How It Works / FAQ

How it Works - 3 Simple Steps

Buying beef in bulk shouldn’t be complicated. We keep the process simple, transparent, and easy to follow so you always know exactly what to expect.

1. Reserve Your Beef

Choose a Quarter, Half, or Whole and place your $500 per quarter non-refundable deposit. This secures your spot in our processing schedule — nothing else is due today.

2. We Process & Prepare

Your beef is harvested, weighed (hanging weight), aged for about 2 weeks, and professionally cut, packaged, and frozen by our trusted local butcher. Once we have the hanging weight, we send your final invoice based on our per-pound price. You pay your remaining balance about 2-3 weeks before delivery, or earlier if you wish.

3. Fill Your Freezer

When your order is ready, we meet you at our pre-arranged drop location on the designated date and time. Your beef comes fully frozen, labeled, and ready for long-term storage — giving you a freezer full of high-quality, ranch-raised beef.

*You must pick up on the pre-arranged day and time frame, or arrange for someone to pick up your order for you. We cannot store your meat outside the pickup time frame.

How It Works / Frequently asked questions

Buying bulk beef for the first time can feel confusing, especially with terms like “hanging weight” and “custom cuts” you may not hear every day. This FAQ is designed to make the process simple and transparent. Below, you’ll find clear answers about how ordering works, what you’ll receive, how much meat to expect, deposit details, delivery information, and everything else you need to know before reserving your beef.

When buying bulk beef, you purchase a quarter, half, or whole cow. Pricing is based on the hanging weight of the beef carcass (the weight after harvest but before cutting and trimming). You pay a deposit to reserve your share, and once the animal is processed, we invoice you for the remaining balance based on the final hanging weight.

Hanging weight is the weight of the animal after it has been harvested, with the hide, head, organs, and lower legs removed. It is the industry standard used to calculate pricing. Once excess fat and bone are trimmed during processing, your finished packaged weight will be about 50–60% of the hanging weight.

Hanging weights can range anywhere between 650 to 950 pounds +/-.

Finished weight varies by animal, but general estimates are:

Quarter Beef: ~90–120 lbs, about 2 boxes
Half Beef: ~180–240 lbs, about 4 boxes
Whole Beef: ~360–480 lbs, about 8 boxes

All meat is cut, wrapped, frozen, and boxed.

If someone has more boxes/partial boxes of product than someone else at the time of delivery, it's likely because they bought a share of a much bigger cow. Everyone paid the same price per pound at your delivery location.

Quarter beef orders use our standard cutting plan, which includes a mix of the following possible cuts:

Ribeye, T-Bone, Sirloin, Filet
Round Steak or Cube Steak
Chuck Roast
Rump Roast
Lean Ground Beef (approx. 88–90% lean)

Standard cutting includes:

Steaks cut at ¾", 2 per package
Roasts 4–6 lbs each
Roughly 25% steaks, 25% roasts, 50% ground bee

Quarter beef orders are not eligible for any of the specialty cut packages. For this reason, we recommend at least a 1/2 cow order so you can get the full value of your purchase, and customize some options if you'd like.

Yes — if you order a half or whole beef, you can choose from any of our cut options. Specialty options may include:

Brisket
Tri-tip
Prime rib roast
Larger quantity of ground beef if that’s more your style

Specialty cuts replace other cuts. For example, choosing a brisket means fewer roasts or less ground beef.

Yes. All cut and wrap fees are included in our per-pound price. Some producers add these fees later — we do not. This includes normal kill fees, and all materials and labor related to processing your meat.

Deposits are required to reserve your beef:

$500 per quarter
$1,000 for a half
$2,000 for a whole

Deposits are non-refundable as your reservation triggers processing and the animal is harvested for your specific order. This process is not reversible.

After the butcher provides the hanging weight, we calculate your final total and invoice you for the balance. Final payment must be made before delivery or pickup. Weight varies by animal.

Grocery sales tax (3%) applies to your total.

We will post the approximate delivery date for the current batch on the website.

Once processing is complete, we will notify you directly with:

Hanging weight
Final invoice
Exact delivery date and time (most deliveries will be on a Saturday, or the evening of a weekday on rare occasions)
Delivery location details

We deliver to pickup locations in:

Southeast Idaho (Rexburg/Pocatello)
Salt Lake City/Sandy, UT
St. George, UT
Phoenix, AZ (limited quantities available each year due to shipping restrictions)

We do not ship direct to your home. Pickup is only available at specified central locations. Shipping options may be available at a future date.

We list how many cows are available for the current ordering round directly on our website. Arizona orders are limited each year. Idaho and Utah (Salt Lake / St. George) are more flexible. We will do our best to keep our inventory up-to-date, but occasionally we sell out more quickly than we can update the inventory. Please email with questions any time.

Yes. You can join our customer email/text list to receive:

New order announcements
Delivery updates
Availability alerts
Important scheduling reminders

Yes, pork may be available in whole hog options. 1 whole hog will yield four-five 50 lb boxes of meat. Price will be by animal, not per pound. Contact us for more information.

It will obviously vary based on the share you purchase, and the size of the cow you are assigned. Our family uses a chest freezer that has interior measurements of about 3' long x 1.5' wide x 2.5' deep, and we can comfortably fit 1/2 to 3/4 of a cow depending on the size of the cow.

Pictured below are images of wrapped beef in freezers to give you a good idea of freezer space needed. Left: Small quarter cow on cutting table, Middle: Large quarter cow in upright half fridge-freezer, Right: Half cow in a dedicated upright freezer.

You must pick up your meat at the designated location, and within the designated time window, or arrange for someone to pick it up for you on that day. We are delivering frozen meat, and have no way to store large volumes of meat if your order is not picked up.