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<blockquote data-quote="gizmom" data-source="post: 960595" data-attributes="member: 13402"><p>We have sold freezer beef we would sell 1/4, 1/2 or whole the thing we sold it off the farm at 1.25 a pound then went to 1.50 a pound on the hoof. We would deliver the steer to the processer the buyer was responsible for all processing cost. We quit because when we went to 1.50 people balked at the price, had no understanding of what it cost to get the calf to that weight all of the calves graded really well. Educating people is the most difficult part of the process making them understand if they want a quarter then it has to be processed the same as the other quarter, then they want to pay in installments the final straw was the call of a lady that wanted 1/2 a steer but she wanted the whold steer cut into steaks, she didn't like hamburger. I tried to explain that it didn't work that way but she insisted that we cut the calf into steaks. I finally told her we were out of the freezer beef business lol. I just couldn't take it anymore. We developed a flyer with freezer beef facts the whole thing but it just got to be more trouble than we wanted to deal with. Another issue was getting the calves into the processor it never failed when they were ready the processor couldn't take them for weeks we only have two in our area so that was a major draw back. I think it can work but do your homework before you start.</p><p></p><p>We quit a couple years ago now just keep a few for close friends and faimly.</p><p>Gizmom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gizmom, post: 960595, member: 13402"] We have sold freezer beef we would sell 1/4, 1/2 or whole the thing we sold it off the farm at 1.25 a pound then went to 1.50 a pound on the hoof. We would deliver the steer to the processer the buyer was responsible for all processing cost. We quit because when we went to 1.50 people balked at the price, had no understanding of what it cost to get the calf to that weight all of the calves graded really well. Educating people is the most difficult part of the process making them understand if they want a quarter then it has to be processed the same as the other quarter, then they want to pay in installments the final straw was the call of a lady that wanted 1/2 a steer but she wanted the whold steer cut into steaks, she didn't like hamburger. I tried to explain that it didn't work that way but she insisted that we cut the calf into steaks. I finally told her we were out of the freezer beef business lol. I just couldn't take it anymore. We developed a flyer with freezer beef facts the whole thing but it just got to be more trouble than we wanted to deal with. Another issue was getting the calves into the processor it never failed when they were ready the processor couldn't take them for weeks we only have two in our area so that was a major draw back. I think it can work but do your homework before you start. We quit a couple years ago now just keep a few for close friends and faimly. Gizmom [/QUOTE]
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