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 | Primal Pastures Ribeye Steak (10 oz) |
Raised Seller’s words |
Evidence attached to this steak | “Ours is grass-fed and grass-finished, which means every bite stays juicy without feeling heavy.” (read 2026-10-06) | primalpastures.com ↗ |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Primal Pastures All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
“Yes. Our cattle are 100% grass-fed and grass-finished, raised on pristine pasture with constant rotation, and never given hormones, antibiotics, or grain.” (read 2026-10-06) | primalpastures.com ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Primal Pastures All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
“These Hereford and angus cattle are 100% pasture-raised on lush california grasses.” (read 2026-10-06) | primalpastures.com ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Primal Pastures All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
“For our Primal Pastures meats, we deliberately choose not to pursue organic certification because our standards already go far beyond what the label requires.” (read 2026-10-06) | primalpastures.com ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Primal Pastures 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 'primal pastures', 'primalpastures': no match. |
certifiedhumane.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Primal Pastures 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 'primal pastures', 'primalpastures': 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 | Primal Pastures 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 'primal pastures', 'primalpastures': 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 | Primal Pastures 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 'primal pastures', 'primalpastures', and ran the directory keyword search (searches titles and descriptions, all categories) for 'Primal Pastures': no listing names this seller, as either a farm or an outlet. |
agreenerworld.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Primal Pastures 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 | Primal Pastures 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 | Primal Pastures 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 | Primal Pastures 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 | Primal Pastures 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: 'Primal Pastur…es', 'Primal'. 'Primal' returned 3 unrelated operations (Baltoro LLC dba ... Natural Primal, Chino CA [dry goods]; Primal Botanical LLC VT [surrendered]; Primal Essence Inc., Oxnard CA [extracts]) - none is Primal Pastures, none covers beef. All other terms: 0 results. |
organic.ams.usda.gov ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Primal Pastures 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' is not corroborated by any USDA PVP listing. |
ams.usda.gov ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Primal Pastures 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 | Primal Pastures 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 ↗ | |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Primal Pastures Ribeye Steak (10 oz) |
Grade Checked: not stated |
No USDA grade stated | Checked 2026-09-30: no grade stated. Pages: https://primalpastures.com/products/ribeye-steak https://primalpastures.com/pages/faqs https://primalpastures.com/products.json | primalpastures.com ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Primal Pastures Ribeye Steak (10 oz) |
Aging Checked: not stated |
The seller doesn’t say | 2026-09-30: FAQ "Some of our beef is aged for up to two weeks." — not specific to this steak | primalpastures.com ↗ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Primal Pastures All their beef |
Shipping Seller’s words |
One-off orders | The cart drawer says "Free shipping on orders over $239", but a $239.12 IL cart test still showed only paid UPS/FedEx rates from $44.86, so the free tier may only apply at checkout or in Western ground states. | primalpastures.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Primal Pastures Ribeye Steak (10 oz) |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single-steak SKU (variant 'Default Title', price_varies=false, SKU B013), not a pack. Listing $29.89 = per-steak price. On-page size 'Boneless 10 oz steak' (variant weight 283g = 9.98 oz, rounds to li | primalpastures.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Primal Pastures All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
Grass-fed and grass-finished | 100% grass-fed and grass-finished; graze open pasture birth to harvest, no feedlots, no grain finishing. | primalpastures.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Primal Pastures All their beef |
Antibiotics Seller’s words |
Never given antibiotics, certified | Never given antibiotics not once not ever. Never-ever standard, self-claimed under own Primal Standard; they reject third-party certification. | primalpastures.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Primal Pastures All their beef |
Hormones Seller’s words |
No added hormones | Never given hormones; self-claimed, no NHTC/third-party certification. | primalpastures.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Primal Pastures All their beef |
Steroids Seller’s words |
No steroids | Never given steroids not once not ever; self-claimed. | primalpastures.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Primal Pastures All their beef |
Diet Seller’s words |
Vegetarian diet of grass only | Grass only birth to harvest; Corn-Free and Soy-Free, no grain finishing. | primalpastures.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Primal Pastures All their beef |
Origin Seller’s words |
USA born, raised and harvested | Born, Raised and Harvested in the USA; California and Arizona pastures. | primalpastures.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Primal Pastures All their beef |
Organic Seller’s words |
None | Deliberately decline organic certification for beef; use own Primal Standard. Separate produce plot is organic, but the beef herd is not certified. | primalpastures.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Primal Pastures All their beef |
Welfare Seller’s words |
None | No third-party welfare cert (no AWA/Certified Humane/GAP/AGA); self-defined Primal Standard only. | primalpastures.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Primal Pastures All their beef |
Delivery Seller’s words |
Flash-frozen | Meat flash frozen at peak of freshness; orders ship frozen with dry ice + insulated packaging. Stored 'frozen' understated flash-frozen method. | primalpastures.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Primal Pastures All their beef |
USDA grade Seller’s words |
Ungraded | No USDA grade claimed. Grass-fed/grass-finished beef; product page and collection show no Prime/Choice designation or grade badge. Marketed on marbling, not grade. | primalpastures.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Primal Pastures All their beef |
Wagyu content Seller’s words |
None | Conventional-breed grass-fed cattle (CA/OR regenerative ranches). No wagyu genetics claimed for this or any Primal Pastures beef SKU. | primalpastures.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Primal Pastures All their beef |
Marbling Seller’s words |
Not stated | Self-described 'most marbled steak in the lineup, fat woven through the muscle'; 'abundant natural marbling.' No BMS or USDA marbling grade; grass-finished. | primalpastures.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Primal Pastures All their beef |
Aging Seller’s words |
Aging not stated | No dry- or wet-aging claim or day count stated on the ribeye product page. Ships frozen. | primalpastures.com ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Primal Pastures All their beef |
Sourcing Seller’s words |
Regenerative ranches, Central CA + Oregon conservation land; DTC nationwide | Partners with regenerative ranches; ~12,000 acres conservation land in Central California and Oregon. Solar-powered, direct-to-consumer, ships nationwide. | primalpastures.com ↗ |