Bastrop Cattle Co

We started eating local grass-​fed beef a few years ago and found the quality of Bastrop Cattle Company’s product to be top-​notch. The firm, dense muscle fiber and fine marbling yield a rich yet clear beefiness that only grass feeding without corn finishing can create. We buy direct for our own grilling and love getting BCC when we spot it on menus around town. Keep up the good work!

Best grass fed beef in Austin, must try! It’s more tender and better tasting than any of the other grass fed beef around — this is because of the special way they raise the animals. They also have the best prices.
I first found out about BCC from some of the farm to table restaurants in Austin who serve their beef. These are some of the best restaurants in Austin, you can check them out on their site:
I did my research and found they are one of the few local ranchers who have 100% grass fed and 100% grass finished beef, unlike most of the others I found that are corn finished or not truly 100% grass fed. There are many restaurants, ranchers, paleo food services and others in Austin that claim to be grass fed/​healthy but are not using 100% grass fed and finished beef from local Austin area ranchers. Do your homework!
I now have Pati (the owner) deliver steaks and hamburgers right to my door and delivery is free! Doesn’t get any better. Sometimes I like to go out to the ranch and see how they raise the animals and I also get a discount so it’s great. Wheatsville co-​op and may others carry their meat as well. These guys are the best around!

If you love beef, keep reading. Our family loves beef. We also know that it’s important to not only eat very tasty beef, but to make sure it is grass fed (and grass finished), it comes from a ranch where the cattle are eating grass that hasn’t been treated with pesticides and the animals are treated not just humanely, but are treated with kindness and respect and lead great cattle lives. We already knew this beef TASTED great. We’d had it at Thai Fresh and could immediately taste the difference. We started buying it through our delivery with Farmhouse Delivery. Then, along with some neighbors, we went in on a WHOLE COW. When we got the delivery of those hundreds of pounds of beef and all got together to divvy it up, I was in beef heaven. I loaded up our big garage freezer and was salivating. Cutlets. We ended up getting a lot of cutlets. I wasn’t sure how that was going to be, as cutlets weren’t something I would normally buy. Holy cow! They were fantastic! Such an easy cut for a weekday meal when I get home from work and need to feed my family something healthy and great. We got soup bones (with which I made some amazing bone broth), we got tons of ground beef, some outstanding steaks and roasts and even the gem, hangar steak (if you don’t know what that is, look it up). Since that first whole cow, we’ve done it again and loved every bite.
Then a few weeks ago, we contacted Patty at BCC and asked if we could bring our kids out to visit her and the ranch. Not only did she agree, she was excited about it. Giving us directions over the phone with excitement. We got there and could not have been more amazed. The ranch is gorgeous. The cows are beautiful and happy. Patty gave us a full on walking and driving tour. She explained to us why feed lots are horrible. She explained why her cattle are so great. Her passion for what she does is amazing. We loaded up on more beef before we left and the kids haven’t stopped talking about our trip since.
So, the moral of the story: know where your food comes from, know what goes into producing it and if you’re lucky enough to live close to where your beef comes from, load up the family and pay BCC a visit. We will always support BCC and hope the word spreads fast.

Got a great deal at the Hope Farmer’s Market the other day. The meat was frozen rock hard but when I ate it a few hours later it melted in my mouth. It’s vacuum sealed and extremely fresh.
Glad to see I could get some quality cheek meat as well. The price is very competitive for natural grassfed beef. They also have dog scraps and soup bones on the order form.

I think it’s fun calculating how much a dollar goes when you cook for yourself. Some would say $ 1 can get you a pound of beans, which can feed many. Some would say $ 10 for local vegetables helps the environment and the community. I would say skip the vegetables and spend a mere $ 2.76 to stuff yourself silly.
Bastrop Cattle sells plenty of cuts of beef, but the only thing that was left when I got to the market was soup bones, which was exactly what I wanted. Late bird gets the worm in this case suckers.
At a mere $ 3.50 a lb, I got myself 1 big hunk of beef forearm bone. Upon opening it, it was exactly what I expected, lots of meat surrounding a glorious flat round of bone. Onions, garlic, water, and tons of salt in a crock pot for 6 hours? That’s about all it needed.
The meat was like pot roast, and the marrow from the bone melted like butter in my mouth. BCC sells some good tasting beef, but best of all, it’s affordable and local.

I happened upon the Bastrop Cattle Company a couple weekends ago at the Bastrop Producers Market and on a whim purchased some stew meat (which I froze) and 2 TBones for my Valentines Day meal. The T Bones turned out perfect and juicy and full of flavor with only some salt, pepper & garlic to season.
Last night I decided to defrost the stew meat and make the Texas French Style Stew I found on their website. I started it early this morning and it is almost finished the meat is already so tender and my house smells like heaven on a cold snowy day!
So, why should you eat locally sourced grass fed, free range beef? The BCC educated me and set the record straight: Not only is their humane ranching practices good for you (leaner meat, no hormones, with higher amounts of Omega 3’s and other important nutrients) and the animals it is good for the local economy!
In addition to selling their meet at the local Farmers Markets many local fine dining restaurants serve their beef including Wink and Dai Due.
I highly reccomend them and wish I could add the smell of my stew to my review! Check out the recipes link on their website.