~ Family Owned & Operated ~
Ladd Cattle Company is a family-owned and operated, commercial beef cow-calf operation producing Angus-Hereford crossbred calves. Our beef cattle operation has over 30 years of experience in the cattle industry and is both Kentucky Proud and Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) certified. Our outfit is now into the fourth generation of cattle producers living on this land.
Our Story
Ladd Cattle Company is a proud family-owned and operated beef cow-calf operation with over 30 years of experience in the cattle industry. Spanning four generations of dedicated cattle producers, our farm has grown from humble beginnings to a trusted name in high-quality beef production. We are proud to be Kentucky Proud and Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) certified, ensuring top-quality, responsibly raised cattle that our customers can trust.
At Ladd Cattle Company, our passion for producing premium beef runs deep. We believe in blending time-honored practices with modern innovations to provide the best beef possible. Our commitment to excellence extends beyond our own cattle, as we also operate 2CL Feeders, LLC—a commercial feeder cattle backgrounding operation feeding approximately 2,000 head annually.
Our products
We proudly offer a selection of premium beef products raised and finished right here at Ladd Cattle Company. Whether you’re looking for custom beef by the quarter, half, or whole, or USDA Inspected, individually packaged retail beef, we have you covered.
Our finished beef comes from calves we have raised from our momma-cow factory or purchased as weanlings and then backgrounded and finished at our facility. We prioritize a forage-based TMR mixture, including wheat straw, wet distillers grain from Heaven Hill and Makers’ Mark distilleries, whole cottonseed, hominy, soyhull pellets, and Biozyme’s Vitaferm mineral—an industry leader known for its organic and chelated quality. While we are not purely grass-fed producers, our process ensures exceptional marbling, tenderness, and flavor.
2CL Feeders, LLC
2CL Feeders purchases calves from local sale barns and local farmers/ranchers weighing 450-600 lbs. We complete the weaning, vaccinating, dehorning and castrating on those animals. This is what is referred to as backgrounding in the industry.
We teach them how to eat and feed them for approximately 120 days, until they weigh 800-850 lbs. This builds their immunity and prepares them for shipment to western feedyards, where they will be fed until they weigh 1,200-1,500 lbs and then sold to packers for processing. 2CL’s final product is full truckload lots of healthy, like-kind, backgrounded yearlings.
