Grass-fed beef subscription.
Repeating boxes versus one-time cuts.
Short answer: A grass-fed beef subscription is a repeating delivery. ButcherBox and Crowd Cow bill on a schedule you can pause. Many ranches also sell one-time cuts. Check whether each beef item says grass-fed or grass-finished. Pasture-raised is not the same claim.
A subscription commits you to a cadence, a minimum, and a box that may mix beef with other proteins. A one-time ranch order is a cart of named cuts. This page separates those, and it does not call pasture-raised beef grass-fed.
Prices verified Nov 9, 2026. Figures are listed pack price divided by listed weight. Shipping and tax are not included.
Best for / skip if
Best for: You want beef on a schedule and you will read each item’s feed claim, origin, and shipping rule before the first charge.
Skip if: You need every item to be grass-finished, or you want the lowest price per pound on one cut without a box minimum.
What you are actually buying
ButcherBox Signature boxes, read Oct 26, 2026, were $179.00 (Medium, up to 21 lb), $249.00 (Large, up to 31 lb), and $319.00 (Extra-Large, up to 42 lb), with free shipping. At the full stated weight that is $8.52–$7.60/lb. The box includes chicken, pork, and seafood along with beef, so that figure is not a beef price. ButcherBox sells both 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef from Australia and pasture-raised, grain-finished US beef. Check the cut. New-member offers change and are not in these list prices.
Crowd Cow is not one ranch. On Nov 5, 2026 its FAQ said standard shipping is free at $149 and $19.99 below that. You pick cuts and a 2–8 week cadence, and you can swap, skip, or pause before pack-out. An example pasture-raised ground beef we priced that day was $23.38 for 2 lb ($11.69/lb). That label is pasture-raised, not a promise that every Crowd Cow cut is grass-finished. Crowd Cow is not in our daily price feed, so we do not publish a normalized Crowd Cow range.
Good Ranchers sells subscription boxes. Its FAQ, cited on our review, says subscriptions start at $139.00, with free shipping. Most of its beef is grain-finished. Do not treat the whole box as grass-fed. Details and the one grass-finished ground listing are on the Good Ranchers review.
One-time grass-fed prices
These are listings whose own text says grass-fed or grass-finished. Pasture-raised / feeding unverified is excluded. Prices verified Nov 9, 2026. Shipping is extra unless the ranch states otherwise.
Ground beef: $8.49/lb at Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed (100% Grassfed Organic Ground Beef 75/25 · Single (1 lb)) to $25.00/lb, middle $14.24/lb, 93 listings. Grass-fed or grass-finished ribeye titles that do not say Wagyu or dry-aged started at $22.97/lb (US Wellness Meats).
Grass Roots Farmers' Cooperative says its cattle are 100% grass-fed and grass-finished (FAQ, Nov 9, 2026). Its cheapest in-stock ground beef on Nov 9, 2026 was $10.75/lb (Grass-Fed Ground Beef, 5lb). Shipping is free at $149 and $35.00 under that, per the same FAQ. Grass Roots homepage is an affiliate link and opens the homepage, not a product page. Code GRASSFEDPRICES credits this site. It is not a discount.
Beck Ranch describes 100% grass-fed Wyoming beef with no grains (FAQ, Nov 5, 2026). It is a ranch order, not a national subscription box. Cheapest in-stock ground beef on Nov 9, 2026: $13.99/lb. Shipping is charged by region (about $25.00–$55.00 per box on the Nov 8, 2026 FAQ read) and the minimum order is 5 lb. Check Beck Ranch ground beef Beck Ranch links can be affiliate links.
Pasture-raised, not a grass-fed subscription
Porter Road is the one to separate. Its home page (Oct 29, 2026) offers delivery every 2, 4, or 8 weeks with 15% off. Its FAQ the same day says cattle graze and are offered a grain supplement. It does not claim 100% grass-finished beef. It dry ages beef in Kentucky and ships to the contiguous US. Free shipping starts at $150.00, $175.00, or $250.00 by state. On Nov 9, 2026 its in-stock beef ran $6.99–$97.91/lb. Those prices are not in the grass-fed ranking above. Porter Road review (affiliate links can earn a commission). Crowd Cow vs Porter Road compares the marketplace with this butcher.
How to choose
Pick a mixed subscription if you want several proteins, free shipping on the box, and you will read the beef’s finish before you add it. Pick Crowd Cow if you want named farms and single cuts, and you accept that pasture-raised on one farm is not grass-finished on every farm. Pick Grass Roots or Beck Ranch if the grass-finished or 100% grass-fed wording is the point, then add shipping to the per-pound price. Pick Porter Road if you want dry-aged, pasture-raised beef on a schedule and you are not shopping for grass-finished beef. Commission does not set this order. ButcherBox, Crowd Cow, and Good Ranchers links stay plain until those affiliate programs are active.
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Questions
What is a grass-fed beef subscription?
A grass-fed beef subscription is a repeating delivery. ButcherBox and Crowd Cow bill on a schedule you can pause. Many ranches also sell one-time cuts. Check whether each beef item says grass-fed or grass-finished. Pasture-raised is not the same claim.
How much does a grass-fed beef subscription cost?
On Nov 9, 2026, grass-fed or grass-finished ground beef started at $8.49/lb (Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed). ButcherBox Signature boxes were $179.00–$319.00 on Oct 26, 2026. That mix is not beef only. Shipping rules differ.
Is Porter Road a grass-fed beef subscription?
No. Porter Road offers delivery every 2, 4, or 8 weeks with 15% off (home page, Oct 29, 2026). Its beef is pasture-raised with a grain supplement, not grass-finished. Treat it as a butcher plan, not a grass-fed subscription.
Does Grass Roots ship on a subscription?
Its FAQ (Nov 9, 2026) says shipping is free at $149 and $35 under that. We have not verified a separate subscribe-and-save rate on that read. The affiliate link opens the Grass Roots homepage, not a product page.
Can I cancel a meat subscription?
ButcherBox says you can pause or cancel any time (FAQ, Oct 26, 2026). Crowd Cow says you can swap, skip, or pause before pack-out (Nov 5, 2026). A ranch cart is one-time unless that ranch states a plan.
Plan prices are from each company’s public pages on the dates above, not from our price feed. Ranch prices are from the daily feed. How we compare. Affiliate disclosure.