A Northern California family ranch raising small batch & hand raised animals for your family to enjoy
You want to buy bulk beef, now
what?
The Process
Step One
You contact Chaos Ranch to check availabilty and reserve your order. Beef is sold in only half or whole quanities.
Step two
Chaos Ranch will contact you once your animal has been harvested. This is when payment to the ranch is due in full.
step three
The butcher will contact you to get your cut preferences. This is done over the phone or in person. Just a few simple questions about cuts, quanties, and packaging preference.
step four
The butcher will contact you to let you know your beef is ready for pick up! If needed you can contact Chaos Ranch to discuss delivery options. Cut and wrap fee is due to the butcher in full at pick up.
step five
At this point you can go to the butcher and pick up your beef! Or if previous delivery arragements were made Chaos Ranch will confirm a date and time.
step six
Once you get your beef home make sure it is stored safely and enjoy!
The Breakdown
Live Weight
We raise our animals to be approximately 700-1000 lbs at time of harvest. They are raised on a pasture/grass diet and are finshed on grain for the last 90 days prior to harvest.
Hanging Weight
During the first stage of harvest the animal is dressed out, after that the animal is weighed that is the hanging weight. The hanging weight is approximately 40-60 percent of the live weight. Ex: live wieght 1000lbs >hang weight 500lbs
Pakaged Weight
The packaged weight is the total weight of beef you take home from the butcher. This is approximately 50- 65 percent of the hanging weight. Ex: hang weight 500lbs> 285lbs wrapped beef. Roughly 30-40lbs of wrapped beef takes 1 cubic foot of frezzer space to store. Ex: 285lbs wrapped beef would need roughly 6 cubic feet of frezzer space
Pricing
- Chaos Ranch charges a per pound price based of the hanging weight of the animal.
- The current price is $7.00 per lb
- Chaos Ranch charges a deposit upon reservation of $400 this deposit goes towards the final purchase price.
- This deposit is non refundable
- The butcher charges a "cut and wrap" fee per lb of hanging weight this fee is paid by you to the butcher
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Helpful terms
- Hoof/live weight- how much the walking cow weighs
- Hanging weight- how much the cow weighs after the first stage of harvest (typically 60-65% of live weight)
- Packaged weight- total weight of meat you take home after the butcher breaks down your meat (typically 60-70% of hanging weight)
- The average family of four usallay has no problem consuming a whole steer per year
- A whole steer wrapped works out to approximately 5.5lbs of beef per week for a whole year
- Split it with friends or family, lots of people go this route the eaisest way to do this is to appoint one person to handle everything between the ranch and butcher then have a pick up day at said persons home eveyone brings an ice chest and you spilt it how you like
WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THAT BEEF
Contact Us
chaosranch0@gmail.com
(530)559-2439
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