Claybrook Farms Meats - Your Local cattle farmer
When Claybrook Farms came to be.
Carl Turner married Jean in 1955 in Covington, TN. Earned his degree at the University of Tennessee while working as the university's herdsman, he was on both the livestock and meat judging teams. Together they managed and showed Angus cattle in North Carolina, Georgia and for the university. in 1966 they returned home to Covington to develop Claybrook Angus with 4 sons Chris, Mark, Dave and Glen. In 1975 foundation cattle and 700 acres of grassland for cattle and hay production and additional 250 acres of crop land became the family farm.
The Turner children grew up showing cattle throughout the Southeast, cattle were registered with the American Angus Association, using Angus Herd Improvement Records (AHIR). Claybrook Farms received the Historic Angus Herd Award and many Pathfinder awards presented by the American Angus Association, all while the Turner children were winning Champion Angus Awards.
While showing primarily for advertising and participating in the National Junior Angus Heifer shows and being involved in 4-H, Dave was on a state team that competed in Kansas City, he added state FFA Star Farmer title to his credit. The hard work paid off and through the years over 2,400 bulls and over 2,800 females were sold during massive standing room only cow sales that were held on Claybrook Farms. Both, Carl and Dave became voting delegates at the Angus Association, and can trace animal blood lines back to the beginning.
Early 2011 Dave began Claybrook Farms Meats, became a vendor at the Memphis Farmers Market and LOCAL Farm-to-Table foodies movement. Adding value to his farm raised beef was a big turning point at the farm. The USDA awarded Claybrook Farms the Value Added Producer Grant (VAPG) this was a first in Tennessee's history.
Today, We are proud to offer Claybrook Farms LOCAL Farm-to-table beef. We are humbled by the loyal customers and friends we have made over several decades. Although we are no longer purebred breeders, we remain faithful to our tested and proven methodologies and committed to serving our customers with premium superior LOCAL beef.