A blue gloved hand and a chef’s knife slicing a raw Silver Fern Farms whole ribeye roll into steaks.

SFF Ribeye Yields


Save Time & Money with Silver Fern Farms
Grass-Fed Angus Beef

Would you like to improve your steak yields by 32%?

Hands wearing blue gloves slicing a raw Silver Fern Farms New Zealand Angus ribeye roll.

Standard USDA grade trimmed raw ribeye with a pile of trimmings on a sheet pan, with an inset showing the untrimmed ribeye for comparison.

We did a side-by-side comparison in our test kitchen pitting our Silver Fern Farms wholesale grass-fed Angus OXO ribeye roll against a standard USDA grain-fed lip-on ribeye. Here’s what we found.

The Silver Fern Farms ribeye roll was very clean and almost ready-to-portion right out of the pack. It required just 5 minutes of minor trimming.

In contrast, we removed 4 lbs. of fat from the USDA wholesale ribeye, a task that took 20 minutes.

Chart comparing trimming percentages of Silver Fern Farms New Zealand Angus ribeye vs. Standard USDA grade ribeye.

Bottom line: Nearly 95% of the Silver Fern Farms wholesale ribeye roll could be used for portioned steaks, while less than two-thirds of the USDA ribeye could be portioned into steaks. That represents significant savings for your restaurant.

New Zealand Angus

 Silver Fern Farms New Zealand Angus raw ribeye roll on a white background.Graph chart showing waste and usable meat percentages of a Silver Fern Farms New Zealand Angus ribeye roll.

Standard USDA Grade

Standard USDA grade raw ribeye roll on a white background.Graph chart showing waste and usable meat percentages of a standard USDA grade ribeye roll.

More Reasons to Choose Silver Fern Farms Grass-fed Angus Beef for Foodservice

Improving yields isn’t the only reason to put Silver Fern Farms grass-fed Angus ribeye on your menu. Better taste, eating quality, and sustainability are other important considerations when evaluating beef cuts for foodservice.

Two hands wearing blue gloves and a black watch on one arm slicing a raw Silver Fern Farms ribeye roll with a boning knife on a white cutting board.

Good Grass, Less Environmental Impact

Silver Fern Farms wholesale grass-fed beef is 100% pasture-raised in New Zealand, a country where fresh air, clean water, fertile soil and a temperate climate combine to produce an abundance of quality, nutritious grass that grows year-round. New Zealand farmers raise animals in a more natural way with little intervention, no hormones or sub-therapeutic antibiotics, and GMOs are illegal in New Zealand.

New Zealand’s grass-based free-range system optimizes natural resources and uses low intensity farming practices, thus minimizing environmental impact. This nutrient-rich all-grass diet produces grass-fed beef for wholesale with natural marbling, a finer, more delicate texture, and a cleaner and more complex flavor than grain-fed meat.

Blade of grass with sunspots in the foreground and lush mountains in the background.

Independent, Science-Backed Grading

Silver Fern Farms developed New Zealand’s first and only eating quality grading system for wholesale grass-fed Angus beef. Their independently accredited EQ system grades beef on six scientific criteria proven to contribute to eating quality and that guarantees a better and more consistent, grass-fed beef eating experience.

When you buy Silver Fern Farms grass-fed Angus beef wholesale, you can count on getting tasty, tender meat of the highest quality. Marx Foodservice offers Silver Fern Farms wholesale grass-fed Angus beef for restaurants in a full range of cuts, including portioned steaks.



Marx Foodservice is a wholesale meat distributor with more than 20 years of experience. As a restaurant supplier and foodservice distributor, we specialize in the finest meats and seafood raised or wild caught with the highest standards of animal welfare and the least environmental impact possible. In addition to grass-fed Angus beef from New Zealand, we offer other wholesale beef for restaurants, including grass-fed and grain-finished Ocean Beef from New Zealand and Irish beef that is pastured-raised on a mix of grass and grain. Be sure to check out our portioned steaks for restaurants, and our wholesale beef burgers and grinds made from selected whole cuts ground expressly for chefs. Order wholesale meat and seafood for restaurants from Marx Foodservice. We deliver by van to New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Washington restaurants and nationwide via FedEx. Contact us.