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 7, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. Sanuki Olive Beef Japanese A5 Wagyu Ribeye (~16 oz) |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Shopify product data 2026-10-07: Default Title $289.00, available; description: "~16 oz steak"; title: Sanuki Olive Beef Japanese A5 Wagyu Ribeye. | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. Sanuki Olive Beef Japanese A5 Wagyu Ribeye (~16 oz) |
Price Checked by hand |
$289.00 per steak · $289.00/lb | Listed 2026-10-07 (owner): Holy Grail’s only ribeye in stock. Shopify variant Default Title = $289.00, one ~16 oz steak. | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. | Raised Checked: not stated |
Evidence attached to this steak | The listing doesn’t say how the cattle were raised (read 2026-10-06). | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. Miyazaki Japanese A5 Wagyu Ribeyes ~16oz |
Raised Seller’s words |
Evidence attached to this steak | “Raised for 30 months by ranchers with a special zeal for husbandry, Kyushu steers feed on wheat, rice, corn, and barley.” (read 2026-10-06) | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. | Raised Checked: not stated |
Evidence attached to this steak | The listing doesn’t say how the cattle were raised (read 2026-10-06). | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. 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 'holy grail', 'holygrail': no match. |
certifiedhumane.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. 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 'holy grail', 'holygrail': 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 | Holy Grail Steak Co. 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 'holy grail', 'holygrail': 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 | Holy Grail Steak Co. 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 'holy grail', 'holygrail', and ran the directory keyword search (searches titles and descriptions, all categories) for 'Holy Grail': no listing names this seller, as either a farm or an outlet. |
agreenerworld.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. 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 | Holy Grail Steak Co. 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 | Holy Grail Steak Co. 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 | Holy Grail Steak Co. 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 | Holy Grail Steak Co. 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: 'Holy Grail', …'Holy Grail Steak'. 0 results for every term. |
organic.ams.usda.gov ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. 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 | Holy Grail Steak Co. 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 | Holy Grail Steak Co. 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 | Holy Grail Steak Co. All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
“We adhere to the strictest standards when choosing the ranchers we work with - no hormones, no antibiotics, sustainable pasturing, and humane living conditions” (read 2026-10-06) | holygrailsteak.com ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
“100% Grass-Fed Prime Beef | Holy Grail Steak Co.” (read 2026-10-06) | holygrailsteak.com ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
“Raised for 30 months by ranchers with a special zeal for husbandry, Kyushu steers feed on wheat, rice, corn, and barley.” (read 2026-10-06) | holygrailsteak.com ↗ | |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. BMS 12 Kobe Japanese A5 Wagyu Ribeye ~14oz |
Aging Checked: not stated |
The seller doesn’t say | Checked 2026-09-30: aging not stated. Pages: https://holygrailsteak.com/products/bms-12-kobe-wagyu-a5-ribeye-12-13oz https://holygrailsteak.com/collections/kobe-beef https://holygrailsteak.com/products.json (all 126 prod…uct descriptions) |
holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. Tajima American Wagyu Prestige Ribeye Steak 16oz |
Aging Seller’s words |
Aged — the seller doesn't say how or for how long | 2026-09-30: "Our Tajima American Wagyu Beef is meticulously hand-selected and aged to perfection." — LINE-LEVEL ONLY: the ribeye page makes no aging claim. Other Tajima product pages make it for the whole line: Zabuton '…Our Tajima American Wagyu Beef is meticulously hand-selected and aged to perfecti |
holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. Tajima American Wagyu Prestige Ribeye Steak 16oz |
Grade Seller’s words |
Wagyu — “Tajima American Wagyu Prestige” | 2026-09-30: "A blend of Wagyu and Angus genetics then periodically over-layered with Fullblood Wagyu genetics" | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. Kagoshima Japanese A5 Wagyu Ribeye ~16oz |
Price Weekly price check |
$199.00 per steak · $199.00/lb · sold out | Shopify variant "Kagoshima Japanese A5 Wagyu Ribeye ~ 16oz. / Default Title" = $199.00 (only option) | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. Miyazaki Japanese A5 Wagyu Ribeyes ~16oz |
Price Weekly price check |
$199.00 per steak · $199.00/lb · sold out | Shopify variant "Miyazaki Japanese A5 Wagyu Ribeyes / Default Title" = $199.00 (only option) | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. All their beef |
Shipping Seller’s words |
