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): ~~February~~June 210, 2011

NATIONAL BEEF PACKING COMPANY, LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

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

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

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

(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)

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Item 51.0201. ~~Departure~~Entry ofinto ~~Directors~~a orMaterial ~~Certain~~Definitive ~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Agreement.

(ia) On ~~February~~June 210, 2011, ~~Terry L. Wilkerson was appointed to serve as Chief Operating Officer of~~ National Beef Packing Company, LLC (the “Company”)~~. Since~~ ~~March~~and ~~2006,~~its ~~Mr.~~subsidiaries ~~Wilkerson,~~National 60Beef California, ~~has~~LP ~~served~~and asNational ~~Executive Vice President~~Carriers, ~~Operations of the Company~~Inc. ~~Mr.~~entered ~~Wilkerson~~into ~~served~~the asFirst ~~our~~Amendment ~~Executive~~to ~~Vice~~the ~~President,~~Amended ~~Strategic~~and ~~Business~~Restated ~~Development~~Credit ~~from~~Agreement ~~April~~with ~~2005~~Cobank, toACB ~~March 2006~~ and asvarious ~~our~~other ~~Executive~~lenders ~~Vice~~(the ~~President~~“First ~~of Operations from 1998 to 2005~~Amendment”). The ~~Mr.~~First ~~Wilkerson~~Amendment isamends ~~employed~~the onAmended ~~an “at will” basis~~ and ~~participates~~Restated inCredit ~~the~~Agreement ~~Company’s~~dated ~~management~~as ~~incentive~~of June 4, ~~management~~2010 ~~long-term~~(the ~~incentive~~“Credit ~~and~~Facility”) ~~supplemental~~filed ~~bonus programs~~ as ~~described~~Exhibit 10.1 into the Company’s ~~Annual~~Current Report on Form 10 8-K ~~for~~filed ~~the~~on ~~fiscal year ended August 28~~June 8, 2010.

~~(ii)~~The Onprimary ~~February~~purpose 2,of ~~2011,~~the ~~Simon~~First P.Amendment ~~McGee~~ was ~~appointed~~ to ~~serve~~amend ~~as Chief Financial Officer of~~ the ~~Company. Since~~Credit ~~April~~Facility ~~2010,~~to ~~Mr.~~(i) ~~McGee,~~reduce ~~44,~~the ~~has~~applicable ~~served~~margin asby ~~Executive~~up ~~Vice~~to ~~President, Corporate Strategy and Acquisitions of the Company~~0.75% ~~Mr.~~for ~~McGee~~“LIBOR ~~served~~Rate” asadvances ~~our Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy~~ and ~~Acquisitions~~“Base ~~from~~Rate” ~~September 2009 to April 2010 and as our Vice President~~advances, ~~Corporate~~(ii) ~~Strategy~~revise ~~and~~the ~~Acquisitions~~“fixed ~~from~~charge ~~2006~~coverage toratio” ~~2009.~~covenant ~~From~~provisions ~~1999~~ to ~~2006,~~provide ~~Mr.~~the ~~McGee served as an investment banker with Christenberry Collet &~~ Company, ~~Inc.,~~credit anof ~~investment~~up ~~banking~~to ~~firm. Mr.~~$30 ~~McGee~~million isfor ~~employed~~maintaining onnet anasset ~~“at~~borrowing ~~will”~~base ~~basis~~levels ~~and~~that ~~participates~~exceed in the ~~Company~~lenders’s ~~management~~aggregate ~~incentive~~credit ~~and~~commitments ~~management~~under ~~long-term~~the ~~incentive~~Credit ~~programs~~Facility asand ~~described~~(iii) inextend the ~~Company’s~~maturity ~~Annual~~date ~~Report~~of ~~on Form 10-K for~~ the ~~fiscal~~Credit ~~year~~Facility ~~ended~~to ~~August~~June 284, ~~2010~~2016.

The Credit Facility provides for (~~iii~~i) Ona ~~February~~series 2of term loans not to exceed $375 million in the aggregate, ~~2011~~payable in quarterly installments of $9,250,000 ~~Jay~~with D.the ~~Nielsen~~remaining ~~was~~aggregate ~~appointed~~outstanding toprincipal ~~serve~~balance asmaturing ~~Chief~~in ~~Accounting~~June ~~Officer~~2016, and ~~Treasurer~~(ii) a $250 million revolving line of ~~the~~credit ~~Company~~loan that matures in June 2016 and is subject to certain borrowing base limitations. ~~Mr.~~Funds ~~Nielsen~~available ~~served~~under asthe ~~our~~Credit ~~Chief~~Facility ~~Financial~~may ~~Officer~~be ~~from~~used ~~1997~~for ~~until~~working ~~his~~capital ~~appointment~~needs, ascapital ~~Chief~~expenditures ~~Accounting~~and ~~Officer~~other ~~and~~general ~~Treasurer.~~corporate Mrpurposes. ~~Nielsen~~The Credit Facility contain representations, 56warranties, iscovenants ~~employed~~and onevents anof ~~“at~~default ~~will”~~customary ~~basis~~for ~~with~~financings ~~the~~of ~~Company~~this type, including, without limitation, certain financial covenants and ~~participates~~covenants inrestricting the Company’s ~~management~~ability ~~incentive,~~to ~~and~~incur ~~management~~additional ~~long-term~~debt, ~~incentive~~incur ~~and~~liens, ~~supplemental~~merge ~~bonus~~or ~~programs~~consolidate aswith ~~described~~other incompanies, ~~the~~sell ~~Company’s~~or ~~Annual~~dispose ~~Report~~of onits ~~Form~~assets, ~~10-K~~liquidate ~~for~~or ~~the~~dissolve, ~~fiscal~~make ~~year~~investments, ~~ended~~loans, ~~August~~advances, 28guarantees and acquisitions, ~~2010~~and make certain equity distributions.

(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.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number		Description

10.1		First Amendment

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press release issued February 2, 2011

SIGNATURES

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	~~NATIONAL BEEF PACKING COMPANY, LLC~~
Date: February 7, 2011		By:	/s/ Jay D. Nielsen
Date: June 16, 2011	By:	/s/ Jay D. Nielsen
		Jay D. Nielsen	~~Jay D. Nielsen~~
		Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer	~~Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer~~

EXHIBIT INDEX

~~Exhibit 99~~10.1 ~~Press~~First ~~release issued February 2, 2011~~Amendment

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