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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 448048" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>Alan, </p><p></p><p>Mostly I finish my steers for customers and haul them in groups to the processors. I am done at that point. The cut sheet specs are between the customer and processor. The processor doesn't want to get down to the nitty gritty specs on quarters. If two people want to split a half, I let them decide on specs and divide after they pick up the packaged beef. There are not many requests for quarters anyway. </p><p></p><p>I have a full time job at a large facility with many peers who buy beef. Most of them want a half or whole and this makes up most of my sales of this type. The quarter sales generally involve people who are on a fixed income and can't afford a half, someone who does not have sufficient freezer space or else elderly couples who do not eat enough beef to justify buying a half. I do indeed occasionally get the request, but they can find someone to split with on their own if they are willing to agree on the processing specs. </p><p></p><p>One more thing, occasionally you have standing order for the "same thing" they bought a previous year. Keep records of who bought what from which animal. Problem is, that cow may have a heifer calf for three years running and you cannot produce the same "steer" a customer had.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 448048, member: 3162"] Alan, Mostly I finish my steers for customers and haul them in groups to the processors. I am done at that point. The cut sheet specs are between the customer and processor. The processor doesn't want to get down to the nitty gritty specs on quarters. If two people want to split a half, I let them decide on specs and divide after they pick up the packaged beef. There are not many requests for quarters anyway. I have a full time job at a large facility with many peers who buy beef. Most of them want a half or whole and this makes up most of my sales of this type. The quarter sales generally involve people who are on a fixed income and can't afford a half, someone who does not have sufficient freezer space or else elderly couples who do not eat enough beef to justify buying a half. I do indeed occasionally get the request, but they can find someone to split with on their own if they are willing to agree on the processing specs. One more thing, occasionally you have standing order for the "same thing" they bought a previous year. Keep records of who bought what from which animal. Problem is, that cow may have a heifer calf for three years running and you cannot produce the same "steer" a customer had. [/QUOTE]
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