Buying a share
From the first call to your freezer.
Buying beef by the animal is not the same as buying it by the package. Here is exactly how the process runs, including the part most sellers leave vague.
Read this first
What hanging weight actually means.
If one thing on this site is worth reading twice, it is this. Nearly every unhappy beef-share story starts with someone who did not know.
Live weight
What the animal weighs standing in the pasture. You never pay on this number, and we only mention it so you know it is not the one being used.
Hanging weight
The carcass on the rail, after the hide, head, and organs are removed. This is the number your price is calculated from at $14 per pound. It is roughly 60 to 64 percent of live weight.
Take-home weight
What actually goes in your freezer, after cutting, trimming, and boning. It lands around 60 to 65 percent of hanging weight, so a 200 lb quarter comes home as roughly 120 to 130 lbs of packaged beef.
This is why we quote a range rather than a price. Neither we nor the processor knows your exact total until the carcass is weighed. We will tell you the moment we do, before anything is cut.
Step by step
What happens, in order.
Day one
You tell us what you have in mind
Call, text, email, or send the form. We will ask how many people you cook for, how much freezer space you have, and how you like to cook, then advise you honestly whether a quarter, a half, or a selection of cuts suits you better.
Same week
We confirm what is actually available
We sell one animal at a time, so availability is finite and real. If nothing is ready, we will tell you when the next one will be, rather than take money against a possibility.
You reserve your share
Your place is held against a specific animal. You are welcome to visit and see it. Most people who do so go on to buy, which is why we keep extending the invitation.
We build the cut sheet together
You decide steak thickness, roast size, how much of the chuck goes to ground, and whether you want the bones and organs. If you have never done this before, we will guide you through it and recommend a sensible starting point.
Harvest
The animal is processed and hung
Processing is state-inspected at a local facility. The carcass is weighed on the rail. That figure is your hanging weight, and it is the number your price is calculated from.
We tell you the final figure
Once we have the hanging weight we can work out your exact total. Only at this point does anyone know it, which is why every figure on this site is a range.
Delivery
Frozen, labeled, and brought to you
Everything is vacuum sealed, labeled by cut, and delivered frozen within 60 miles of Yoakum. Further out, you are welcome to collect from the ranch.
Where we deliver
We deliver frozen within 60 miles of Yoakum, covering Victoria, Cuero, Gonzales, Shiner, Hallettsville, Schulenburg, Edna, and Goliad, along with the country in between.
That radius does not reach San Antonio, Austin, or Houston. If you are further out, you are welcome to collect from the ranch, and a good number of visitors treat the drive as a day out.
Still deciding?
Call and we will discuss it.
No obligation and no payment on this site. Tell us how you cook and how much freezer space you have, and we will advise you honestly on what suits you, including if the answer is a selection of cuts rather than a share.