Cobalt Cattle is the fourth-largest cattle feeding operation in the United States, with more than 250 employees across seven locations. Headquartered in Garden City, Kansas, the company was founded in 2014, growing throughout the last seven years with the acquisitions of new feedyards across Colorado, Kansas and Texas. Its current locations include: Eckley, Colorado; Kismet, Kansas; Leoti, Kansas; Sublette, Kansas; Hereford, Texas; Tulia, Texas; and Cimarron Grain in Kismet, Kansas. Cobalt Cattle was previously a subsidiary of Green Plains Inc., a biorefining company based in Omaha, Nebraska.