcherBox blog search: wet aged, graded) |
shop.butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | ButcherBox Tomahawk (~30 oz) |
Grade Checked: not stated |
House grade — “100% Grass-Fed” | Checked 2026-09-30: no grade stated. Pages: https://shop.butcherbox.com/market/products/tomahawk-steak https://shop.butcherbox.com/market/products/tomahawk (redirects to /market/shop-all) https://www.butcherbox.com/pages…/faqs https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/sourcing https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/about-us https://support.butcherbox.com/hc/en-us (help-center article search: aged, graded, grade, dry aged, USDA, beef, ribeye, grain finished; incl. 'Can you tell me about your beef?') https://justcook.butcherbox.com (ButcherBox blog search: wet aged, graded) |
shop.butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | ButcherBox Tomahawk (~30 oz) |
Aging Checked: not stated |
The seller doesn’t say | Checked 2026-09-30: aging not stated. Pages: https://shop.butcherbox.com/market/products/tomahawk-steak https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/faqs https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/sourcing https://www.butcherbox.com/pages/abo…ut-us https://support.butcherbox.com/hc/en-us (help-center article search: aged, graded, grade, dry aged, USDA, beef, ribeye, grain finished; incl. 'Can you tell me about your beef?') https://justcook.butcherbox.com (ButcherBox blog search: wet aged, graded) |
shop.butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | ButcherBox All their beef |
Shipping Seller’s words |
Subscription only | Subscription boxes only (plans from $159), and "shipping's always on us" on every box. Subscription boxes only (plans from $159). | butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | ButcherBox Ribeyes (2 x 10 oz) |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Product page lists '2 x 10 oz steaks' at $38.50 for the pack. Per-steak = $38.50 / 2 = $19.25 per 10 oz steak. usd_per_lb = 19.25 / (10/16) = 19.25 / 0.625 = $30.80/lb. | shop.butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | ButcherBox Thick Cut Ribeye (18 oz) |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single steak, 18 oz, $33.00 (1 steak per package, no count division needed). usd_per_lb = 33.00 / (18/16) = 33.00 / 1.125 = $29.33/lb. | shop.butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | ButcherBox Grain Finished Ribeye (14 oz) |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single steak, 14 oz, $29.70 (1 steak, no count division). usd_per_lb = 29.70 / (14/16) = 29.70 / 0.875 = $33.94/lb. | shop.butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | ButcherBox Tomahawk (~30 oz) |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single bone-in tomahawk steak, ~30 oz, $75.90 (1 steak, no count division). Tomahawk is a long-bone-in ribeye. usd_per_lb = 75.90 / (30/16) = 75.90 / 1.875 = $40.48/lb. | shop.butcherbox.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 |
Hormones Third party |
No added hormones, certified | 'No added hormones ever'; beef exclusively Certified Humane (registry) and US line GAP Step 4 - both prohibit added hormones. | certifiedhumane.org ↗ |
| 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 12, 2026 | ButcherBox All their beef |
USDA grade Seller’s words |
Choice | Grain-finished cuts stated as 'USDA Choice Black Angus'. Sourced via Creekstone Black Angus, which runs USDA AMS Certified Beef Program G44 (official AMS listing). Grade is company-asserted; G44 backs the certified progr…am. |
justcook.butcherbox.com ↗ butcherbox.com ↗ ams.usda.gov ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | ButcherBox All their beef |
Wagyu content Seller’s words |
None | Benchmark grain-finished ribeye is Black Angus, not wagyu. ButcherBox does not market this cut as wagyu. | butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | ButcherBox All their beef |
Marbling Seller’s words |
Choice-level | USDA Choice marbling; ButcherBox: grain finish gives 'increased marbling, tender texture and rich flavor' and 'more fat and marbling.' No BMS number given. | justcook.butcherbox.com ↗ butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | ButcherBox All their beef |
Aging Seller’s words |
Aging not stated | No dry/wet aging day count is stated on the grain-finished ribeye product, sampler, or sourcing pages. | shop.butcherbox.com ↗ butcherbox.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | ButcherBox All their beef |
Sourcing Seller’s words |
Creekstone Farms + Midwest US ranch network; exclusive partnership | Grain-finished beef via exclusive Creekstone Farms partnership and its network of Midwest ranchers; never sourced from CAFOs. | butcherbox.com ↗ justcook.butcherbox.com ↗ |