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 19, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms All their beef |
Aging Seller’s words |
Dry-aged 5 days, then wet-aged (21 days in all) | Seven Sons help-center FAQ (updated Mar 4, 2026) also says "We choose to dry-age our meat for 5-10 days." Ribeyes are steaks, so this dry-then-wet, 21-day-total protocol applies. Board currently shows Aging not stated. | sevensons.zendesk.com ↗ |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms Grass-Fed Delmonico Steak - Boneless Ribeye |
Raised Seller’s words |
Evidence attached to this steak | “100% Grass-Fed & Grass-Finished: Raised on regenerative pastures for more nutritious beef with rich marbling.” (read 2026-10-06) | sevensons.net ↗ |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms Beef Ribeye Steak, Cowboy Cut |
Raised Seller’s words |
Evidence attached to this steak | “100% Grass-Fed & Grass-Finished: From cattle that graze on open pastures their entire lives with no grain finishing, ever.” (read 2026-10-06) | sevensons.net ↗ |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
“100% Grass-Fed Never fed grain, raised in the USA” (read 2026-10-06) | sevensons.net ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Seven Sons 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 'seven sons', 'sevensons': no match. |
certifiedhumane.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Seven Sons 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 'seven sons', 'sevensons': 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 | Seven Sons 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 'seven sons', 'sevensons': 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 | Seven Sons 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 'seven sons', 'sevensons', and ran the directory keyword search (searches titles and descriptions, all categories) for 'Seven Sons': no listing names this seller, as either a farm or an outlet. |
agreenerworld.org ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Seven Sons 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 | Seven Sons 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 | Seven Sons 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 | Seven Sons 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 | Seven Sons 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: 'Seven Sons', …'Seven Son'. 'Seven Son' returned 2 unrelated operations (Seven Songs Organic Farm, Kenyon MN [surrendered]; The Seventh Son Inc DBA Live Local Organic LLC, Sherwood OR [vegetables]) - neither is Seven Sons Farms, neither covers beef. All other terms: 0 results. |
organic.ams.usda.gov ↗ | |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Seven Sons 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 | Seven Sons 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 | Seven Sons 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 | Seven Sons Farms All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
“Our beef is 100% grass-fed and grass-finished, so you're getting the full benefit of a lifetime on pasture.” (read 2026-10-06) | sevensons.net ↗ | |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms All their beef |
Aging Seller’s words |
Wet-aged | Ribeye product pages say wet-aged; no day count stated (research pass 2026-09-30). | sevensons.net ↗ sevensons.net ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms Grass-Fed Delmonico Steak - Boneless Ribeye |
Grade Checked: not stated |
No USDA grade stated | Checked 2026-09-30: no grade stated. Pages: https://sevensons.net/store/product/delmonico-steak https://sevensons.net/store/product/cowboy-ribeye-steak https://sevensons.net/store/grass-fed-beef/steaks https://sevensons.…net/store/grass-fed-beef https://sevensons.net/grass-fed-beef-buying-guide https://sevensons.net/customer-support https://sevensons.net/protocols https://sevensons.net/our-story |
sevensons.net ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms Grass-Fed Delmonico Steak - Boneless Ribeye |
Aging Seller’s words |
Wet-aged, days not stated | 2026-09-30: "As previously mentioned, you’re more likely to be familiar with wet-aged beef, as that’s what most of us have encountered at supermarkets, and it's what we carry here at Seven Sons Farms." — Method comes fro…m a site-wide statement on the seller's blog. The steak collection FAQ adds: 'Each cut is carefully selected for quality and properly aged for optimal tenderness and rich taste.' (http |
sevensons.net ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms Beef Ribeye Steak, Cowboy Cut |
Grade Checked: not stated |
No USDA grade stated | Checked 2026-09-30: no grade stated. Pages: https://sevensons.net/store/product/delmonico-steak https://sevensons.net/store/product/cowboy-ribeye-steak https://sevensons.net/store/grass-fed-beef/steaks https://sevensons.…net/store/grass-fed-beef https://sevensons.net/grass-fed-beef-buying-guide https://sevensons.net/customer-support https://sevensons.net/protocols https://sevensons.net/our-story |
sevensons.net ↗ |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms Beef Ribeye Steak, Cowboy Cut |
