How Our Beef is Ordered
Harvest Hills Farm Grass-Fed Angus
beef comes from the free-range herd at the farm in Jo Daviess County. We sell beef in quantity, purchase
requirements are for a full steer or half steer (half steer is also called a "full side" of beef ).
We sell beef by the "hanging weight" which is determined at
the processor. "Hanging weight" is the post slaughter weight of beef, minus the waste. Hanging weight of the typical
full steer is around 800-850 lbs. So, a side of beef (or half steer) is about half of this weight or roughly 425
lbs.
Hanging Weight pricing for 2010 is $3.35/lb. and includes meat processing
and butchering costs and delivery (as described below).
"Butchered weight" is
the final amount of meat and products that you will receive packaged, after you have decided what butchered cuts
you want. We will walk you through the selection of your custom butchering requests.
Post butchering yields are about 60% of the hanging weight.
So, a typical half steer ("side of beef") will yield about 250 lbs of packaged meat.
We utilize our regional USDA and Animal Welfare Approved
meat processor or we can arrange for delivery to a USDA and Animal Welfare Approved processor of
your choice within a 150 mile radius of the farm, for an additional delivery fee.
The official hanging weight and your final balance of payment is determined post processing.
We request a $500.00 deposit before butchering,
Final Payment is due at the time of delivery.
Free delivery extends to Galena, Dubuque, Rockford, and Chicago area customers. Call for information
for areas outside these regions.
