Our Family History

In the early 1950’s, CM Coffee moved from Texas with the dream of building a better life. He knew that the best way to achieve that dream was by raising cattle. With some help from his mentor, business partner, and ultimate father-in-law Bill Nefsy, CM was able to do what he loved and continued to build his herd, ranch, and family. CM and his wife Virginia brought their two children, Bill and Caren, into the western way of life and passed down their knowledge and values.

Today, Caren and her nephew, Colt, continue to manage and grow the legacy that CM and the family built. Using CM’s same founding principles, Coffee Cattle strives to provide the best health, feed, and welfare for our animals. As well as the highest quality Black Angus beef for our customers. We hope you’ll join us on our journey and help us continue our way of life for the next generation of Coffee Cattle. It's our goal to have a lasting relationship from producer to consumer.

Our Herd History

Since the 1950’s, Coffee Cattle has raised a closed herd of all natural Black Angus cattle.

We define a “closed herd” as a base group of cows producing their own replacement heifers each year and not adding any additional females to the herd. Since these females are the foundation of our beef, reinvesting in them makes a difference. Just as we value our own family’s legacy, we also value that of our mother cows. 

Independently raised purebred bulls are purchased each year for their desired traits to grow our herd. Having a closed herd means better control and development of genetics, animal health, animal quality and just plain better beef.

Additionally, this track record proves the desire and ability to sustain the same herd for almost 75 years.

We only introduce registered Black Angus bulls sourced from around Montana. Many of these Black Angus bulls are also Certified Angus Beef (CAB). Today, the herd genetics exhibit the traditional Black Angus traits that bring you the flavor, quality and nutrition that we all want to feed our friends and family.

Today, we are proud to continue our legacy while raising our herd the Coffee way.

Our Herd Quality

We are proud of the cattle we raise and the beef they provide. Because of that, we enroll in numerous programs which recognize some of what we do for our animals. These programs ensure that the cattle in our fields and the beef on the table is guaranteed to be held to some of the industry’s highest standards for animal welfare and meat quality. Our grass fed and grain finished cattle are raised on the plains of Montana in the same way as our family did when we started

  • GAP Certified
    The Global Animal Partnership is a nonprofit which seeks to promote the welfare of farmed animals by rating the welfare standards of various farmed animal products. Our Herd is raised in accordance to their standards and we are GAP Certified. Read more here: GAP Beef Standards
  • Non-Hormone Treated Cattle (NHTC)
    This verification program ensures that cattle have not received supplemental hormones at any stage of their life. This program is USDA approved and third-party audited for accountability and dependability. NHTC
  • Verified Natural Beef (VNB)
    Beef raised. "Natural" is something we see in the marketplace, but it is not a set Standard across the board. The IMI Global Verified Natural Beef Standard allows buyers to be assured that cattle have never received any Beta-Agonists, Ionophores, Antibiotics or Animal By-Products. VNB IMI
  • Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Certified
    Beef Quality Assurance is a program that provides systematic information to U.S. beef producers of how good husbandry techniques can be coupled with accepted scientific knowledge to raise cattle under optimum management conditions. Read more here : Beef Quality Assurance
  • Beef Care Certified
    CARE Certified is a suite of sustainability standards that certifies participating farmers and ranchers are implementing best practices in animal care, environmental stewardship and supporting their local communities and the people within them. More Info
  • Age and Source Verified
    This  third party audited program, ensures that the cattle are born on our operation and requires certain documentation that proves they are not an imported product. More info
  •  Verified Angus
    This verification guarantees the Angus genetics found in our cattle.