Aging Seller’s words |
Wet-aged, days not stated | 2026-09-30: "As previously mentioned, you’re more likely to be familiar with wet-aged beef, as that’s what most of us have encountered at supermarkets, and it's what we carry here at Seven Sons Farms." — Same site-wide s…tatements as sku 483 (the collection FAQ lists 'cowboy ribeye' among cuts 'properly aged'). The product page shows 'Subscribe & Save Members Only', so it may not be buyable one-time; $ |
sevensons.net ↗ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms Grass-Fed Delmonico Steak - Boneless Ribeye |
Price Weekly price check |
$40.40 per steak · $53.87/lb | page price "12 oz avg. / pkg" = $40.40 (page option matched in code) | sevensons.net ↗ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms Beef Ribeye Steak, Cowboy Cut |
Price Weekly price check |
$57.65 per steak · $57.65/lb | page price "16 oz avg. / pkg" = $57.65 (page option matched in code) | sevensons.net ↗ |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms All their beef |
Shipping Seller’s words |
One-off or subscription | Free delivery starts at $159 (Midwest/East zones) or $225 (elsewhere), otherwise there's "a $14.99 delivery fee", with zone order minimums of $99/$125/$175 (table dated June 2024). | sevensons.net ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms Grass-Fed Delmonico Steak - Boneless Ribeye |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single 12 oz steak listed at $39.00 (not a pack). Per-steak price = $39.00. usd_per_lb = 39 / (12/16 lb) = 39 / 0.75 = $52.00/lb. | sevensons.net ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms Beef Ribeye Steak, Cowboy Cut |
Price basis Seller’s words |
How we read the price and size | Single 16 oz (1 lb) bone-in steak listed at $55.00 (not a pack). Per-steak price = $55.00. usd_per_lb = 55 / (16/16 lb) = 55 / 1 = $55.00/lb. | sevensons.net ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms All their beef |
Raised Seller’s words |
Grass-fed and grass-finished | '100% grass-fed and grass-finished; cattle never receive grain at any point in their lives.' | sevensons.net ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms All their beef |
Antibiotics Seller’s words |
Raised without antibiotics | 'Every cut we raise is free from antibiotics... with no exceptions.' Self-claimed, no never-ever certifier named. | sevensons.net ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms All their beef |
Hormones Seller’s words |
No added hormones | 'No antibiotics or hormones' / 'free from... hormones, with no exceptions.' Self-claimed, not certified. | sevensons.net ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms All their beef |
Steroids Seller’s words |
No steroids | Cattle 'never receive growth hormones, steroids, antibiotics, or GMO feed.' Self-claimed. | sevensons.net ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms All their beef |
Diet Seller’s words |
Vegetarian diet of grass only | Cattle 'graze on regenerative pastures their entire lives, eating only grass and forage'; never fed grain. | sevensons.net ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms All their beef |
Origin Seller’s words |
Product of USA | Protocols state 'raised in the USA' (IN farm + vetted US partner farms); no full born/raised/harvested claim, so product_of_usa. | sevensons.net ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms All their beef |
Organic Seller’s words |
None | 'Our farm is not technically certified organic by the USDA... we adhere to organic principles.' Not certified. | sevensons.zendesk.com ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms All their beef |
Welfare Seller’s words |
None | Only self-claimed 'regenerative'/'ethical farming, raised outdoors on pasture.' No AWA, Certified Humane, GAP, or AGA named. | sevensons.net ↗ |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms All their beef |
Delivery Seller’s words |
Flash-frozen | 'Each order is flash-frozen at peak freshness and vacuum-sealed before it ships'; arrives frozen, freezer-stable up to one year. | sevensons.net ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms All their beef |
USDA grade Seller’s words |
Ungraded | Benchmark Delmonico (boneless ribeye) page makes NO USDA grade claim. Markets on 'rich/deep marbling' from 100% grass-finish, not a graded score. As-of 2026-07-12. | sevensons.net ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms All their beef |
Wagyu content Seller’s words |
None | Angus-type grass-fed/finished herd; no wagyu SKU anywhere on site. Benchmark ribeye is a conventional-breed grass-finished steer. | sevensons.net ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms All their beef |
Marbling Seller’s words |
Not stated | Delmonico page cites 'rich marbling' / 'deep marbling' qualitatively but gives no BMS or USDA marbling grade. | sevensons.net ↗ |
| Jul 12, 2026 | Seven Sons Farms All their beef |
Sourcing Seller’s words |
Family farm Roanoke IN + vetted US partner farms, self-verified | Not a distributor; home farm plus network of vetted US partner farms held to same standard, practices verified firsthand, open-door policy. | sevensons.net ↗ |