Swallow Hill Farm

A Central/Northern Virginia Area Farm

Swallow Hill Farm occupies 142 acres of rolling Virginia countryside in beautiful Caroline County, which is located near historic Fredericksburg, VA (within easy reach of Central and Northern Virginia, the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, Ashland and Richmond). We produce grass fed beef for sale by the quarter, half and whole-share.  We also sell live lambs and may be able to provide drop off to a local butcher.

Swallow Hill Farm sells naturally raise, grass fed, dry aged, Angus beef by the quarter, half and whole-share. 

Family Owned & Operated

We are a family-owned and managed farm. Customer satisfaction is very important to us. We produce the highest quality beef and lamb, which is USDA inspected, dry-aged (beef only), vacuum packed and well labeled. In addition to eating healthy food from a known source, you will be supporting local agriculture when buying grass fed beef, lamb and pork from us.

Our Commitment to Doing What's Right

Our goal is to provide health-conscious members of our local community with safe, delicious, high quality, nutrient dense foods. No hormones, antibiotics or steroids are fed to or injected into our animals. Our cattle are never fed corn, soy or grain. We also treat our animals with respect and compassion to ensure they have the best possible lives while on the farm.

Beef Shares (1/4 and 1/2 shares).

Sold out through 2025

We sell our beef in the form of quarter, half or whole shares but rarely have beef shares available to the general public due to the high demand among existing customers.  Beef shares that are available each year are offered first to customers who have purchased beef shares in the previous 18-months.  If there are unreserved shares after that offering, we will send an invitation to our entire newsletter subscriber list.

Lamb: We've had difficulty getting lamb processed so we sold all our available lambs alive.  We expect to have lambs available for sale in February 2025. 

Grass Fed, Grass Finished Beef

We produce great tasting Angus beef! Our cattle are raised on grass, and unlike many grass fed beef operations, we finish our beef on high quality summer and winter annual forages. All of the forages consumed by our cattle are non-GMO. This results in added marbling, tenderness and flavor. Our beef is dry aged for two weeks to enhance the natural beef flavors and the tenderness of our beef. We always handle our cattle humanely using low stress techniques, which we feel results in happy animals and happy customers.

Northern Virginia Grass Fed Beef

Grass fed vs. grain fed beef . . .
  • Grass fed beef has a lower fat content.
  • Grass fed beef has up to 5x higher in Omega-3.
  • Grass fed beef contains 2x more CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid).
  • Grass fed beef is typically 4x higher in vitamin E.
We are pleased to see that over 90% of our beef share sales were to repeat customers. We are told by many of our customers that "our beef is the best they have ever had"! We continue to strive toward producing the best tasting, naturally raised beef possible.

Lamb and Mutton

We also produce great tasting Lamb and Mutton! Our sheep are raised and finished on grass and other high quality forages. We always use low stress livestock handling techniques which we feel results in happy animals and happy customers.

Multi-Species Grazing

Being rich in high-quality protein and many vitamins and minerals, lamb can be an excellent component of a healthy diet.
Lamb is a rich source of many vitamins and minerals, including . . .
  • Vitamin B12 (important for blood formation and brain function)
  • Selenium
  • Zinc
  • Niacin
  • Phosphorus
  • Iron.