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 | Old Salt Co-op | Raised Seller’s words |
Evidence attached to this steak | “The most marbled cut on the animal — rich, tender, and full of the deep beef flavor that grass-finished cattle develop on well-stewarded rangeland.” (read 2026-10-06) | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op 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 'old salt', 'oldsalt': no match. |
certifiedhumane.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op 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 'old salt', 'oldsalt': 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 | Old Salt Co-op 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 'old salt', 'oldsalt': 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 | Old Salt Co-op 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 'old salt', 'oldsalt', and ran the directory keyword search (searches titles and descriptions, all categories) for 'Old Salt': no listing names this seller, as either a farm or an outlet. |
agreenerworld.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op 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. No AGA record names Old Salt Co-op. Montana AGA producers (e.g., Lane Legacy Beef, Ismay MT) aren't tied to Old Salt by AGA. |
americangrassfed.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Welfare Certifier check |
Audubon Conservation Ranching — Audubon Certified bird-friendly land: listed (checked 2026-10-06). “Old Salt Co-op - Regional Online Retailer | 361 N Last Chance Gulch | Helena, Montana 59601 | oldsaltco-op.com ;; The Un…ion by Old Salt Co-op - Retail Store | 361 N Last Chance Gulch | Helena, Montana 59601 | oldsaltco-op.com/pages/theunion-restaurant-helena” Listed as a retailer in Audubon's ACR Enrolled Retailers layer: OBJECTID 3831 'Old Salt Co-op' (Regional Online Retailer) and OBJECTID 3827 'The Union by Old Salt Co-op' (Retail Store). The quote is the record fields as the map popup shows them. An audubon.org editor created both records on 2026-08-05 and last edited them 2026-08-10. The Brand and Source Ranch fields are blank, so Audubon doesn't say which Old Salt products or partner ranches are certified. The page says listed retailers carry 'beef and bison products raised on Audubon Certified lands'. This matches the audubon_certified claim in our file. Source data: services1.arcgis.com/lDFzr3JyGEn5Eymu/.../survey123_89d8a8aabb494074b931488dfa80696a/FeatureServer/7. |
audubon.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op 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. No LTM page names Old Salt Co-op. |
landtomarket.com ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op 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. No ROA record names Old Salt Co-op. |
regenorganic.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op 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: 'Old Salt'. 0 …results for every term. |
organic.ams.usda.gov ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op 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 | Old Salt Co-op 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 | Old Salt Co-op 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 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
“Old Salt offers two lines of beef, one in which grain concentrate is included in the finishing ration and one in which it is not included.” (read 2026-10-06) | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
“For our grain finished animals, at about 18 months of age they are placed on a ration that includes grass hay, alfalfa and feed-grade barley” (read 2026-10-06) | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
“All of our animals, whether beef, hogs or sheep, spend the majority of their life outside on pasture.” (read 2026-10-06) | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
“Mannix Ranch cattle in Helmville are grass-finished, meaning no grain ever enters their diet beyond milk before weaning and the seed heads of the grass they graze.” (read 2026-10-06) | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ | |
| Oct 5, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Welfare Third party |
Audubon Certified (bird-friendly land) | National Audubon Society (June 16, 2026) reports Old Salt Co-op’s four partner cattle ranches—J Bar L, LF Ranch, Mannix Ranch, and Sieben Live Stock—earned Audubon Bird-Friendly Land Certification via the Conservation Ra…nching program. Audubon states the ranches meet third-party-audited standards for habitat management, environmental sustainability, and animal welfare (pasture rest/rotation, grassland stewardship). This is a real third-party seal with an embedded welfare component, but it is hab |
audubon.org ↗ audubon.org ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op Grass-Fed Ribeye Steak - Boneless .75 LB |
Grade Checked: not stated |
No USDA grade stated | Checked 2026-09-30: no grade stated. Pages: https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/products/ribeye-steak https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/pages/old-salt-meat-faqs https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/pages/about https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/p…ages/our-model https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/collections/beef https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/products.json |
oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op Grass-Fed Ribeye Steak - Boneless .75 LB |
Aging Checked: not stated |
The seller doesn’t say | Checked 2026-09-30: aging not stated. Pages: https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/products/ribeye-steak https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/pages/old-salt-meat-faqs https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/pages/about https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/…pages/our-model https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/collections/beef https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/products.json |
oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op Grass-Fed Ribeye Steak - Bone-in 1 LB |
Grade Checked: not stated |
No USDA grade stated | Checked 2026-09-30: no grade stated. Pages: https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/products/ribeye-steak https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/pages/old-salt-meat-faqs https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/pages/about https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/p…ages/our-model https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/collections/beef https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/products.json |
oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op Grass-Fed Ribeye Steak - Bone-in 1 LB |
Aging Checked: not stated |
The seller doesn’t say | Checked 2026-09-30: aging not stated. Pages: https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/products/ribeye-steak https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/pages/old-salt-meat-faqs https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/pages/about https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/…pages/our-model https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/collections/beef https://www.oldsaltco-op.com/products.json |
oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op Grass-Fed Ribeye Steak - Boneless .75 LB |
Price Weekly price check |
$35.00 per steak · $46.67/lb | Shopify variant "Grass-Fed Ribeye Steak / Boneless .75 LB" = $35.00 (options matched in code) | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op Grass-Fed Ribeye Steak - Bone-in 1 LB |
Price Weekly price check |
$39.00 per steak · $39.00/lb | Shopify variant "Grass-Fed Ribeye Steak / Bone-in 1 LB" = $39.00 (options matched in code) | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Shipping Seller’s words |
One-off or subscription | "FLAT RATE OR FREE SHIPPING On orders of $249 or more" means free only in Montana and 6 neighboring states; everyone else pays 2-day air of $55–$95 ($25–$65 at $249+). | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op Grass-Fed Ribeye Steak - Boneless .75 LB |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single steak, variant 'Boneless .75 LB' = 0.75 lb = 12 oz at $33.00 (one steak, not a pack). $/lb = 33.00 / 0.75 lb = $44.00/lb. | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op Grass-Fed Ribeye Steak - Boneless 1 LB (no longer sold) |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single steak, variant 'Boneless 1 LB' = 1 lb = 16 oz at $36.00 (one steak). $/lb = 36.00 / 1 lb = $36.00/lb. Live .js shows available:false = sold out. | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op Grass-Fed Ribeye Steak - Bone-in 1 LB |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single steak, variant 'Bone-in 1 LB' = 1 lb = 16 oz at $30.00 (one steak; currently 25% off as cut is being discontinued). $/lb = 30.00 / 1 lb = $30.00/lb. | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op Grass-Fed Ribeye Steak - Bone-in 1.25 LB (no longer sold) |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single steak, variant 'Bone-in 1.25 LB' = 1.25 lb = 20 oz at current discounted $40.00 (normally $52; 25% off, cut being discontinued). $/lb = 40.00 / 1.25 lb = $32.00/lb. | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
Mixed lines | FAQ runs BOTH lines: Mannix cattle grass-finished ('no grain ever') AND 'grain finished animals... placed on a ration that includes grass hay, alfalfa and feed-grade barley.' Not 100% grass-finished. | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Antibiotics Seller’s words |
Antibiotics only to treat illness | About page: 'sub-therapeutics (i.e. antibiotics used for disease prevention instead of treatment) are avoided.' Preventive use avoided but treatment antibiotics permitted = therapeutic_only, not RWA. | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Hormones Seller’s words |
No added hormones | FAQ: 'None of our beef cattle receive growth hormones'; 'We do not use growth hormone implants.' Self-claimed, no NHTC/third-party verification. | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Steroids Seller’s words |
No steroids | No growth-promotant implants; about page frames it 'in the same way steroids would in humans.' Self-claimed, not certified. | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Diet Seller’s words |
Vegetarian diet of grass and feed | Mixed herd: grain-finished animals get 'grass hay, alfalfa and feed-grade barley,' so not grass-only. All feed plant-based = vegetarian grass + feed. | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Origin Seller’s words |
USA born, raised and harvested | FAQ: 'All of our livestock is born and raise[d] in Montana, and every animal is harvested and cut at our facility in Butte.' | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Organic Seller’s words |
None | FAQ explicitly not certified organic ('certification is expensive, administratively burdensome'). No USDA organic seal. | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Welfare Seller’s words |
None | No AWA/AGA/Certified Humane/GAP/American Humane claimed anywhere. Rancher-owned co-op with self-described husbandry only; no third-party welfare cert. | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Delivery Seller’s words |
Frozen | FAQ: 'packed with dry ice and insulated liners to arrive frozen'; products 'shipped frozen every week... with dry ice.' Frozen only, no fresh option. | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
USDA grade Seller’s words |
Ungraded | No USDA grade claim on the ribeye page, beef collection, or FAQ. Sold as a marbled grass-finished steak, not by USDA quality grade. Rancher-owned, harvested/cut at own Montana facility in Butte. | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Wagyu content Seller’s words |
None | Benchmark is a conventional-breed grass-finished Montana ribeye from co-op member ranches. No wagyu claim; no wagyu SKU offered. | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Marbling Seller’s words |
Not stated | Product copy: 'the most marbled cut on the animal - rich, tender... deep beef flavor that grass-finished cattle develop.' Marketing only; no BMS number or USDA marbling grade stated. | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Aging Seller’s words |
Aging not stated | No dry-aging or wet-aging claim (no day count) on the ribeye product page, beef collection, or FAQ. | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Old Salt Co-op All their beef |
Sourcing Seller’s words |
Rancher-owned MT co-op; born/raised MT, cut in Butte | Co-op owned by member Montana ranches (Sieben, J Bar L, Mannix, LF, Cordova) stewarding 200,000+ acres; own processing plant in Butte; Vista Trac ranch-of-origin traceability on every package. | oldsaltco-op.com ↗ oldsaltco-op.com ↗ |