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Ordering Information
Walter &
Nancy Bohaty Phone
402-367-4741 Our grass fed beef is sold as a whole beef carcass, or just a half or quarter. You can determine how your beef is cut up and packaged. If you are unfamiliar with this process we can explain the basic cuts of beef and the processors will help you make the final decision. Our 2007 price is $1.10 per pound of live animal weight. This is the weight of the live animal at the time it is delivered to the processing plant. Live animal weights range between 1150 to 1300 pounds. Dressed or hanging weight is estimated to be around 60 percent of live weight. Most processors expect the cutout weight (the weight of meat going into your freezer) of a whole steer to be 60 to 65 percent of the dressed weight. The reason for the reduction in weight is the moisture loss during the dry aging process (dry aging provides a premium product which is better than today's more popular wet aging process) and the amount of bone, fat, and etc. removed during the cut up process. Delivery of the live animal to processing plants in Humphrey, Norfolk, or Clarkson, Nebraska is free. If you have a favorite processing plant, arrangements may be made to deliver the live animal to the plant of your choice within a range of 50 miles of Bellwood, NE. Processing costs are the buyers responsibility; basic costs of processing are listed below. All of these plants allow dry aging for 7 to14 days. Main Street
Market This is a USDA inspected plant with an inspector available for meat inspections. Butchering charges are $25 and $.30 per pound to cut, wrap, and freeze the meat. Other charges are $.15 per pound to wrap ground meat in plastic, $.30 per pound for extra services such as tenderizing and making burger paddies. Jerky is $5.00 per pound and beef sticks in packages of 6 are $2.00 per pound.
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