An eighth of a beef is a super option for those with limited freezer space, smaller appetites or wanting to budget food purchases in smaller installments. The 40 pounds of beef comes in two brown paper grocery sacks and will fit in the freezer portion of a standard refrigerator with room to spare. There is a great variety of about eight pounds of steaks (ribeye, NY strip, filet, sirloin, round and cube), roasts (chuck, arm, rump and sirloin tip) of around 9 pounds, ground beef weighing ~ 20 pounds (at least 90% lean) and about 3 pounds of beef stew meat. The cost is $325.

A half of a hog provides a great variety in 65 pounds of meat. It will fill three brown grocery sacks and costs $354. There will be about 8 pounds of chops (both bone-in pork chops and boneless butterfly) cut at ¾” inch thick, around 13 pounds of shoulder roast (great for pulled pork or slow cooker recipes), ~ 5 pounds of ribs (both spare and country style), a very tasty ~1# tenderloin, five pounds of naturally-cured bacon and at least a pound of sirloin cutlets or roast. Your remaining 30-35 pounds will be ham and ground pork products. You can have up to 18 pounds of ham (choose between hams weighing 2 up to 5 pounds). If you want less ham and more ground pork, let us know. Mix and match the following ground pork choices: breakfast sausage patties, unseasoned ground pork, bratwurst and Italian sausages.