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From Our Pasture to Your Freezer | Missouri Family-Raised Beef You Can Trust
From Our Pasture to Your Freezer | Missouri Family-Raised Beef You Can Trust

A Century on This Land — Still Feeding Families Today

Welcome to CA Wilson Cattle Co., where every steer, pasture, and sunrise carries a story more than a hundred years in the making. Our family’s roots run deep here on this Missouri Century Farm — land once worked by the Wenig family, and today, tended by their grandson, Caleb Wilson, and his wife, Alyson. This isn’t just where we raise cattle. It’s where we live out our faith and continue the work started generations ago.

Red barn with a quilt pattern on its side against a clear blue sky.

Where It All Began — The Wenig Family Farm

The Wenig name has been tied to Benton County soil for more than a century. Fred and Rayma Jo Wenig, along with their children, carried on the family’s farming and business heritage with hard work, integrity, and a deep respect for the land.

From their early days working in the Great Depression to running Wenig Gunstock Factory — a family business known for craftsmanship and precision — the Wenigs built a reputation for doing things the right way, not the easy way.

In 2024, the family’s legacy was honored with a barn quilt on the remaining Wenig barn along Highway HH — a symbol of pride, perseverance, and small-town Missouri values.

That same land, and that same spirit, lives on through CA Wilson Cattle Co.

Carrying the Legacy Forward — The Wilson Family

Today, the ranch is run by Caleb and Alyson Wilson. Caleb grew up working this ground and learning from his grandparents’ example: faith first, family always, and take care of what God’s given you.

Now, every calf born and every pasture tended continues that heritage — not just as a business, but as a way of life. The Wilsons are proud to carry forward the Wenig legacy while building a future for the next generation of Missouri cattlemen and women.

Cows grazing in a grassy field with trees and blue sky in the background

How We Raise Our Cattle

All our cattle are born and raised right here on the same Missouri pastures our grandparents walked.

They’re grass-fed and grain-finished for a balance of flavor and tenderness that families love.

We use no added hormones and no unnecessary antibiotics — just good feed, clean water, open pasture, and calm handling.

We believe healthy cattle come from healthy land and careful stewardship. When you buy our beef, you’re getting the same quality we feed our own family.

Wooden sign for Missouri Century Farm with a silo in the background

From Our Pasture to Your Freezer

We started selling beef directly to families because we wanted folks to know exactly where their food comes from — and to trust the people behind it.

For decades, cattle from this farm were sent off and sold who-knows-where. Now, we’re proud to keep it local.

When you fill your freezer with CA Wilson Cattle Co. beef, you’re not just buying meat. You’re investing in a legacy — a Missouri Century Farm, a local family, and a tradition of honest work and wholesome food.

From our pasture to your freezer — local beef you can trust.

What This Story Means for You

When you hear a ranch talk about heritage, it is easy to assume it is simply nostalgia. The truth is more practical. A Century Farm carries weight because families like the Wenigs, and now Caleb and Alyson, stayed on the land long enough to learn what works, what matters, and what needs protecting. That past shapes the beef you put on your table today.

A thoughtful skeptic might ask why a ranch’s history should influence their buying decision. The answer is that continuity produces accountability. When the people raising your beef have their name tied to the soil, every decision is personal. There is no short-term thinking. No cutting corners. Just steady stewardship and honest work.

This story is not meant to glorify the past. It shows you what kind of people stand behind the product. A ranch that has weathered generations of change does not survive on luck. It survives on discipline, integrity, and faith. Those values still guide every animal raised here and every freezer we fill.

If you remember anything from this page, let it be this:

You are not buying beef from a business. You are buying beef from a family rooted in a land they intend to keep for the next hundred years.

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