Mud Creek Ranch

01/05/2023

‼️Freezer Clear Out‼️

It all needs to go. It is time to sell the last of the beef I have left because we still have way too many freezers of meat from our 2022 animals. We need to sell this meat and then some of the freezers also after we get them emptied. It’s time to make room for new projects we have going on around the house!

It’s faster and easier to text me 815-278-3313 if you’re looking to get anything. I haven’t been on this page much lately to check my messages.

The quantities on putties and the others with + means that there are probably more, but we only did inventory on 8 of the 9 freezers we have left

05/11/2022

Mud Creek Ranch Customers,

I’ve been dreading this post for quite some time. I’m sure many of you have noticed my lack of posting on here as well as my extremely slow responses (or non-existent). During Covid I had grown my retail business as well as selling more quarters and halves. In 2020 we sold over 90 animals in under 6 months. Things were extremely busy with the farm, but our kids were not doing any extra curriculars and my time was being spent at work and all my free time was on the farm. As many of you know we had the birth of our son in August of 2020. Also, I changed careers and went into the residential and commercial construction industry about the same time. I juggled through 2021 as best as I could but world began to open up and our baby began to grow up. This year when I’m not out driving around helping customers with my career I am coaching my kids, watching my kids play sports, spending time with my family, farming, or raising my cattle. I’ve decide that I really enjoy all of those things and I do not have any more time for other things. This means I had to give up the beef portion of my life. I love raising cattle and I will never give that up. I just can’t try and be a ‘grocery store’ for my customers any longer. I know this may been a bummer for some of you that have been my loyal customers for a long time. Many of you these past few months I have been sending on to my family because they raise the same beef and they have much more time to help with communication. They don’t carry quite the amount of inventory that I used to, but they do carry all the same cuts.



I want to tell everybody that I am sorry for the lack of quality service the past 6 months or so. I’ve been really struggling with the finality of my decision. The fact is I always have tried to stay true to my foundation which is that my family comes before anything. The beef business ties up a lot of money when carrying the kind of volume we had. Also, it is impossible to keep everybody happy and for the very little profit that comes with the business it is no longer something I want to take time from my family. I want to stick with selling roofs during the day, coaching my kids and having family time at night and on the weekends. That along with raising my cow/calf herd and my hay business will keep me busier than I have time for. I started the year with 13 completely full freezers of beef and I have been trying to decrease that to 2-3. I still have 10 freezers full of various items. I would like to get some of it moved if anybody wants to place any bulk orders then I will cut you a heck of a price. 5 of those freezers alone are hamburger, plain patties, jalapeño pepper cheese patties, bacon patties, and bacon cheddar patties. Another freezer has quite a bit of skirt steak and briskets. I have a freezer of roasts (mainly arm, rump, and sirloin tip). I have 2 more freezers with random items. I don’t have any steak left and I lost a complete freezer than had a bunch of stuff. If you’re looking for something in particular just let me know.



I do still have about 17 hogs left going to the locker in June that I don’t want to cancel because they were booked a year and a half ago. If anybody has interest please reach out and I’ll try to get to your message as soon as I can.



For all of your beef needs I would highly suggest calling Melanie (My mother) at 217-379-7852 or messaging her on Facebook at Bauer Crops & Cattle. They will get you quality meat at an affordable price.



I just want to say again how very sorry I am. I have been dreading this moment because I feel I am letting everybody down, but it is just what is best for me and my family at this time. I understand many of you may leave this page since it no longer provides the service you need. I do still plan to upload cute photos of new calves and updates from our family farm on this page. Mud Creek Ranch isn’t just a business, it is our home and will never go anywhere! I really want to thank each and every person who has purchased meat from us. I am sorry to those of you that were not happy with our service or our retail offerings. I still highly encourage you to shop local as often as you can.



Thank you again for your continued support



Tyler Eads

05/06/2022

01/31/2022

Hey everybody!

