D&D Meats

09/12/2026

**FROM THE FEEDLOT TO THE SHACKLE — PLAN BEFORE YOU PROCESS**

Processing cattle successfully starts long before they arrive at the plant.

D&D Meats is developing our **Feeding Projection Model as a service for our customers** to help producers better plan cattle for harvest.

Using actual production assumptions, the model can help estimate:

• Projected weight gain and finish weight
• Expected days on feed
• Feed requirements and projected feeding cost
• Target harvest timing
• How cattle performance affects the economics of the finished animal

The goal isn't to tell a producer how to feed cattle.

The goal is to give producers another tool to help answer an important question:

**“When should these cattle be ready to harvest, and what should it cost to get them there?”**

That information can also help coordinate feeding decisions with available processing dates, USDA grading, and marketing plans.

At D&D Meats, we want to provide more than a place to process cattle.

We want to help producers build a better connection between **production, processing, grading, labeling, and the final market.**

If you're feeding cattle for a specific harvest window and would like to discuss using the projection model, contact D&D Meats.

**Plan the cattle. Plan the harvest. Know the numbers.**

09/11/2026

We will be closed tomorrow due to meeting. We will be back in around 4 pm.

09/11/2026

PUT YOUR NAME ON THE BEEF YOU PRODUCE

For many cattle producers, the relationship with the animal ends when it leaves the farm.

It does not have to.

D&D Meats provides a pathway for producers who want to maintain ownership farther through the supply chain and put a market-ready product in front of their customer.

That can include:

• USDA-inspected harvest
• USDA carcass grading
• Fabrication and processing
• Vacuum packaging
• Fresh or frozen product
• Custom labeling for your farm or beef brand
• Verified Born, Raised, Harvested, Graded, and Processed in Tennessee labeling for qualifying cattle
• Recurring processing schedules

Custom labeling gives the producer the opportunity to build recognition around the beef they raised.

USDA grading gives the producer information about what those cattle actually produced on the rail.

And verified origin labeling can give qualifying Tennessee cattle a clear, documented connection between where the animal was born and raised and where the beef was harvested, graded, and processed.

That is more than processing.

It is a way to connect:

The producer → the cattle → the carcass → the label → the consumer.

If you are raising cattle and want to explore putting your own name, your own story, and your own product into the marketplace, we would like to talk with you.

Message D&D Meats about available USDA harvest, grading, processing, and custom-labeling opportunities.

Your cattle. Your grade. Your label. Your market.

D&D Meats
USDA Inspected Harvest • Processing • Grading • Custom & Verified Labeling

09/10/2026

LOOKING FOR RECURRING USDA PROCESSING DATES?

D&D Meats is currently looking to work with cattle producers, seedstock operations, farm beef programs, and independent beef brands that need dependable, recurring harvest and processing capacity.

We are not only offering individual harvest dates.

We are interested in building relationships with producers who need a consistent pathway from live cattle to a market-ready product carrying their own identity and, when eligible, verified production claims.

D&D Meats can provide:

• USDA-inspected harvest
• USDA carcass grading
• Fabrication and processing
• Vacuum packaging
• Fresh or frozen product
• Custom labeling for your beef program
• Verified Born, Raised, Harvested, Graded, and Processed in Tennessee labeling for qualifying cattle
• Recurring harvest schedules
• Support for branded beef programs

For producers building their own beef business, processing is only part of the equation.

Grading helps tell you what your cattle produced.
Custom labeling tells your customer whose beef they are buying.
Verification tells them where that beef came from and where it was processed.

That creates a pathway from:

Your cattle → Your grade → Your label → Your market

For seedstock and commercial cattle operations, USDA grading can provide carcass information that helps connect genetics, feeding, and management decisions to what ultimately hangs on the rail.

For farm beef programs and independent brands, custom and verified labeling can help differentiate the beef you worked to produce and give consumers clearer information about its origin.

If you are currently processing cattle regularly—or want to grow into a recurring program—we would like to talk with you.

Message D&D Meats with:

• Number of head
• How often you need processing
• Desired harvest timeframe
• Whether USDA grading is requested
• Whether you are interested in custom labeling
• Whether your cattle may qualify for verified Tennessee origin labeling

D&D Meats
USDA Inspected Harvest • Processing • Grading • Custom & Verified Labeling

Your cattle. Your grade. Your label. Your market.

