Marek Land and Livestock

02/11/2026

Voting has started and we need your help!!

Every year, the Iowa Beef Council has a Best Burger Contest and we are gunning for this year's winner! 🏆 Go to the link below and show your support for The Northside Diner and a bit of Marek Premium Beef as well 🙂🍔

🍔✨ ORDER. EAT. VOTE! ✨🍔

Northside Diner is officially in the running for the Iowa Beef Council's Best Burger Contest, and we’d be honored to have your vote!

🗳️ Voting is open February 9 – March 9
Link to vote: https://www.iabeef.org/events/best-burger-contest
➡️ "vote now"

Our smash burgers are made with all-beef patties, seasoned and crafted in-house, using antibiotic- and hormone-free beef from Marek Land and Livestock—a local Washington County century farm. The beef is also processed locally, keeping it truly pasture-to-plate.

If you’ve enjoyed a burger at Northside, we’d be so grateful if you’d take a few moments to cast your vote. Supporting us also means supporting local farmers and local food systems.

Thanks for showing up for Northside, Washington County, and Iowa beef. We appreciate you more than you know! 💛🍔

12/22/2025

Fill your freezer: Whole, Half, or Quarter Beef Available!

Premium Wagyu or Hereford Angus beef, restaurant quality and hormone-free. Bred and raised with care and high standards for exceptional flavor and consistency.

Locker spots are available if needed.
Message for details, availability, and pricing.

High standards. Honest beef. Your freezer will thank you. 🥩

08/21/2025

Thank you to Circa 59 for using our prime rib for their chef’s table! It sounds like it was delicious!

08/15/2025

Iowa State Fair 2025
Grand Champion Berkshire Boar
Bred by Marek Land & Livestock

All Iowa bred genetics!

Center Stage Warren Bros. Genetics ($60k boar from Lane Show Pigs) x Explicit ($8k purchase from Ryan Morningstar at ISF 2023)

Sells TODAY at 4pm!

07/17/2025

Congrats to Layne Schott at his first Washington County Fair!

4th Overall Breeding Gilt
3rd Overall Commercial Gilt
Caught Nappin (Top Cut) X Quite Frankly

4th Overall Market Gilt (not pictured)
Secret Weapon (Marek) X BMOC

Bonus to all see all of Laynes hard work pay off this summer with more awards:

Reserve Champion Junior Showman
Reserve Champion Junior Master Pork Producer

Keep up the hard work!

02/15/2025

Our barn is open! We are selling pigs by private treaty only this year. We’d love to have a county or state fair pig in your barn!

Call Tim at 319-330-5171 and stop by.

11/13/2024

The Marek family operates a diverse operation in Southeast Iowa, raising show pigs, English yellow labs, and Hereford-Angus cattle. We love that we can fill your barn with competitive show pigs, your freezer with yummy beef, and provide your family with the sweetest puppy.

Want more information? It's all here: https://www.mareklandandlivestock.com.

06/21/2024

‼️Congrats to Cole Sonka on Reserve Champion Overall Market Swine at Benton County‼️

Wide Awake X Karen (‘22 ISF Grand Gilt - Snafu X BMOC)

04/24/2024

We are ecstatic about this partnership to provide high quality beef to our local community! Thanks for trusting our operation to serve your customers!

We are proud to announce our partnership with Marek Land and Livestock! Their delicious, locally and sustainably raised, hormone-free beef will be used for our classic burger and steak dinner.

Learn more about this family farm below and on their website, mareklandandlivestock.com

The Marek family takes pride in raising high-quality livestock for high-quality experiences. Many meals have been spent enjoying farm-raised Iowa beef and now that beef is available for others.

The cattle are a Hereford-Angus cross that combines great meat quality and palatability. An emphasis has been put on matching up the best genetics to bring the best quality meat straight from an Iowa farm. The cows graze on pasture that surrounds the farm and is an important part of the family’s mission of land stewardship and sustainability. Rotational grazing and cover crops are used in row-crop fields to provide nutrients to the land while creating a sustainable food source for the cattle.

The cattle are grown in our pastures and then finished on a corn-based grain ration that gives the meat the flavor we desire. After close to 15 months, the cattle are processed at a local, state-inspected locker.