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<b>UNITED STATES</b></p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:center'>
<b>SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION</b></p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:center'>Washington, D.C.
 20549</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>&nbsp;</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:center'>
<b>FORM
8-K</b></p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>&nbsp;</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:center'>CURRENT REPORT</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:center'>PURSUANT TO SECTION
13 OR 15(d) OF</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:center'>THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>&nbsp;</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:center'>Date of Report (date
of earliest event reported):&nbsp; March 17, 2021</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:center'>&nbsp;</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:center'>
<b><u><font size="4">U.S. PREMIUM BEEF, LLC</font></u></b></p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:center'>(Exact name of
Registrant as specified in its charter)</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:center'>&nbsp;</p>
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		<h4 style='margin:0in;text-align:center;page-break-after:avoid;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;'>
		<font style="font-size: 12.0pt">Delaware</font></h4></td>
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		<td valign=top style='height:16.25pt; padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin:0in;text-align:center'>(State or other
  jurisdiction of incorporation)</p></td>
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		<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;' align="center">&nbsp;</p>
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<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:center'>&nbsp;</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>&nbsp;</p>
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		<h4 style='margin:0in;text-align:center;page-break-after:avoid;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:normal;'>333-115164</h4>
		</td>
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		<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:center'>&nbsp;</p>
		</td>
		<td valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:center'>20-1576986</p>
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		<p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin:0in' align="center">
		<font size="2">(Commission File Number)</font></p></td>
		<td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;' align="center">&nbsp;</p>
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		<td valign=top style='border:medium none;
  padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p style='margin:0in;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif' align="center">
		<font size="2">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></p></td>
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		<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;' align="center">&nbsp;</p>
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		<td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;' align="center">&nbsp;</p>
		</td>
		<td valign=top style='padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;' align="center">&nbsp;</p>
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		<td valign=top style='padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;' align="center">&nbsp;</p>
		</td>
		<td colspan=2 valign=top style='padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;' align="center">&nbsp;</p>
		</td>
		<td valign=top style='padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;' align="center">&nbsp;</p>
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:13.0pt'>
		<td colspan=2 valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext; height:13.0pt; padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<h1 style='margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:normal;margin:0in' align="center">12200 North Ambassador Drive</h1>
		<h5 style='margin:0in;page-break-after:avoid;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:normal;' align="center">Kansas City, Missouri
		</h5></td>
		<td valign=top style='height:13.0pt; padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>&nbsp;</td>
		<td valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext; height:13.0pt; padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin-left:-95.4pt;text-align:center;
  text-indent:95.4pt'>&nbsp;</p>
		<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin-left:-95.4pt;text-align:center;
  text-indent:95.4pt'>64163</p></td>
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	<tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:13.0pt'>
		<td colspan=2 valign=top style='height:13.0pt; padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin:0in' align="center">
		<font size="2">(Address of principal executive offices)</font></p></td>
		<td valign=top style='height:13.0pt; padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p style='mso-style-name:"NEW_CENTER\,ctr";margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin-bottom:0in'>&nbsp;</p>
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		<td valign=top style='height:13.0pt; padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
		<p style='margin:0in; mso-style-name:"NEW_CENTER\,ctr";text-align:center;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>
		<font size="2">(Zip Code)</font></p></td>
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</table>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:center'>&nbsp;</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:center'>
<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (816) 713-8800&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<br>
</u><font size="2">Registrant's telephone, number, including area code</font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>&nbsp;<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:center'>&nbsp;</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>&nbsp;</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K
filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the
registrant under any of the following provisions (<i>see</i> General
Instruction A.2. below):</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>&nbsp;</p>
<p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>&#9633;&nbsp; Written communications pursuant to Rule
425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'>&#9633;&nbsp;
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'>&#9633;&nbsp;
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240-14d-2(b))</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in'>&#9633;&nbsp;
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>&nbsp;</p>
<div style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:center'>
	<hr size=1 noshade style='color:black'></div><b>
<p style="page-break-after:always"></p><p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;'>ITEM 8.01 Other Events.</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>&nbsp;</p>
</b>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>On March 17, 2021, National Beef Packing Company, LLC (National
Beef) announced plans to increase capacity and add a second production shift at
its Iowa Premium beef processing facility located in Tama, Iowa.&nbsp; Total investment
will be more than $100 million and will result in doubling the capacity of the
plant to approximately 2,500 head per day.&nbsp; The project is expected to be
completed in late 2022 and will bring several hundred additional jobs to the region.</p>
<b>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>&nbsp;</p>
</b>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>U.S. Premium Beef, LLC (USPB) has a 15% ownership interest
in National Beef and is also party to a cattle delivery agreement pursuant to which
USPB's members provide cattle to National Beef for processing.&nbsp; The
high-quality cattle provided by USPB's members are designed for National Beef's
value-added branded beef products that are sold domestically and
internationally. More information on USPB is available at  www.uspremiumbeef.com.&nbsp;
</p>
<b>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;'>&nbsp;</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;'>&nbsp;</p>
<p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin:0in;text-align:center'>
SIGNATURE</p>
<p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;margin:0in'>&nbsp;</p>
</b>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</p>
<b>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>&nbsp;</p>
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<b>U.S. PREMIUM BEEF, LLC</b></p>
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<p style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; margin-right:0in; margin-top:0in; margin-bottom:0in'>By:&nbsp;
<u>/s/ Stanley D. Linville</u>_______</p>
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<p style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left:20px; margin-right:0in; margin-top:0in; margin-bottom:0in'>Stanley
D. Linville</p>
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<p style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left:20px; margin-right:0in; margin-top:0in; margin-bottom:0in'>Chief
Executive Officer</p>
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<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>&nbsp;</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>&nbsp;</p>
<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>&nbsp;</p>
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<p style='margin:0in;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'>Dated:&nbsp; March 19, 2021</p>

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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):  March 17, 2021
U.S. PREMIUM BEEF, LLC
(Exact name of
Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other
  jurisdiction of incorporation)
333-115164
20-1576986
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
12200 North Ambassador Drive
Kansas City, Missouri
64163
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(816) 713-8800
Registrant's telephone, number, including area code
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K
filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the
registrant under any of the following provisions (
see
General
Instruction A.2. below):
□  Written communications pursuant to Rule
425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
□ 
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
□ 
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240-14d-2(b))
□ 
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
ITEM 8.01 Other Events.
On March 17, 2021, National Beef Packing Company, LLC (National
Beef) announced plans to increase capacity and add a second production shift at
its Iowa Premium beef processing facility located in Tama, Iowa.  Total investment
will be more than $100 million and will result in doubling the capacity of the
plant to approximately 2,500 head per day.  The project is expected to be
completed in late 2022 and will bring several hundred additional jobs to the region.
U.S. Premium Beef, LLC (USPB) has a 15% ownership interest
in National Beef and is also party to a cattle delivery agreement pursuant to which
USPB's members provide cattle to National Beef for processing.  The
high-quality cattle provided by USPB's members are designed for National Beef's
value-added branded beef products that are sold domestically and
internationally. More information on USPB is available at  www.uspremiumbeef.com.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
U.S. PREMIUM BEEF, LLC
By:
/s/ Stanley D. Linville
_______
Stanley
D. Linville
Chief
Executive Officer
Dated:  March 19, 2021