National Beef

National Beef Packing Company, LLC, is America’s Premier Beef Company® Since National Beef® opened the doors to our first processing plant in 1992, we have forged alliances and partnerships with the best American ranchers. We are a preferred employer in our communities and recognized as an innovator in value-added beef. 

Based in Kansas City, Missouri, we have production facilities and operations in eight locations in six states and employ over 9,100. We have international offices in Chicago, Tokyo, Seoul, and Hong Kong. 

We process and market fresh beef, consumer-ready products and beef by-products. Our focus is the expansion of our value-added business, including branded boxed beef, consumer-ready products, portion control direct-to-consumer products and wet blue leather to meet the growing needs of the marketplace. 

Our flagship processing and fabrication plants in Dodge City and Liberal, Kansas are two of the largest in America, along with our Tama, Iowa facility, process millions of pounds of fresh beef, ground beef and beef byproducts for our customers across the food industry each week. 

Further processing production facilities in Hummels Wharf, Pennsylvania, Moultrie, Georgia and North Baltimore, Ohio produce consumer-ready beef, pork and ground beef products in a variety of packaging formats for retailers. Our portion-control steak cutting facility in Kansas City, Kansas serves the food service industry with high-quality steaks. 

National Beef Leathers LLC, based in St. Joseph, Missouri, is the largest, most technologically advanced wet blue leather facility in the world, serving further processors in the auto, handbag, footwear and furniture industries. 

National Carriers is our transportation company, offering refrigerated, livestock and logistical services. 

We provide our employees with the materials, equipment and training to be successful. We embrace a spirit of volunteerism and partner with many local organizations in the communities we serve.

Quality, Value and Service

As America’s premier beef company, National Beef® strives to find the right solution to help each customer while providing uncompromising quality, value and service.

The foundation of our success is your success—from our commitment to offering high quality beef, to remaining a valued business partner for our suppliers, to helping our customers differentiate in their respective marketplaces. We work to develop relationships that enable us to understand the customer’s unique needs and respond quickly to specific requests with high-quality, consistently trimmed and packaged beef products.

At National Beef, “Join our family” isn’t just a slogan: it’s a way of life. As an employee of America’s premier beef company, you’ll help bring food to the nation’s table while building friendships to last a lifetime. Here, you can count on safe and stable work, competitive pay and benefits, and an environment that is caring and supportive.

Get competitive pay and benefits. Ask our employees why they choose to work at National Beef, and they’ll give many reasons, from the family environment to opportunities to advance. But at the top of the list is our great pay and benefits packages that you and your family can count on.

- Competitive wages
- Weekly paychecks
- 401K Retirement Plan
- Paid vacations and holidays
- Health, disability and life insurance