Question 1

How are live weight, hanging weight, and packaged weight different?

Accepted Answer

Live weight is the animal’s weight before processing. Hanging weight is the weight after slaughter, once the head, hide, feet, entrails, and organs are removed. It is usually about 50% to 60% of live weight. Packaged weight is what you take home after cutting and wrapping. It is usually about 55% to 65% of the hanging weight.

Question 2

What do you feed your cattle?

Accepted Answer

Your cattle spend most of their time on pasture. They are rotationally grazed on about a 1-acre paddock at a time and moved every 4 to 7 days so the grass can recover. They also get a small daily grain mix, about 0.5 to 0.75 pounds, as a supplement.

Question 3

Do you use hormones or antibiotics?

Accepted Answer

Your cattle are not given hormone injections and are not fed anything with added hormones. We use antibiotics only when an animal needs them for health and welfare, such as for pink eye. We follow the proper withdrawal period before slaughter. For fly control, we use fly traps, organic fly spray, and garlic salt.

Question 4

Can you customize your beef cut sheet?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You can choose a custom cut sheet for your beef share, and your price does not change based on those choices. That gives you a better chance of getting the cuts your family wants.

Question 5

What will I receive with a 1/4 beef?

Accepted Answer

Based on what you select on the cut sheet you will receive something like the below with an additional 40-50 lbs of ground beef depending on cut sheet selection for chorizo, bratwurst, salisburry steak, and meat loaf.

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions

How are live weight, hanging weight, and packaged weight different?

What do you feed your cattle?

Do you use hormones or antibiotics?

Can you customize your beef cut sheet?

What will I receive with a 1/4 beef?

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any questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions

How are live weight, hanging weight, and packaged weight different?

What do you feed your cattle?

Do you use hormones or antibiotics?

Can you customize your beef cut sheet?

What will I receive with a 1/4 beef?

Get in touch with any questions

Get in touch with
any questions