Sagrajas and Valdebótoa are two districts of Badajoz that are not in Gredos, but many of the T-bone steaks from Ávila that anyone eats when visiting a town in the central massif originate from a cattle farm that grazes on the outskirts of Badajoz, specifically on the farms of Las Machucas and Cerros Verdes.
For forty years Pepe Benito taught Genetics at the School of Agricultural Engineering in Badajoz, belonging to the University of Extremadura, a profession that he combines with that of a farmer.

Until not long ago, this man from Avila living in Badajoz practiced transhumance from Extremadura to the Sierra de Gredos (La Herguijuela). What he did not know is that his cows, those that remain in Extremadura, are from a lineage that dates back to the beginning of the 19th century, which gives their approximately 250 mothers a very high level of purity.

The Avileña-Negra Ibérica breed comes from the Iberian Black Trunk and has its origin in the mountainous areas of the center of the peninsula. It is a very rustic breed, well adapted to the environment, which has been occupying areas of difficult use. In addition, it has a good productive capacity and resistance to diseases and the cows are very good breeders with high fertility.

The Official Catalog of Livestock Breeds includes the Avileña-Negra Ibérica bovine breed in the Group of Native Breeds for Development.

Currently everything indicates that this Avileña-Negra Ibérica cattle ranch will exceed three centuries due to the interest shown in taking charge of the iron by his youngest daughter, Isabel Benito Galiardo. With this agricultural engineer at the helm, the sixth generation will be reached, something that his great-great-grandfather's father surely never dreamed of when he set aside the first cows to start one of the longest-lived irons in Spain.