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Ive got a small beef operation and some horses.What kind of beasts?
do you sell to the public?Ive got a small beef operation and some horses.
I have a few customers, mostly friends and family and a couple neighbors. I started just selling off the extra ground to cover processing costs and expanded from there.do you sell to the public?
we are going to start with sheep soon.
i just bought a new drivers side mirror for my truck because it exploded when it came into contact with my narrow garage door opening.
hoping to put a deposit down on the pole barn this week to take care of the overcrowding in the garage. that damn mirror is going to cost me like 75k. haha
I have a few customers, mostly friends and family and a couple neighbors. I started just selling off the extra ground to cover processing costs and expanded from there.
A steer from start to finish costs me about $750 in feed and slaughter/butcher costs. The place I use is government inspected and all the packaging is stamped, so I can sell it.
I get about $500/quarter.
Price is $3.25 hanging weight, which ends up being about $5/lb after processing.
yeah! it took me a long time to find one, but i bought my unicorn. I was looking for this exact model and the full bed was a requirement. SR, 4x4, front bench seat, no chrome, long bed, towing mirrors, factory tonneau . I kinda want to meet whoever traded this in as they checked all the same boxes I would have ordering it. No one had one, and no dealer wanted to order one for me. I saw one pop up used with low miles and I had to drive 6 hours to get it, but it was worth it.Nice, is that an 8 foot box? Those are harder to get now days.
I don't know jack about marketing and I'm not sure where you are, but you probably know there's a huge buy local crowd out there and you can probably get away with charging an ok premium over the supermarkets.
Ive got a small beef operation and some horses.
Im in northern WI. Im planning on hitting the farmers markets this summer so will see how it goes. I basically pegged my price to what my processor charges if they are sourcing the animal for you. Im just trying to avoid the cheap people who think $3.25/lb ground is too expensive because walmart's pink goo is cheaper.I don't know jack about marketing and I'm not sure where you are, but you probably know there's a huge buy local crowd out there and you can probably get away with charging an ok premium over the supermarkets.
With any luck, there should be one or more non-profits helping to match buyers and sellers.
I know how that goes processing wise. The two good "local" processors(within an hour) are booked 2 years out. Ive got a 2 hour drive down state into dairy country to find processing slots, where just about every town still has a local butcher. The pandemic has only made it worse as people were filling their freezers. Now Im just scheduling for next year as I drop of this years animals off.nice, sounds like you are doing it pretty efficiently. There is a huge lack of inspected processing capacity around here, and you have to schedule your processing about the time your animal is born. we were thinking cow, but sheep seem more doable our selves if we need to. and we have someone interested in the wool. we have a neighbor with a bunch of yaks to process and no one will do it because they are busy enough not to want to deal with an animal that is not a cow. it is even hard to find someone to do your deer/elk/etc without a long wait or crazy high price. Yak guy is kinda stuck, because he cant sell the meat if he processes and he is having to buy a lot of hay to keep them going all winter.
I know how that goes processing wise. The two good "local" processors(within an hour) are booked 2 years out. Ive got a 2 hour drive down state into dairy country to find processing slots, where just about every town still has a local butcher. The pandemic has only made it worse as people were filling their freezers. Now Im just scheduling for next year as I drop of this years animals off.
I toyed with getting sheep, but figured for how often I eat lamb, I could just pick up a lamb roast twice a year when I wanted, instead of raising them up. Plus my fencing would need an overhaul. Same with pigs, just seemed too much effort when pork loin roasts are $1.99/lb.
I torqued my back yesterday while moving furniture. I stopped at a garage sale today and SCORE!
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Two dollies for a buck each.
I bought 990 feet of woven wire fence because we are taking over our neighbors sheep herd. Does that make us farmers? We will be setting up a flock # with the usda and getting set up with the livestock auction next week.
Remember to pick up a runt and train it as a sheep dog.I bought 990 feet of woven wire fence because we are taking over our neighbors sheep herd. Does that make us farmers? We will be setting up a flock # with the usda and getting set up with the livestock auction next week.
I think we are covered, 2 Pyrenees and 2 heeler mixes.Remember to pick up a runt and train it as a sheep dog.