Anyone here buy beef from a local farm?

[amsgpwarrior]

Originally Posted by forgop

Thinking about buying beef by the quarter...looks to be around 200# worth of beef with various cuts obviously. Price per lb is $1.85 + the processing fees, which I'm not sure how much that would cost in all. It would be corn fed black angus without the hormones and everything else going into our food.

Any advice about doing this?

Is it organic? Just cause it doesn't have hormones in it doesn't mean they haven't shot the thing up with all the other usual meds, antibiotics, and what nots. I have been in the cattle business for some time and this seems pretty reasonable, maybe even pretty cheap. I think processing fees can be around $.50 to $1.00 per pound. I don't usually deal with that end, I just raise the cattle and sell them. But I only deal with 100% organic black angus cows.