Thousand Hills Cattle Ranch

What Thousand Hills Cattle Ranch does

Thousand Hills Cattle Ranch is a family-owned, pasture-based cattle operation headquartered in Barnesville, Georgia. The company raises cattle on pasture without vaccines, antibiotics, or added hormones and dry-ages the beef for 14 days before sale. Its product portfolio extends well beyond its own grass-fed beef to include pork, chicken, seafood, dairy, bakery items, pantry goods, casseroles, and jerky — much of which is sourced from other regional Georgia growers and curated partner brands such as Fishwife, Ekone, Wholesome Rise Sourdough, and Farm House Naturals under a Georgia Grown-aligned identity.

The business operates a direct-to-consumer model through a physical Ranch Store open Thursday through Saturday and an email-based ordering system with UPS 2-day shipping. Pricing is anchored on per-pound beef cuts and four Ranch Box subscription bundles ranging from $99 (Beef Lovers) to $450 (Steak Lovers), supplemented by Custom 25-pound shipping bundles for larger households. A wholesale B2B channel distributes Ready-to-Eat products — jerky, snack sticks, and summer sausage — to retailers outside the core consumer market. Marketing is conducted primarily through Facebook, an email newsletter, and word-of-mouth, and the operating team is small (approximately four people, with two pets listed as "Directors of Rodent Control"). The company does not appear to have raised external capital.

Name

Thousand Hills Cattle Ranch

Legal name

Thousand Hills Cattle Ranch

Website

https://thousandhillscattleranch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Thousand Hills Cattle Ranch is a family-owned, pasture-raised cattle ranch in Barnesville, Georgia, that sells 14-day dry-aged grass-fed beef, complementary local meats, and curated regional food products direct-to-consumer via a Ranch Store, email ordering, subscription Ranch Boxes, and a wholesale channel.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pasture-Raised Beef and Natural Meat Production

NAICS

Beef Cattle Ranching and Farming (112111)

SIC

Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Beef Production (Cow-Calf to Finish) (AFAEABAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Beef Cattle Grazing & Pasture-Based Operations (AFAEABAG), Cow-Calf Operations (Breeding Herds) (AFAEABAA)

Keywords

• Pasture-raised beef
• Natural meat production
• Grass-fed cattle
• Meat subscription boxes
• Dry-aged beef

Headquarters

HQ city

Barnesville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Beef Sales: Direct sales of pasture-raised, dry-aged beef in various cuts. Primary revenue stream from their own cattle production.
2. Pork and Chicken Sales: Sourced from other natural producers with same production protocols (hormone-free, antibiotic-free) and sold alongside beef products.
3. Ancillary Products: Sales of pantry staples, tinned seafood, dairy products, bakery items, casseroles, beef jerky, snack sticks, and summer sausage. Wide product assortment to provide full shopping experience.
4. Wholesale B2B: Wholesale accounts for retailers selling Ready-to-Eat jerky, snack sticks, and summer sausage products.
5. Ranch Boxes Subscriptions: Pre-curated meat boxes (Beef Lovers, Family Pack, Grill Special, Steak Lovers) sold at fixed price ranges. Boxes can be customized and make convenient gifts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Thousand Hills Cattle Ranch raises, processes, and sells pasture-raised, pasture-finished, 14-day dry-aged beef from cattle grown on the family ranch in Barnesville, GA, with no vaccines, antibiotics, or hormones. The ranch complements its beef with naturally-raised pork and chicken, tinned and frozen seafood, dairy, bakery, casseroles, and pantry staples sourced from other Georgia Grown producers, selling the assortment through an on-site ranch store, email-based online orders with UPS shipping, and limited wholesale accounts. Pre-curated Ranch Boxes and customizable meat bundles anchor the offering at price points ranging from $99 to $450.

Product overview

Thousand Hills Cattle Ranch operates a ranch store offering naturally-raised beef as its core product along with supplementary products. The company sells individual cuts of beef, pork, and chicken; tinned and frozen seafood from Pacific northwest and Atlantic producers; pantry staples from Georgia producers; dairy products; bakery items; and heat-and-serve casseroles. Their signature offerings include four varieties of Ranch Boxes (Beef Lovers, Family Pack, Grill Special, and Steak Lovers) with customizable selections, plus Custom Bundles allowing customers to select specific cuts. The company also offers wholesale access for their jerky, snack sticks, and summer sausage products to other retailers. All products emphasize natural raising practices without antibiotics, hormones, or vaccinations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Beef dry-aged for 14 days and frozen fresh

