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Frequently Asked Questions
Questions About Custom Beef:
Q: How do I order cuts from a half or quarter
of beef?
A: We will offer to take care of cutting instructions for
your first half or quarter. A guideline for our standard
set of cuts for a typical half beef is as follows:
14 T-bone steaks (3/4” thick)
14 Ribeyes (3/4” thick)
8 Sirloin (3/4” thick)
8 Round steaks (3/4” thick)
2 Sirloin Tip Roasts (3 lbs)
6 Chuck Roasts (4 lbs)
4 Arm Roasts (3 lbs)
2 Rump Roasts (3 lbs)
8 lbs. Stew Beef (1 lb)
4 packages Short Ribs (1.5 lbs)
4 packages Soup Bones (1.5 lbs)
80-100 lbs. Ground Beef
Variety meats, if desired, such as heart, liver,
tongue and oxtail
(For a quarter, divide by 2)
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Q: What about freezer space?
A: As a general guide, 50 lbs. of meat will fit in
about 2.25 cu ft of cooler/freezer space. The empty
freezer compartment of an average-sized home
refrigerator will usually hold one-eighth of a beef
(roughly 50-60 lbs). Quantities larger than this
will require a stand-alone freezer or another
refrigerator-freezer.
A stand-alone freezer will
usually store meat better because it has the
capability to store meat at a colder temperature.
We could possibly store meat for you in our
walk-in freezer for a monthly fee of $10. Call us
for freezer space availability. This would be a
good option if you would like to purchase half
a beef but do not have the freezer space.
Frozen beef will keep at a very high quality for
up to 12 months after which quality will begin to
slowly degrade. Meat will remain safe to eat
indefinitely if kept frozen.
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Q: How do I cook all the cuts?
A: Using the 12th Beef Bundle as an example,
here are a few simple suggestions:
2 New York Srips - Ideal on the grill.
2 Ribeyes - Ideal on the grill.
2 Boneless Sirloin - Ideal on the grill.
20 lbs Ground beef - Whatever your favorite way to fix ground beef,
this will taste better!
3 Beef Roasts - Place the frozen roast in the
crockpot with a little water and seasonings and
you will have a perfect roast for supper. Cut up
any leftovers and combine with BBQ sauce for
great sandwiches.
2 lbs. Stir Fry - Just thaw and it’s ready to make
your favorite dish.
2 lbs. Kabobs - Perfect marinated. Skewer with
your favorite vegetables for Kabobs or use
in stews, soups or stroganoff.
1 lb. Liver- fry it up with butter and onions.
Also:
We sell a few great cookbooks with really
good recipes for all of these grassfed meat cuts.
Also, grassfedcooking.com is a great resource.
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Q: Is this a better deal than buying retail pieces?
A: You are saving money by purchasing the beef
in bulk. You are saving gas money in driving out
to the farm, you are saving dollars by averaging
out the cost of the high-end steaks with the lower
cost ground beef and you are saving money
because you have quick meals in a hurry at
home with stocked beef in your freezer, no
more need for fast food! We are able to charge
less for these animals: less driving time en route to
our USDA butcher-this meat only requires a
State Inspection, less costs associated
with processing, packaging and delivering
with the VA Inspected facility vs. the USDA
inspected one, less electric bills –we are saving
by using less freezer space since you are picking
up the meat from the butcher or from us in boxes
and less time marketing our retail cuts-you are
buying large portions saving us from the time it
takes to sell 1 or 2 lbs. of ground beef at a time.
You could find another family that wants to
“cowpool” and share a quarter or a bundle.
It’s an easy way for you to get started with
this kind of meat buying.
You could pay a portion up front to spread your
costs of the total bill out a month.
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Q: What if I don’t like it?
A: We stand behind our product 100%. We
guarantee to either refund or replace your
meat for the amount returned back to us if you
make your claim within 2 months or less from
date of purchase.
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Q: Isn’t it more convenient to buy at the store?
A: You will find once you become accustomed to
having meat on hand, the “MOST” convenient
source of meat is your own freezer.
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Q: I prefer buying fresh meat. Is frozen meat
as good?
A: Too often people have had bad experiences
with frozen meat because the meat was not
properly frozen or old before it was frozen.
Freezing is nature’s best preservative for meat
products. Meat that is vacuum-packed and
frozen at the optimal freshness will taste
just as fresh as fresh meat cuts.
There are 2 simple ways to thaw meat:
1) Take meat out of the freezer and place in
a refrigerator at least 24 hours in advance or...
2) Place vacuum-packed meats in cool water and it
will thaw very fast (paper wrapped meats can thaw
in water in a leak-proof plastic bag). Change the
water every 30 minutes so that it continues to thaw.
Small packages may thaw in an hour or less; a 3-4 lb
roast may take 2-3 hours.
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Q: How much meat will our family eat?
A: A family of four will get between 100 and 130
meals of beef from a half beef. 50-65 from a quarter.
Eating beef two times per week will take a family
approximately one year to eat a half beef or six
months to eat a quarter.
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Q: Why do we have to pay the processor separately?
A: Custom meat (splitting a cow) is processed
under “custom exemption,” for legal reasons,
the processor MUST be paid directly by
the person buying the animal from us.
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Download this page (along with our
custom/bulk meat prices) as a PDF
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Have questions about our premium, all natural meats
or about Mountain Run Farm?
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