EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of U.S. Premium Beef, Ltd. (the Company) on Form 10-K for the period ended August 28, 2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Lyn Holtmann, Chief Reporting and Compliance Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

By:	/s/ Lyn Holtmann
	Lyn Holtmann Chief Reporting and Compliance Officer

Date: November 23, 2004