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Farm House NaturalsminorOthersLocal supplier of raw milk from Barnesville, GA. Farm House Naturals provides raw milk that is stocked at the Thousand Hills Cattle Ranch Store as part of their natural products offering.
• Wholesome Rise Sourdough Co.minorOthersBakery partner that delivers sourdough bread and brownies weekly to the Ranch Store. Customers can email to place orders for bakery items.
• FishwifeminorOthersFamily-owned tinned seafood company from the Pacific Northwest. Provides smoked salmon and other premium seafood products that are sustainably harvested at peak season.
• EkoneminorOthersFamily-owned tinned seafood company from the northern Atlantic region. Provides premium smoked oysters, mussels, and other delicacies with focus on natural quality and responsible harvesting.
• Various Georgia ProducersminorOthersMultiple small producers across Georgia and the Southeast who supply quality pantry staples, cheeses, eggs, and other products that complement the meat offerings. Products include grilling sauces, seasonings, spices, breads, desserts, jams, honey, syrups, and more.
• Georgia Grown ProducersminorOthersSourced chicken and pork from Georgia growers who practice the same hormone-free, antibiotic-free production protocols as Thousand Hills Cattle Ranch.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ButcherBox: ButcherBox is a large, well-capitalized subscription-based D2C meat company delivering 100% grass-fed beef, free-range chicken, and heritage pork nationwide. It is comparable to Thousand Hills as the leading scaled competitor in the pasture-raised D2C meat category, with overlapping customer base but vastly greater geographic reach, marketing budget, and capital backing.

Direct peers

• Crowd Cow: Crowd Cow is a D2C craft meat company selling 100% pasture-raised beef and other proteins from individual farms directly to consumers online. It is the closest direct competitor to Thousand Hills' model — sourcing from multiple small ranches, emphasizing transparent sourcing and farm-story branding — but at far greater scale and national reach.
• Porter Road: Porter Road is a pasture-raised, dry-aged meat company selling D2C and wholesale with a similar craft-butcher positioning to Thousand Hills. Both emphasize dry-aging, no antibiotics/hormones, and curated cuts, though Porter Road operates at significantly larger scale across multiple protein categories.
• White Oak Pastures: White Oak Pastures is a Georgia-based regenerative farm raising pasture-raised cattle, poultry, and other proteins using similar rotational grazing and zero-chemical protocols. It is a strong regional peer because it shares Thousand Hills' regenerative-agriculture philosophy, on-site farm store, and direct-to-consumer emphasis within overlapping Southeast geography.
• US Wellness Meats: US Wellness Meats is one of the original online grass-fed beef D2C companies offering 100% grass-fed beef, pastured pork, and poultry nationwide. It is comparable to Thousand Hills for its pasture-raised positioning and online ordering model, but competes with greater product breadth, longer operating history, and national shipping logistics.
• Moink (formerly Marxer Farms): Moink is a pasture-raised meat subscription box company delivering curated bundles of beef, chicken, and pork from small family farms directly to consumers. It is highly comparable to Thousand Hills' Ranch Box concept and shares the small-farm sourcing and natural-raised positioning, but operates at a national subscription scale.
• Greensbury Market: Greensbury is an online D2C retailer of 100% grass-fed beef, organic meats, and wild-caught seafood with a similar small-farm, transparent-sourcing brand ethos. It is a comparable peer in terms of customer base (health-conscious natural-food buyers) and curated bundle offerings, though it operates at greater national scale.

Emerging players

• Vital Choice Wild Seafood & Organics: Vital Choice is a D2C retailer of sustainably sourced seafood and organic meat products sold online and shipped nationwide. It overlaps with Thousand Hills' premium pantry and tinned-seafood assortment and its natural-meat positioning, but with a much broader catalog and a seafood-forward focus.

Regional players

• Marble Creek Farmstead: Marble Creek Farmstead is a small-scale Alabama regenerative farm raising pasture-raised cattle, pigs, and poultry for direct sales and farmers markets. It is a strong regional peer for its on-farm regenerative practices, local-farm-store model, and family-run story — a similar template to Thousand Hills in a neighboring Southeast state.

Others

• Five Star Custom Foods: Five Star Custom Foods is a contract manufacturer of beef jerky, snack sticks, and summer sausage for retail brands. It is comparable to Thousand Hills' wholesale jerky/snack-sticks/summer-sausage line in terms of product category and B2B retail channel, though Thousand Hills currently produces these in-house rather than outsourcing to a co-manufacturer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/thousandhillscattle

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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