Each option yields approximately 40% ground beef, 25% steaks, and 35% roasts. This varies as you get to choose what cuts you want. For example, if you don’t eat many roasts, you can choose to have them ground into ground beef instead. That would up your proportion of ground beef and decrease the proportion of roasts you’d get.
Our half-beef averages 225 pounds. This is enough beef to fill a smaller chest freezer or whole stand-up freezer. It’s perfect for moderately sized families.
That’s approximately 90 pounds of ground beef, 79 pounds of roasts, and 56 pounds of steak.
All our beef is:
- Dry-aged
- Vacuum-sealed and flash-frozen for quality
- Raised right here on the Padlock Ranch at in the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains.
Deposit – To claim your beef, place a 40% deposit at $8.50 per pound. This allows us to plan ahead and harvest the correct amount of beef.
Cut Sheet – At harvest time we’ll email you a cut sheet. You’ll select which cuts you’d like and send it back to us and we will get the beef to our butcher. If you have any questions during this process, we will be available to answer your questions and help you decide what will be the best fit for your family. In the meantime, we’ll continue to care for the cattle until they’re ready. They’ll be carefully fed a finishing ration designed by our nutritionist for optimal marbling and flavor and checked every single day by our trained crew.
Timeline – The beef will be harvested at Western Heritage Meat Company in Sheridan, Wyoming. The harvest date is yet to be determined, but it will be this fall, and we will let you know via email when we have a date confirmed.
Final payment – When the beef is ready to pick up, we will invoice you for the final amount, which will be approximately $1147.50, for a total of approximately $1912.50. The $8.50 per pound covers all the fees associated with processing, so you won’t have any hidden costs to worry about.
Pickup – We offer free local pick-up at our ranch headquarters. The address is 8420 US Hwy 14, Ranchester WY. We’re also happy to ship beef anywhere in the continental US.
