I visited Creekstone Farms a couple of weeks ago. I spoke with some nice people who worked up front.
The previous owner Sun Capital, based in Florida, sold Creekstone Farms to the Marubeni Corp of Japan. The actual "farms" or ranches who raise the animals are located across the U.S..
Creekstone Farms is a packing plant. Semi trucks loaded with cattle were arriving on one end of the plant and freezer units were being loaded on the other side. She did say they process around 1,400 head per day.
She said they do not sell meat at the plant but you can place an order and pick it up in a week. She also gave me the address of a place in Arkansas City that sells their beef. I checked it out. WB Meats,
http://www.wbmeats.com/
They were super nice and had a good selection of beef, pork, homemade sausages, bacons, etc.. I highly recommend them if you're through that way.
I was camping but bought some steaks to cook on the tire rim that night..
Not much marbling, but they were tasty.
As for Creekstone beef.... I've only tried their burger, which I didn't like.
I've tried their tri tips, some were just ok and a couple were the best I've ever tasted.
The ribeyes were tender.
For me, the meat I've tried was not better than the Black and Red Angus I get here. Either my own, home grown or my friend's and neighbor's home grown beef. The local butcher carries his home grown Angus too. His, at a much more reasonable price than Creekstone.
I might buy tri tip when it comes on sale again but probably won't pay the higher prices for the burger, steaks or briskets.
Just sharing what I've experienced. Your mileage may and probably will vary. :grin:
