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): ~~November 29~~ February 2, ~~2010~~2011

NATIONAL BEEF PACKING COMPANY, LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware		333-111407		48-1129505
(State of Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

Delaware

(State of Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

333-111407

(Commission File Number)

48-1129505

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

12200 North Ambassador Drive, Suite 500, Kansas City, MO ~~64195-0046~~ 64163

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(816) 713-8500

(Registrant’'s telephone number, including area code)

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 simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 25.0302. ~~Creation~~Departure of aDirectors ~~Direct~~or ~~Financial~~Certain ~~Obligation~~Officers; orElection anof ~~Obligation~~Directors; ~~under~~Appointment anof ~~Off-Balance~~Certain ~~Sheet~~Officers; ~~Arrangement~~Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(i) On ~~November 29~~February 2, ~~2010~~2011, ~~National~~ ~~Beef~~Terry ~~Packing~~L. ~~Company,~~Wilkerson ~~LLC~~was ~~(the~~appointed ~~“Company”),~~to ~~drew~~serve ~~$175~~as ~~million~~Chief ~~under~~Operating ~~its Amended~~Officer ~~and~~of ~~Restated~~National ~~Credit~~Beef ~~Agreement~~Packing ~~with Cobank~~Company, ~~ACB,~~LLC ~~Coöperatieve~~(the ~~Centrale Raiffeisen Boerenleenbank B.A.,~~ “~~Rabobank Nederland,~~Company”). Since ~~New~~March ~~York Branch~~2006, UMr.~~S. Bank~~ ~~National Association~~Wilkerson, ~~Bank of America~~60, ~~N.A.,~~has ~~BMO~~served ~~Capital~~as ~~Markets~~Executive ~~Financing~~Vice President, ~~Inc., and~~ ~~various~~Operations ~~other~~of ~~lenders (~~the ~~“Credit~~Company. ~~Facility”)~~Mr. ~~The~~Wilkerson ~~draw~~served ~~was~~as ~~made~~our toExecutive ~~fund distributions~~Vice toPresident, ~~the~~Strategic ~~Company’s~~Business ~~members~~Development ~~and~~from ~~for~~April ~~general~~2005 ~~corporate~~to ~~purposes.~~March ~~The draw~~2006 ~~constitutes~~and ~~the~~as ~~last~~our ofExecutive aVice ~~series~~President of ~~term~~Operations ~~loans~~from ~~under~~1998 ~~the~~to ~~Credit~~2005. ~~Facility~~Mr. ~~not to~~Wilkerson ~~exceed~~is ~~$375~~employed ~~million~~on inan ~~the~~“at ~~aggregate. The~~will” ~~term~~basis ~~loans~~and ~~are~~participates ~~payable~~ in ~~quarterly~~the ~~installments~~Company’s ~~based~~management ~~upon~~incentive, ~~a ten~~management long-~~year~~term ~~level~~incentive ~~amortization~~and ~~with~~supplemental ~~the~~bonus ~~remaining~~programs ~~aggregate~~as ~~outstanding~~described ~~principal balance maturing~~ in ~~June 2015. The total~~the ~~amount~~Company’s ofAnnual ~~term~~Report ~~loans~~on ~~outstanding~~Form ~~under~~10-K ~~the~~for ~~Credit Facility immediately following~~ the ~~draw~~fiscal isyear ~~approximately~~ended ~~$370~~August ~~million~~28, 2010.

