8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 7, 2005
                                                   (January 6, 2005)

                       NATIONAL BEEF PACKING COMPANY, LLC
             (Exact Name of Registrant As Specified in Its Charter)

        Delaware                      333-111407                 48-1129505
(State of incorporation)      (Commission File Number)          (IRS Employer
                                                             Identification No.)

               12200 North Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, MO 64163
              (Address of Principal Executive Office and Zip Code)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (800)449-2333

                                 Not Applicable
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
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Item 8.01.  Other Events

     On January 6, 2005 the Company issued a press release announcing further
production cutbacks due to continued unfavorable market conditions. A copy of
the press release is included as an exhibit hereto and incorporated herein by
reference.


Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)  EXHIBITS.  The following exhibit is filed herewith:

                99.1    Press Release dated January 6, 2005.

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                     National Beef Packing Company, LLC
Date:  January 7, 2005


                                     By: /s/ Jay D. Nielsen
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                         Jay D. Nielsen, Chief Financial Officer

EX-99

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                                                    Contact:
                                                                 Keith Welty
                                                                816-713-8631
                                                    KAWelty@nationalbeef.com

                                                              Sherlyn Manson
                                                                816-863-0532
                                                          smanson1@kc.rr.com

January 6, 2005 (Kansas City, MO.) --- Today National Beef Packing Company LLC
announces further production cutbacks due to continued unfavorable market
conditions. These cutbacks will reduce slaughter by approximately 10,000-15,000
head per week and will impact operations at the Liberal and Dodge City, Kansas
facilities.

Tim Klein, President and COO, "This decision to reduce hours is difficult but
necessary due to unprecedented losses as a result of tight cattle supplies, poor
demand and excessive beef imports."

National Beef Packing Company LLC is the nation's fourth largest beef processing
company in the United States with a majority of its ownership held by beef
producers. With sales exceeding $4.0 billion annually and 12 percent market
share, National Beef processes and markets fresh beef, case-ready beef and beef
by-products for domestic and international markets. ###