About Us
How it all Started
This all started back in the early 1940s when Grandpa Francis Bradley, decided to switch from dairy farming to beef ranching. Wintering in Lincoln Ca. and summering in Sierra Valley Ca., which is a majestic and the largest valley in the Sierras.
He and his wife Ruth had 6 children, and they all helped with daily cattle chores. As a family, every spring they moved with the cattle to Sierra Valley. As they grew up, the daughters had other interests but the 3 sons went into the cattle business. Bradley Brothers Cattle continued the tradition. One of the brothers,
Jerry moved back to Chico, where he had graduated in Beef Science from CSUC. This allowed them to expand where they pastured the cattle. Not only did they pasture cattle in Lincoln and Sierra Valley they expanded and began wintering cattle in Chico Ca. and Yuba County as well as summer in Quincy Ca. Jerry had a son who was interested in the cattle business. In 2009 he and his son, Nick branched out and developed their own business, Bradley and Son Cattle LLC.
We continue as a family-run business that for years has raised quality beef cattle which has always been in demand by the best beef processing companies.
It is a natural progression to share with others what we have always enjoyed ourselves. In recent years, Bradley and Son Cattle began offering grass-fed beef privately to friends and family. Now we are making our grass-fed and finished beef available to you.
How it’s Going
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In Northern California we are fortunate to care for the best pastures.
“We practice rotational grazing, use no pesticides or fertilizer, protect waterways from intrusion by cattle, and monitor the load on the land during times of drought.” — Nick Bradley, Owner
We move our cattle twice a year. In spring we have cattle on water filled meadows of the Sierra Nevada's where the pastures are green all summer long! When fall ends, we travel to the foothills of Butte County to escape the snow and welcome the warmer rains. Doing this rotation ensures the mom will get enough nutrients to produce as much milk as her calf needs. That calf will then have all the grass it needs to stay full and happy every single day.
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Community
Being a local family owned business the community is very important to us we understand the value of participating in local events, providing quality beef to our neighbors and other local businesses.
Through generational ranching we have established a set of practices to ensure a high quality ranch raised product to deliver to our community.
Visit our Find Us tab to see all the other places you can get our beef.
Delivery
We make weekly deliveries to Chico, Durham, Orland, and Oroville.
We also will schedule
Pick up
We are available for pick up at our base of operation
9344 Lott Rd. Durham, CA. 95938
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You may notice on your beef packaging stating "Foothill Meat Company" or "Chico State Meats Lab" these are our USDA beef processors. We can legally sell to our customers since we process our beef at USDA inspected facilities.
All our steaks, roast and ribs come frozen in double sealed shrink wrapped packages. This will keep the beef fresh tasting for months.
Premium steaks cut 1 1/3 '' thick. Roast will be 2-4 lbs.
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