~~Borrowings~~(ii) ~~under~~On ~~the~~February ~~Credit Facility~~2, ~~bear~~2011, ~~interest~~Simon atP. ~~LIBOR~~McGee orwas ~~the~~appointed ~~“Base~~to ~~Rate”~~serve ~~plus~~as anChief ~~applicable~~Financial ~~margin rate,~~Officer ~~depending~~of on the Company’s. Since ~~funded~~April ~~debt~~2010, ~~to EBITDA ratio~~Mr. ~~The~~ ~~Credit~~McGee, ~~Facility~~44, ishas ~~secured~~served byas aExecutive ~~first priority~~Vice ~~lien~~President, onCorporate ~~substantially~~Strategy ~~all~~and ofAcquisitions ~~the assets~~ of the Company. ~~and its subsidiaries~~Mr. ~~The~~ ~~Credit~~McGee ~~Facility~~served ~~contains~~as ~~representations,~~our ~~warranties, covenants~~Senior ~~and~~Vice ~~events~~President, ofCorporate ~~default~~Strategy ~~customary~~and ~~for~~Acquisitions ~~financings~~from ofSeptember ~~this~~2009 ~~type, including,~~to ~~without~~April ~~limitation,~~2010 ~~covenants~~and ~~restricting~~as ~~the~~our ~~Company’s~~Vice ~~ability to incur additional debt~~President, ~~incur~~Corporate ~~liens,~~Strategy ~~merge~~and orAcquisitions ~~consolidate~~from ~~with~~2006 ~~other~~to ~~companies, sell~~2009. orFrom ~~dispose~~1999 ofto ~~its assets~~2006, ~~liquidate~~Mr. orMcGee ~~dissolve,~~served ~~make~~as ~~investments,~~an ~~loans, advances,~~investment ~~guarantees~~banker ~~and~~with ~~acquisitions,~~Christenberry ~~and~~Collet ~~make~~& ~~certain~~Company, ~~equity distributions~~Inc. ~~In addition~~, ~~the~~an ~~Credit Facility~~investment ~~requires~~banking ~~the~~firm. Mr. ~~company~~McGee tois ~~meet~~employed ~~the~~on ~~following financial covenants: (i)~~ an ~~Adjusted~~ ~~Net Worth of~~ “at ~~least~~will” ~~$275~~basis ~~million~~and asparticipates ofin the ~~end~~Company’s ofmanagement ~~each~~incentive ~~fiscal~~and ~~year;~~management ~~(ii) a Funded~~long-term ~~Debt~~incentive toprograms ~~EBITDA~~as ~~Ratio~~described ofin ~~not~~the ~~more~~Company’s ~~than~~Annual ~~3.25~~Report toon ~~1.00~~Form as10-K offor the ~~end of each~~ fiscal ~~quarter;~~year ~~and~~ended ~~(iii) a~~August ~~Fixed~~28, ~~Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 1~~2010.~~05 to 1.00 as of the end of each fiscal quarter.~~

In(iii) ~~the~~On ~~event~~February of2, a2011, ~~default~~Jay by D. Nielsen was appointed to serve as Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer of the Company. Mr. orNielsen ~~its~~served ~~subsidiaries~~as ~~under~~our ~~the~~Chief ~~Credit~~Financial ~~Facility,~~Officer ~~the~~from ~~Administrative Agent~~1997 ~~may,~~until orhis atappointment ~~the~~as ~~direction~~Chief ofAccounting ~~the~~Officer ~~requisite~~and ~~lenders~~Treasurer. ~~shall~~Mr. Nielsen, ~~terminate~~56, is employed on an “at will” basis with the ~~Credit~~ ~~Facility~~Company and ~~declare~~participates in the ~~loans~~Company’s ~~then~~management ~~outstanding~~incentive, ~~together~~and ~~with~~management ~~any accrued~~long-term ~~interest~~incentive ~~thereon~~ and ~~all~~supplemental ~~fees~~bonus ~~and~~programs ~~other~~as ~~obligations~~described ofin the Company’s ~~and its~~Annual ~~subsidiaries~~Report ~~under~~on ~~the~~Form ~~Credit~~10-K ~~Facility,~~for tothe befiscal ~~due~~year ~~and~~ended ~~payable~~August ~~immediately~~28, 2010.

2(iv) A copy of the Company’s press release regarding the appointments of Messrs. Wilkerson, McGee and Nielsen is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

~~SIGNATURES~~Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

~~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 hereunto duly authorized.~~(d) Exhibits

		NATIONAL BEEF PACKING COMPANY, LLC
Exhibit Number		Description
Date:	December 1, 2010	By:	/s/ Jay D. Nielsen
99.1		Press release issued February 2, 2011
			Jay D. Nielsen
			Chief Financial Officer

3SIGNATURES

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 hereunto duly authorized.

	NATIONAL BEEF PACKING COMPANY, LLC


Date: February 7, 2011	By:	/s/ Jay D. Nielsen
		Jay D. Nielsen
		Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 99.1

Press release issued February 2, 2011

Filing Compare · NATIONAL BEEF PACKING CO LLC