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Cunningham Cattle Co.Est. 1985
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Family-raised beef from the North Platte valley.

Cunningham Cattle Co. is back on the home place at Broadwater, Nebraska. Our first calves arrive in spring 2027 and our first beef is planned for 2028. Join the list to get first pick of halves and quarters.

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Est. 1985
Nebraska Panhandle

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Back as Cunningham Cattle Co.

The family has ranched near Broadwater for four generations, since ZT McManis started the homestead in the early 1900s.

Over the years the ranch has run under several family business names. Now we're bringing it back together under the name it sold cattle under in the 1980s. Beef for your table is the new part. The family history and the cattle operation carry on with it.

January 24, 1987 Gelbvieh Bull, Female & Steer sale … at the ranch, Cunningham Cattle Co., West Hwy 26, Broadwater Sale notice, Daily Nebraskan, January 1987

Read our story

Archival photo: the ranch or herd, 1980s (from family albums)
Broadwater Panhandle Platte River
Nebraska, with the North Platte and Platte rivers. Approximate, not to survey scale.

Out in the Nebraska Panhandle

Broadwater is a small village in Morrill County, out in the Nebraska Panhandle. It sits in the North Platte River valley, with bluffs on both sides of the river.

This is cattle and irrigation country. The valley is watered by ditches and canals that settlers dug more than a century ago, and center pivots now stand on the irrigated ground.

  • CountyMorrill
  • ValleyNorth Platte River
  • Time zoneMountain

How we raise it

From the ranch to your freezer. We'll post the details for each step as we set them.

  1. Born here

    Calves are born on the ranch, starting in spring 2027.

  2. Raised on our grass

    Calves grow up with their mothers on the ranch's pasture.

  3. Finished on grain

    Steers kept for beef are finished on grain. We'll publish the ration and days on feed.

  4. Processed under inspection

    Cut and wrapped at a USDA-inspected plant, then brought home to the freezer at the ranch for pickup.

Ways to buy

Prices will be set before the first harvest in 2028. People on the list hear first.

Half

Packaged beef
~250 lb
Estimate. Depends on the animal and your cut order.
How it works
You buy half the animal before harvest. The butcher cuts and wraps it to your order, and you pick it up at the ranch.

Quarter

Packaged beef
~125 lb
Estimate. A good fit for a chest freezer.
How it works
Same as a half, split with another household.

Cuts by the pound

Packaged beef
Your pick
Steaks, roasts and ground beef.
How it works
USDA-inspected packages, sold once processing is booked.

If a share is cut custom-exempt rather than under inspection, every package is stamped "Not for Sale" and is for your own household only, as federal rules require. We'll tell you which way your share is processed.

See the cost breakdownHow buying beef works

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We'll email you when halves and quarters open, with prices and pickup details. No deposit until the beef is ready.

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Broadwater, Nebraska

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