One-off orders | The sitewide banner says "Free shipping on orders $300+" and cart tests agree ($39 standard at $264, free at $308), but the policy page says $350 and the shipping-info page says $250. | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. Upper Prime Black Angus Ribeye ~16oz |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single steak listed at $69 for one ~16oz boneless steak -> 69/(16/16)=$69.00/lb | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. Dry-Aged Upper Prime Black Angus Ribeye Steaks ~16oz |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single steak $99 for one 16oz boneless steak -> 99/(16/16)=$99.00/lb; dry-aged 30+ days | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. Akaushi American Wagyu Ribeye ~16oz (no longer sold) |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single steak $89 for one ~16oz boneless steak -> 89/(16/16)=$89.00/lb | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. Australian Wagyu Ribeye - MB 6-7 ~16oz |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Variant 'MB 6-7 / ~16oz' single steak $89 -> 89/(16/16)=$89.00/lb | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. Australian Wagyu Ribeye - MB 6-7 ~20oz |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Variant 'MB 6-7 / ~20oz' single steak $114 -> 114/(20/16)=114/1.25=$91.20/lb | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. Australian Wagyu Ribeye - MB 8-9 ~16oz |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Variant 'MB 8-9 / ~16oz' single steak $109 -> 109/(16/16)=$109.00/lb | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. Australian Wagyu Ribeye - MB 8-9 ~20oz |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Variant 'MB 8-9 / ~20oz' single steak $134 -> 134/(20/16)=134/1.25=$107.20/lb | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. Kagoshima Japanese A5 Wagyu Ribeye ~16oz |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single steak $199 for one 16oz boneless A5 steak -> 199/(16/16)=$199.00/lb; page states vacuum-sealed immediately after cutting (unaged) | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. Miyazaki Japanese A5 Wagyu Ribeyes ~16oz |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single steak $199 for one 16oz boneless A5 steak -> 199/(16/16)=$199.00/lb | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. BMS 12 Miyazaki Japanese A5 Wagyu Ribeyes ~16oz |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single steak $249 for one 16oz boneless BMS12 A5 steak -> 249/(16/16)=$249.00/lb | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. BMS 12 Hokkaido Japanese A5 Wagyu Ribeyes ~16oz |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single steak $209 for one 16oz boneless BMS12 A5 steak -> 209/(16/16)=$209.00/lb (grams 397 placeholder; page 16oz) | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. BMS 12 Kagoshima Japanese A5 Wagyu Ribeye ~16oz |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single steak $199 for one 16oz boneless BMS12 A5 steak -> 199/(16/16)=$199.00/lb (page 16oz despite handle 13-15oz) | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. Kobe Japanese A5 Wagyu Ribeye ~14-16oz |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single steak $349 for one ~14-16oz boneless Kobe A5 steak; used 15oz midpoint -> 349/(15/16)=349/0.9375=$372.27/lb | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. BMS 12 Kobe Japanese A5 Wagyu Ribeye ~14oz |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single steak $399 for one 14oz boneless Kobe BMS12 A5 steak -> 399/(14/16)=399/0.875=$456.00/lb; 'aged by master butchers' no day count, defaulted aging_days=14 (USDA min) | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. Tajima American Wagyu Prestige Ribeye Steak 16oz |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single steak $99 for one 16oz boneless steak -> 99/(16/16)=$99.00/lb (page gives no aging day count; unstated) | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
Mixed lines | Japanese A5 & Australian Wagyu grain-fed 400+ days, American Wagyu/Angus grain-finished, plus a 100% grass-finished Angus line (Santa Carota, CA). Not a conventional feedlot brand. | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. All their beef |
Antibiotics Seller’s words |
Raised without antibiotics | Brand-wide 'no antibiotics' self-claim on About page; no never-ever/third-party certification cited. | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. All their beef |
Hormones Seller’s words |
No added hormones | 'No hormones' / 'hormone-free' stated brand-wide and on product pages; no certification (e.g., no NHTC) cited. | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. All their beef |
Steroids Seller’s words |
Not disclosed | Steroids not separately addressed; only hormones/antibiotics called out. | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. All their beef |
Diet Seller’s words |
Vegetarian diet of grain | Diet IS disclosed, not undisclosed. Dominant lines grain-fed (Australian Wagyu 400+ days; American Wagyu/Angus grain-finished). Separate grass-only line finished on grass+carrots exists. | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. All their beef |
Origin Seller’s words |
Mixed origin | Herd includes imported Japanese A5 Wagyu (Kobe/Miyazaki/Kagoshima/etc.) and imported Australian Wagyu (Darling Downs, QLD) alongside US Angus/American Wagyu. Not product-of-USA. | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. All their beef |
Organic Seller’s words |
None | No organic claim or certification anywhere on the site. | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Holy Grail Steak Co. All their beef |
Welfare Seller’s words |
None | Only self-claimed 'humane living conditions'; no AWA, Certified Humane, or GAP step certification present. | holygrailsteak.com ↗ |