Kathie in Thorp
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Allen, we're sold out for 4 butcher steers w/ slaughter date in January at $4/lb. hanging weight, and customers pay share of $80 kill fee and all of 54 cents/lb. cut/wrap. We grain and alfalfa finish the last 60 days. Before then, pasture and grass hay. We have to match up quarter buyers sometimes, as our cutter takes instructions 1/2 at a time. We require $150 non-refundable deposit to hold, and we do this like 4 mos. before slaughter. So, we are "sold out" before then. Can't put a half back out on the pasture.