ky colonel
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Has anyone had any luck selling beef at a farmers market?
AFAIK, you will need it usda inspected to sell by the piece. Sounds like you are just wanting to sell a little, not worth the hassle imho. Just sell halves before you butcher, or get ready for beef every night (my preference!)ky colonel":32w3f8is said:i would say thats good. never had one butchered so dont really know what amount of meat i will be dealing with. thinking a 1000lb steer. also wondered if people would buy it frozen and pay same prices that you see in chain stores.
That's a very accurate description of direct marketing. I've read into it some and even crunched the numbers. But I have better luck selling somebody a pot load of live cattle than a $15 chicken and keeping my day job :2cents:Aaron":au9cyf2f said:If you want to be really successful at it (I mean making a $200k plus a year) you have to invest a lot of time and money into it. This means going to multiple farmers markets, having no time for chores so you have to have a hired man do everything, lots of freezers and a mobile card reader for credit and debit cards (no one carries cash). Also, you have to have the gift of gab and BS. Very few do it on any scale here, only one does it the way I described above. Also, you will have to have a picturesque farm and lots of happy cows grazing because some people WILL want to see your operation and if they go away disgusted, word will travel.
It's a whole lots of extra BS that I would never want anything to do with.
I only had to read the last sentence to know that I agreed with you.Aaron":iexescua said:If you want to be really successful at it (I mean making a $200k plus a year) you have to invest a lot of time and money into it. This means going to multiple farmers markets, having no time for chores so you have to have a hired man do everything, lots of freezers and a mobile card reader for credit and debit cards (no one carries cash). Also, you have to have the gift of gab and BS. Very few do it on any scale here, only one does it the way I described above. Also, you will have to have a picturesque farm and lots of happy cows grazing because some people WILL want to see your operation and if they go away disgusted, word will travel.
It's a whole lots of extra BS that I would never want anything to do with.
Supa Dexta":32vbb39s said:Easy to say when you're born into thousands of cattle.
True Grit Farms":2p5ihyol said:We are privileged to have js1234 post his views on this site.Supa Dexta":2p5ihyol said:Easy to say when you're born into thousands of cattle.
Supa Dexta":1ktc76jw said:True Grit Farms":1ktc76jw said:We are privileged to have js1234 post his views on this site.Supa Dexta":1ktc76jw said:Easy to say when you're born into thousands of cattle.
Oh nothing against him, and Aaron should take some guff for the comment too really. But just because someone doesn't want a certain job, don't call it BS. Someone needs to shovel be nice, mow lawns, feed people, pave roads, whatever.
I just meant it in a way that if you have 1000s of cattle to manage you likely don't need to be the guy peddling beef in a parking lot in town.. I do not have that many 0s after my number of head though.. I'm a 0 short, so farmers markets it is.