mncowboy
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For those of you who sell natural, hormone free, antibiotic free freezer beef; what are you charging?
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
SRBeef":96juzset said:I find if you limit your sales to those willing to take a whole or half, drive to a processor and handle/store/freeze that much beef you are really reducing the size of your potential market.
I have been charging $3.90/lb for a split half cut, wrapped, and delivered. I backed into this price by figuring I want the same net as selling a traditional fat for $1.30 at the sale barn.
A split half ends up being about 100 lb of beef which is a quantity many families can afford, handle, freeze/store and use in a reasonable amount of time. I have no cuts left over.
I may increase this a bit in the future due to fuel cost increases. With this method you can eat up a lot of time and fuel if you don't keep your customer base close together and focus your sales on one city/suburb etc.
Jim
The bulk of the beef gets sold as large quantities like sides and wholes but the most frequent customers are those that buy my 25 and 50 lb. variety packages and assorted individual cuts. Most of my business is repeat customers which is really important, especially in this economy. Overall sales not growing in the last couple years so I have also been selling at the auction recently. Good prices last time I went.BILL CLAYLAND":4askn8tp said:Hayray, thats a good price!
Pasture and fed out or just grass?
Have you been selling many sides and to return customers?
Bill
That is one heck of a good price, are you getting many people paying that much?hooknline":38zgdq0y said:I sell for 3.5-4/lb hanging weight depending on the animal and quality. Natural, packaged,I pay butcher fees, they pick up from my place.
hayray":2kafcb7t said:That is one heck of a good price, are you getting many people paying that much?hooknline":2kafcb7t said:I sell for 3.5-4/lb hanging weight depending on the animal and quality. Natural, packaged,I pay butcher fees, they pick up from my place.
What sale barn is paying $1.30 for fat fed cattle?SRBeef":1b2n5dkz said:I have been charging $3.90/lb for a split half cut, wrapped, and delivered. I backed into this price by figuring I want the same net as selling a traditional fat for $1.30 at the sale barn.
Jim