09/09/2026

FROM LIVE ANIMAL TO MARKET

For a cattle producer, harvest is only one step.

The real opportunity is having a pathway that can take cattle from the farm all the way to a market-ready USDA-inspected product.

D&D Meats currently has capacity available for producers needing:

• USDA-inspected harvest
• USDA carcass grading
• Fabrication and processing
• Vacuum packaging
• Fresh or frozen product
• Recurring processing dates

USDA grading also gives producers something that is often missing from the equation:

feedback from the rail.

What did the cattle actually produce?

What quality grade did they achieve?

How consistent were they?

And what can that information tell you about genetics, feeding, management, and future marketing decisions?

Our goal is not simply to fill a harvest schedule.

We want to work with producers who are trying to build a dependable market for the cattle they raise.

Whether you have a few finished cattle, a seedstock program, an established farm beef business, or are trying to build something larger, we would like to have that conversation.

Your cattle. Your genetics. Your grade. Your market.

Message D&D Meats to discuss available harvest, processing, and grading dates.

09/08/2026

**WHAT DID YOUR CATTLE ACTUALLY PRODUCE ON THE RAIL?**

Most producers know birth weight, weaning weight, yearling weight, pedigrees, EPDs, feed costs, and sale weights.

But how often do we follow those cattle all the way to the carcass?

At D&D Meats, producers have access to **USDA-inspected harvest, processing, and USDA carcass grading services**.

That means you can connect what happened on the farm to what ultimately happened on the rail.

USDA grading can help producers evaluate:

• Carcass quality
• Consistency between cattle
• Genetic decisions
• Feeding programs
• Marketing opportunities
• The actual end product being produced

For seedstock producers, commercial cattlemen, and branded beef programs, that information can be valuable.

Because in the end, every animal becomes a carcass.

The more we understand about what our cattle produce after harvest, the better decisions we can make before the next calf crop hits the ground.

D&D Meats currently has **USDA harvest, processing, and grading capacity available** for both one-time and recurring customers.

If you have cattle ready for harvest and want to know what they actually produced, message D&D Meats.

**Your cattle. Your genetics. Your grade. Your market.**

09/08/2026

**DON’T JUST PROCESS YOUR CATTLE. KNOW WHAT THEY PRODUCED.**

D&D Meats is offering **USDA-inspected harvest, processing, and USDA carcass grading services** for cattle producers, seedstock operations, farm beef programs, and independent beef brands.

A harvest date gets your cattle processed.

**USDA grading gives you information you can use.**

It allows producers to evaluate carcass quality, market beef by USDA Quality Grade, compare cattle and genetics, and develop a more consistent beef program over time.

D&D Meats can provide:

• USDA-inspected harvest
• **USDA Quality Grading**
• Carcass evaluation
• Fabrication and processing
• Vacuum packaging
• Fresh or frozen product
• Branded beef program support
• Recurring harvest and processing schedules

For seedstock producers and cattle operations, grading can help connect what happens in the pasture and feedlot to what ultimately hangs on the rail.

For direct-market and branded beef producers, grading provides another tool for differentiating and marketing the product you have worked to produce.

**Your cattle.
Your genetics.
Your brand.
Your grade.
Your market.**

We currently have harvest and processing capacity available and are particularly interested in producers looking for **recurring processing and grading dates**.

Message D&D Meats with:

• Number of head
• Desired harvest timeframe
• One-time or recurring processing
• Whether USDA grading is requested

**D&D Meats**
**USDA Inspected Harvest • Processing • Grading**

08/28/2026

More competition. Less unnecessary regulation. Strong food safety standards.

NCBA supports creating more opportunities for small, mid-size and regional beef processors—and eliminating unnecessary regulations that make it harder for those businesses to compete.

But weakening federal meat inspection and food safety standards is not the answer.

America’s cattle producers have spent generations earning consumer confidence in the safety and quality of U.S. beef. That trust is invaluable, and so is the gold standard food safety system that helps sustain it. Neither should be jeopardized for a short-term political solution.

If Washington wants to help cattle producers, the focus should be on:
✅ Reducing legitimate regulatory burdens
✅ Lowering fuel and fertilizer costs
✅ Protecting the U.S. cattle herd from foreign animal disease
✅ Expanding opportunities for small, mid-size and regional processors

American farmers and ranchers know how to produce safe, high-quality beef.

Washington should stop trying to manage the cattle business and let the market work.

08/28/2026