How it works…
We principally sell beef by the quarter, side, or whole animal. We also have limited amounts of ground beef available for purchase separately.
As is customary for direct beef sellers, we charge by the pound of hanging weight.
“On the hoof” is the weight of the live animal, about 1100 pounds. “Hanging weight” is the weight of the slaughtered animal, without the head, hide, guts and offals (edible organs), about 700 to 750 pounds.
For our premium Speckle Park beef, we charge $9.30 per pound, hanging weight. For a quarter, that works out to about $1,700. This fills about 5 to 7 cubic feet of your freezer with quality beef.
The weight of what ends up in your freezer is more or less depending on whether you choose bone-in or boneless cuts, and whether you keep the offals and soup bones.
You would reserve your meat with a deposit under the shop tab and we will provide a date when you can expect it to arrive. Presently, we deliver to Prince George, Kamloops and Vancouver, as well as places in that corridor.
Your beef will be cut according to your preferences — we are available to chat if you need help making those choices. When it’s ready, you will be charged minus your deposit, due upon delivery.
It takes time to “grow” beef!
For the last three months of their lives, our cattle eat a diet of hay harvested from our ranch and barley, this contributes to the beautiful marbling we enjoy in our beef, while maintaining the advantages of being grass-fed.
Processing the animal requires 21 days of hanging (otherwise known as dry aging) for optimal tenderness and flavour — a process you won’t find in grocery-store beef!
We offer mixed quarters, including cuts from both hind and front. Pricing is at $9.30 per pound, based on the hanging weight, approximately 175 pounds. This translates to about 110 pounds of beef for your freezer, depending on your instructions for the butcher. It can be divided into 55% steaks and roasts, and 45% ground meat; bones can be included as well as dog food, if desired. Reserve your quarter with a deposit; balance due upon delivery.
A side of beef (half a steer) is priced at $9.00 per pound hanging weight, usually about 350 pounds. Depending on your instructions to the butcher, you will receive approximately 210 pounds of beef for your freezer, steaks and roasts, ground meat, stew meat, ribs etc. as well as soup bones, offals (edible organs) and dog food if desired. (See the cut sheet.) Reserve your side with a deposit; balance is due upon delivery.
FAQs
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The meat in your freezer will keep just fine for a week without power. While the freezer itself insulates it somewhat, it is the large volume of frozen meat that preserves the freezing temperature for a long time.
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We recommend leaving your meat in your fridge for a couple days to thaw slowly. We find having a dedicated dish in your fridge for thawing meat is useful. Keep that dish full and you won’t be caught with nothing for dinner!
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If you have any coolers then bring them, but your meat will be totally fine in cardboard boxes until you get home. Keep them covered if its raining, and get it into the freezer as soon as you get home.