‘McBee Dynasty’ Star Steve McBee Sr. Breaks Silence Day After Being Sentenced to Prison

McBee, who pleaded guilty to the charge in November 2024, said the day after his sentencing, “The number of messages I have received touches my heart beyond measure.”

Steve McBee Sr., star of the Bravo show “The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys,” was sentenced Oct. 16 in the U.S. Western District Court of Missouri in Kansas City to 24 months in federal prison for multi-million dollar crop insurance fraud.

McBee initially pleaded guilty to one count of federal crop insurance fraud in November 2024 for engaging in fraudulent activity from 2018 to 2020 that caused an economic loss to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

According to court documents, once the sentence is complete, McBee will be on supervised release for a term of two years. The judge ordered criminal monetary penalties of a $100 assessment fee to the court and restitution of $4,022,124 to the U.S.D.A. Risk Management Agency.

This sentence is less than the government’s recommendation of 41 months in prison and three years of supervision.

McBee, who turned 53 in March, is ordered to self-surrender to the Federal Prison Camp in Yankton, South Dakota on Dec. 1, 2025.

This sentence comes one day after Bravo renewed the show for a third season, dubbed a reality version of a combined “Yellowstone” and “Succession” for a third season.

The series initially premiered on Peacock and USA Network in March of 2024 and was then picked up by Bravo for a second season that aired this summer. (Peacock and Bravo are owned by NBCUniversal, TODAY’s parent company).

Attorneys for McBee told TODAY “we have no other statement” outside of the sentencing hearing.

On Friday morning, McBee posted to his Instagram Stories a screenshot of a supportive text message he received and wrote, “The number of messages I have received touches my heart beyond measure that words could express. but the truth of the matter is, I’m the one who’s lucky..lucky to have been able to spend time with so many high character young people and they were the ones that made me a better human not the other way around.” McBee continued, “I count my blessings every day for my family and the support they give me and for my extended family that continues to grow each and every day. This too shall pass…”

Steve McBee Sr., star of the Bravo show “The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys,” was sentenced Oct. 16 in the U.S. Western District Court of Missouri in Kansas City to 24 months in federal prison for multi-million dollar crop insurance fraud.

McBee initially pleaded guilty to one count of federal crop insurance fraud in November 2024 for engaging in fraudulent activity from 2018 to 2020 that caused an economic loss to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

According to court documents, once the sentence is complete, McBee will be on supervised release for a term of two years. The judge ordered criminal monetary penalties of a $100 assessment fee to the court and restitution of $4,022,124 to the U.S.D.A. Risk Management Agency.

This sentence is less than the government’s recommendation of 41 months in prison and three years of supervision.

McBee, who turned 53 in March, is ordered to self-surrender to the Federal Prison Camp in Yankton, South Dakota on Dec. 1, 2025.

This sentence comes one day after Bravo renewed the show for a third season, dubbed a reality version of a combined “Yellowstone” and “Succession” for a third season.

The series initially premiered on Peacock and USA Network in March of 2024 and was then picked up by Bravo for a second season that aired this summer. (Peacock and Bravo are owned by NBCUniversal, TODAY’s parent company).

Attorneys for McBee told TODAY “we have no other statement” outside of the sentencing hearing.

On Friday morning, McBee posted to his Instagram Stories a screenshot of a supportive text message he received and wrote, “The number of messages I have received touches my heart beyond measure that words could express. but the truth of the matter is, I’m the one who’s lucky..lucky to have been able to spend time with so many high character young people and they were the ones that made me a better human not the other way around.” McBee continued, “I count my blessings every day for my family and the support they give me and for my extended family that continues to grow each and every day. This too shall pass…”

McBee posted a joint Instagram Post Thursday evening with the McBee Farm & Cattle Co business account writing, “Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. William Shakespeare.” This was along with a picture of “The Man In the Arena” quote by Theodore Roosevelt and the Alice In Chains song “Rooster.”

According to a Department of Justice release on McBee’s guilty plea last year, “McBee received federal crop insurance benefits to which he was not entitled.”