In Japan the two prominent breeds of Wagyu cattle are the Japanese Black Wagyu and the Japanese Red Wagyu, also called Akaushi.  In 1994 the nucleus of the Beeman Family Ranch Akaushi herd, 8 females and 3 males, were brought to the United States. These initial 11 head were the only Akaushi to ever come to this country.  For over 16 years, these Akaushi genetics have been, and are still controlled by Beeman Family Ranch. Currently the herd has over four thousand bulls, cows and calves running the rolling hills in South Central Texas. The initial idea was to keep the herd completely full blood, which meant always dealing with limited numbers of cattle to be processed each year, but the quality, taste, tenderness, and health benefits of this beef brought on a demand from consumers like never before seen with a branded line of beef. 

To keep up with this demand the Beeman Family wanted to know if the crossbred Akaushi animals would still maintain its positive ratio of mono-unsaturated fats over saturated fats, and like the full blood Akaushi cattle, produce some of the healthiest beef in the world and again the answer was yes. Since then, the Beeman Family has not only produced their full blood Akaushi cattle, but they have been breeding Akaushi Bulls to Angus type cows and have recently started harvesting these incredible cattle under the branded name of Beeman Family Ranch, Akaushi Sired Beef.