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Upper Iowa Beef LLC
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Upper Iowa Beef LLC, of Lime Springs, IA, was obligated $8.9M in federal awards across the 1 fiscal year in which it reached the $1.0M listing floor (2023).
Upper Iowa Beef LLC ranks 207 of 214 listed organisations located in IA by five-year obligations, and 29,272 of 30,000 nationally.
Its $1.0M-plus awards since FY2023 came from Department of Agriculture: 1 award worth $8.9M in total award value.
Obligations by fiscal year contracts vs assistance
| Fiscal year | All obligations | Contracts | Assistance | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $8,871,440 | under $1.0M | $8,871,440 | — |
| FY2024 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| FY2025 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| FY2026 | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
| FY2027 to date | under $1.0M | — | — | — |
A fiscal year runs 1 October to 30 September. "Contracts" are procurement award types A–D; "assistance" is everything else (grants, direct payments, loan subsidy cost, insurance, other). The contracts column is listed only where contract obligations alone reached $1.0M; the assistance figure is the remainder and may therefore include up to $1.0M of contracts.
Compared with its state and the largest recipients five listed years
| Measure | This organisation | Largest in IA | Largest nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five-year obligations (listed years) | $8.9M | $29B | $416B |
| FY2026 obligations | under $1.0M | $7.2B | $118B |
| Contracts, five years | under $1.0M | under $1.0M | $94B |
| Assistance, five years | $8.9M | $29B | $416B |
| Rank by five-year obligations | 29,272 of 30,000 | 1 of 214 in IA | 1 |
Largest in state: IA Department of Human Services. Largest nationally: Health Care Services, California Department of. Rankings count organisations located in the state, by the sum of their listed fiscal years.
Awarding agencies $1.0M+ awards since FY2023
| # | Agency | Awards | Award value | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Agriculture | 1 | $8.9M | 100% |
Assistance programs listings
Places of performance $1.0M+ awards
Counties: Howard County, IA $8.9M
Largest awards begun since FY2023
| Awarding agency | Type | Industry or program | Award value | Begun | Place | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of AgricultureRural Business Cooperative Service | GrantProject Grant (B) | 10.381 Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program | $8.9M | 25 Oct 2022 | IA | USAspending |
Award value is the amount obligated to the award to date as USAspending reports it. Descriptions below are USAspending's text, unedited and truncated; those that appear to name a person are withheld.
- $8.9M, Department of Agriculture, 25 Oct 2022: MEAT AND POULTRY PROCESSING EXPANSION PROGRAM GRANTS - ARP
Questions and answers
How much federal money does Upper Iowa Beef LLC receive?
$8.9M in award obligations over the fiscal years it is listed for (FY2023: $8.9M). Years not listed were under the $1.0M floor. Obligations are binding commitments, not payments made.
Which agencies award to Upper Iowa Beef LLC?
By the value of $1.0M-plus awards begun since FY2023: Department of Agriculture ($8.9M).
What is the money for?
Assistance falls under Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (10.381).
Where is the work performed?
Primary places of performance for its larger awards: IA ($8.9M).
Is Upper Iowa Beef LLC a large federal recipient?
It ranks 29,272 of 30,000 organisations on this site by five-year obligations and 207 of 214 located in IA. The site covers organisations with at least $1.0M in a fiscal year; individuals are excluded.
Where does this data come from?
USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury), award transactions as loaded on 30 Sep 2026; fiscal-year totals via the spending-by-category endpoint and award lists via the award search endpoint. The USAspending recipient profile is the authoritative record.
Provenance
Source: USAspending.gov API v2 (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service), CC0. Fiscal-year obligations from the spending-by-category recipient ranking by recipient state (listing floor $1.0M per year); awards from the award search endpoint (new awards of $1.0M or more by base obligation date); parent and business categories from the recipient profile where fetched. Closed fiscal years are snapshots taken after year end; FY2027 is refreshed on each build. Data loaded by USAspending on 30 Sep 2026. Individuals and sole proprietors are excluded at ingest. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections and the methodology.