Looking to Sale a of Beef or Pig

The BASICS

» 1 quarter cow yields about 100 lbs of beef , which costs about $911 » 1 half cow yields about 230 lbs of beef , which costs about $1800 » 1 whole cow yields about 460 lbs of beef , which costs about $3,500 » 1 half pig yields about 85 lbs of pork , which costs about $600 » 1 whole pig yields about 175 lbs of pork , which costs about $1,200 » These options can save 10% or more on retail prices

The PROCESS

» You choose Beef or Pork, your size and date, + place a $100 deposit » We'll walk you through your choice of cuts over the phone » When it's ready, you'll pay the rest + pick up your frozen meat

The Nitty Gritty

Only Quality Raised Breeds

Our primary focus is not on one particular breed of cow or pig, but on animals coming from herds that are focused on our farming practices like raising on pasture and without GMO feed, chemicals, and antibiotics. Our cows are a mix of Wagu, Angus, Devon, Mashona, Charolais, and Braunvieh-- Our pigs are from Old Black, Large Spot, Duroc, Hampshire, and Yorkshire breeds.

The Costs

The weights used below are samples (exact weights will vary).

BEEF	Whole Cow	Half Cow	Quarter Cow
Sample Hanging Weight (The weight used to determine cost)	570 lbs	285 lbs	137 lbs
Pounds of Meat Yielded	463 lbs	232 lbs	102 lbs
Price Per Hanging Weight	$5.05 / lb	$5.25 / lb	$5.45 / lb
Estimated Processing Fee (Varies depending on how simple or 'fancy' your cut requests are)	$1.20 / lb	$1.20 / lb	$1.20 / lb
Total Sample Cost (Includes Processing Fee)	$3,562	$1,838	$911
Cost if you purchased this Retail (Includes organs/bones)	$4190	$2,100	$1012
Savings* (See savings notes below)	$628 (15%)	$262 (12.5%)	$101 (10%)

PORK	Whole Pig	Half Pig
Sample Hanging Weight (Weight used to determine cost)	200 lbs	100 lbs
Pounds of Meat Yielded	175 lbs	85 lbs
Price Per Hanging Weight	$4.30 / lb	$4.45 / lb
Estimated Processing Fee (Varies depending on how simple or 'fancy' your cut requests are)	$1.70 / lb	$1.70 / lb
Total Sample Cost (Includes Processing Fee)	$1200	$615
Cost if you purchased this Retail	$1371	$683
Savings* (See savings notes below)	About $171 or 12.5%	About $68 or 10%

*Savings will depend on how you have your beef or pork butchered, and whether or not you elect to keep the bones. If you follow our recommendations, you'll get the most bang for your buck!

for BEEF: Choosing bone-in steaks/roasts and keeping the bones and organs will generate maximum savings versus retail. Boneless steaks/roasts, additional grinding, and not keeping any of the bones will reduce the savings.

for PORK: Choosing bone-in chop/roasts and keeping the bones and organs will generate maximum savings versus retail. Boneless chops/roasts, additional grinding, and not keeping any of the bones will reduce the savings.

Meat You'll Take Home

WHOLE + HALF

Whole and half animal orders are customizable, and we help walk you through your choice of cuts. Check out the samples below.

Whole BEEF Sample
9.2 lbs Stew Meat	4 lbs Flat Iron Steak	48 lbs Shaved Steak	2 lbs Heart
21.2 Ribeye	4 lbs Denver Steak	2.4 lbs Tri Tip Steak	1.6 lbs Skirt Steak
102 lbs Ground Beef	8 lbs Chuck Eye	8 lbs Liver	102 lbs Fat
17 lbs Brisket	2 lbs Flank Steak	1.2 lbs Tongue	60 lbs Bones
18 lbs Short Ribs	10 lbs Porterhouse Steak	1 lb Hanging Tender Steak
23.6 lbs Osso Bucco	11 lbs T-Bone	2 lb Kidney
15.6 lbs Chuck Roast	25 lbs Sirloin Steak	2.4 lb Oxtail

In this example steer, we left the brisket untrimmed, cut the shanks into osso bucco, cut the loin into ribeye, T-bone, porterhouse steaks, and bone-in sirloin steaks, cut the chuck roasts into 3 lb roasts, cut the Denver, Chuck eye, Ranch, and Flat Iron steaks off the chuck section, and cut the eye round, top round, bottom round and sirloin tip roasts as shaved steak.

