About Us

The McCafferty Family purchased the Diamond M Ranch in 1990. For the better part of the next decade my father ran Longhorn Cattle on the property, taking one every so often to process, and enjoying the now-rare experience of knowing where his meat actually came from. Longhorns are beautiful cattle, and we had some good ones--once winning Junior Grand Champion at the Texas State Fair with "John's First Lady." Things changed one day when our neighbor's bull snuck through our Mesquite Post fence line to mingle with our ladies. The following year we processed the result, a Longhorn/Angus Cross, and never looked back. Shortly before my parent's passing they invested in a Hereford Bull and five Hereford cows from the Buck Cattle Co., largely because my mother thought they too were beautiful. Since taking over the property in 2023, Jesse Stephens and I have used this seed-stock to try to produce the best tasting beef cattle in North Texas. We have worked with our local agricultural agents, feed stores, fellow cattleman, and Texas A&M in College Station to improve our pasture, our stock, our feed, and our product. We are proud to share our work with you.