Pastured Beef
Pastured Beef Now Available For Pre-Order
Orders and deposits must be received by Monday, August 23rd.
Beef will be available for pick-up Monday, September 13th, after it has been processed, aged and frozen.
WHAT ARE OUR CUSTOMERS SAYING ABOUT SAPELO FARMS' GRASS FED BEEF?
"Delicious"
"Melt in your mouth"
"Great texture"
"Nice flavor"
and our butcher said, "This is very nice beef. I think your customers will be well pleased."
The beef we are offering will be from seven month old steers that are
born and raised here on the farm. They have never been given hormones of any kind.
Our beef is available as a whole or half only.
Because we will not know the final weight of the beef until it is butchered and hung, we are
unable to tell you the exact price on a whole or half of a beef. The
following information is based on estimates ONLY.
Our steers weigh approximately 700lbs live weight. We estimate that the
beef will be approximately 375-450lbs for a whole beef or 190-225lbs for
a half.The breakdown of cuts of beef (by weight) is 25% steaks, 30-35%
roasts, 5% soup bones and stew meat and the remainder in ground beef.
This breaks down further into round/cubed steak, T-bone, sirloin, rib,
rump roast, chuck roast, shoulder roast, stew meat, hamburger, soup bone
and liver (if requested).
PLEASE NOTE: We are not prepared to offer speciality cuts of beef at this time.
The cuts you will receive are listed above. We do not offer hanger steaks, briskets or other customer cuts.
We have asked our butcher to cut our beef to best utilize ALL the meat available. We think you will be pleased.
UNDERSTANDING HANGING WEIGHT
Our beef is sold based on its "hanging weight". Hanging weight is defined as
the carcass weight minus the head, hide and entrails. The hanging weight
is approximately 50% - 60% of the live animal weight, and
therefore you are not charged any of the waste product.
So, a 500lb steer would have a hanging weight of approximately 175lbs -
225lbs. After the beef is aged, it is then cut and wrapped. At this
time some of the bone is removed from the meat. Therefore, the total
amount of beef you receive will differ from the hanging weight. You
should expect to receive between 60-65% of the hanging weight as cut,
wrapped meat.
The cost of a whole beef is $3.25 per lb. The cost of half a beef is
$3.35 per lb.
There is a $200 deposit for a whole beef and $100 for half.
If you have never ordered beef in bulk, before please research to make
sure that this option is right for you.
Please remember the following:
When you purchase a whole or half of a beef, you are purchasing exactly
that. Most of your meat will be roasts and hamburg, not steaks.
Again, the breakdown of cuts of beef (by weight) is 25% steaks, 30-35%
roasts, 5% soup bones and stew meat and the remainder in ground beef.
This breaks down further into round/cubed steak, T-bone, sirloin, rib,
rump roast, chuck roast, shoulder roast, stew meat, hamburger, soup bone
and liver (if requested).
As a rule of thumb, one cubic foot of freezer space will hold 35-40
pounds of cut and wrapped meat. (Note that the inside of a milk crate is
approximately 1 cubic foot.)
Beef stores in a freezer for 9-12 months without loss of quality. Ground
beef can be stored for 3-4 months. Most meat items can be safely stored
for longer periods, but they lose some quality.
We will do our best to provide you with an accurate estimate of beef
weight and cost; however, we have no way of knowing the final cost until
the meat has been processed.
We estimate that a whole beef will cost between $1200 and $1400.
Again, please contact the farm with any questions or to reserve your beef.
912-264-8535 or ba@sapelofarms.com.