Whole PORK Sample
34 lbs Shoulder Roasts	1 lb Tenderloin	4.5 lbs Short Ribs	12 lbs Bones
38 lbs Cured and Smoked Ham Roasts	15 lbs Chops	19 lbs Bacon
9 lbs Boneless Loin Roasts	0.7 lbs Baby Back Ribs	15 lbs Bratwurst Sausages

In this example, the hams and bacon cured and smoked. If you ground the hams or didn't cure the pork belly into bacon, it would cost even less.

Half BEEF + PORK

For an idea of the meat you'll take home with a half animal, divide totals in our above WHOLE samples by 2

QUARTER

Quarter animal orders come specifically in our most popular cuts (not customizable). The meat below is the meat you'll bring home.

Quarter BEEF Sample
2.3 lbs Stew Meat	1 lb Flat Iron Steak	12 lbs Shaved Steak	0.5 lbs Heart
5.3 Ribeye	1 lb Denver Steak	0.6 lbs Tri Tip Steak	0.3 lbs Skirt Steak
25.5 lbs Ground Beef	2 lbs Chuck Eye	2 lbs Liver	1.2 lbs Fat
4.2 lbs Brisket	0.5 lbs Flank Steak	1.2 lbs Tongue	15 lbs Bones
4.5 lbs Short Ribs	2.5 lbs Porterhouse Steak	0.3 lbs Hanging Tender Steak	0.2 lbs Kidney
5.9 lbs Osso Bucco	2.7 lbs T-Bone	0.8 lbs Ranch Steak
3.9 lbs Chuck Roast	6.2 lbs Sirloin Steak	0.6 lbs Oxtail

NEW! Whiffletree is happy to offer a QUARTER BEEF option that comes in a standard list of cuts that have been widely popular over the years.

It requires a great deal of cost and complexity to do custom cuts on our WHOLE and HALF orders. By having a standard list of cuts for the QUARTER order, we were able to justify creating this new product, while still being able to offer it at a discounted bulk rate.

In the example in the chart above... we left the brisket untrimmed, cut the shanks into osso bucco, cut the loin into ribeye, T-bone, porterhouse steaks, and bone-in sirloin steaks, cut the chuck roasts into 3 lb roasts, cut the Denver, Chuck eye, Ranch, and Flat Iron steaks off the chuck section, cut the eye round, top round, bottom round and sirloin tip roasts as shaved steak.

*PLEASE NOTE:  If the steer is over 30 months old, then the order will come with boneless loin steaks (filets, New York strips, and sirloin strips), instead of the T-bone, porterhouse, and sirloin steak.  Those boneless cuts will be slightly smaller by virtue of the bone that comes out.

FREEZER

EXAMPLE #1

"The Modern"

This is roughly a 27 to 28 cubic ft. refrigerator.

It has a freezer capacity of about 9 cubic ft.

About 90 to 225 lbs of frozen meat could fit inside.

This freezer, completely empty, would hold a quarter cow or half pig or possibly awhole pig.

FREEZER

EXAMPLE #2

"The Classic"

This is roughly an 18 cubic ft. refrigerator.

It has a freezer capacity of about 4 cubic ft.

About 40 to 100 lbs of frozen meat could fit inside.

This freezer totally empty could hold a half pig and possibly a quarter beef.

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Source: https://whiffletreefarmva.com/whole-and-half-animal-sales

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