I believe most of you know I work for a construction company as my full time job. The name of that company is C-U Under Construction! My focus with the company is exterior renovations (roofing, siding, gutters, windows, and doors). I also specialize in insurance claims. If you are looking for any exterior work in 2022 feel free to reach out to me directly and I’ll come take a look for you! It never hurts to get a couple competitive bids to keep us all honest. I do travel all over Central Illinois when it comes to exterior work. We will also travel into Indiana as well. I only post this on here because I have many of my meat customers that I’ve done roofs for this year that had no idea I sold roofs until I brought it up in conversation. I enjoy helping people get what they need at an affordable price. Sometimes that is quality meat and other times it may be a brand new roof or siding. Our installers are highly qualified for any type of roof or siding you may want!

Work contact info
Cell 217-714-9636 (call or text)
Email [email protected]

12/27/2021

‼️2021 is coming to a close‼️ We are reducing our inventory going into the new year. Our freezer space is limited and we are scaling back on the retail volume he carry on hand. Our kids are becoming more active than ever and this makes it hard to keep up with the demand. Don’t worry, we still plan to have some inventory, but we are trying to cut back from 13 freezers to 4-5. Let us know if you have a need for larger volumes of patties or ground beef and we would give an even better volume discount for quantities over 100 #. These deals are going to run now until 1/14/2022. Specials are good while supplies last!

5% additional discount on orders over $1000!

Please share this post with your friends and family if you feel so inclined. We appreciate your continued support and look forward to helping keep your freezer full of locally raised beef!

11/25/2021

Happy Thanksgiving everybody! In the spirit of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, we wanted to throw a small special together. We are running the ad today through the end of the day 11/30/21. We will be doing some bundles in December for Christmas, but prices won’t be as low as these. With beef prices climbing we will have to make adjustments after the first of the year, but now is a great time to stock up.

These prices are only while supplies last. We have a huge inventory, but it’s possible to run out. If you place an order for any of these deals by the end of the day Tuesday you can pick them up next week any day. Please schedule appointments for pick ups

Special patty flavors: Jalapeño Pepper Cheese, Bacon Cheddar Cheese, Bacon

Still have a couple quarters, halves, and wholes available in December.

08/30/2021

‼️It’s bundle time‼️

Here are some bundles we put together for Labor Day. Please let me know if you want me to throw a custom bundle together. Let me know what you want and I’ll build you a bundle!

Some of these bundles are going to move quickly so don’t wait until last minute. As you can see some have limited quantities available!

07/17/2021

Figured I’d share this for my wife… Something awesome for little ones you may have in your life. Not going to lie… I love the Farm ones the best!

06/24/2021

‼️Here you go‼️

I am running these bundles now until July 31st. A lot of grilling options here for your summer get togethers! If you have any special requests please let us know and we can throw together a custom bundle for you possibly when you order a larger quantity. So don’t be afraid to ask and we will make something that fits your needs. These are just some cuts we have been stocking up on for awhile, but we have over 2000 # of meat on hand at the farm and have an abundance more at the locker ready to pick up when I have enough freezer space to make a trip worth it.

We appreciate everybody’s continual business and look forward to helping you fill your need needs this summer!

06/20/2021

Happy Father’s Day to all you guys out there. One of these guys has about 20 children and the other is expecting to have some this time next year! Whether you have many children or you have one on the way… I hope you have a great Father’s Day.

06/19/2021

Hey everybody.

Sorry to kidnap my Mud Creek Ranch page for a second, BUT I know the forecast has some extreme weather chances this weekend and I wanted to offer a few tips which could help you if your house gets hit. There are chances of high winds and hail across the state. I know I have customers all over and wanted to use my page briefly to give some advice.

IF you have high winds or hail and you are awake for it documentation is always good. Videos showing high winds and hail are never a bad thing if you have damages because it can prove to be useful during an insurance claim. If there is hail be sure to gather up about a dozen pieces and take good photos. Put them in a bag and store in your freezer.

If you do get hit with high winds and/or hail feel free to reach out. Raising livestock is my hobby, but my actual career is doing storm damage inspections and helping with insurance claims. So if you or anybody you know wants an inspection I’d be happy to help make sure any property is okay after any storms.

Be sure to ask me about the referral program because we like to reward people for referring people who might have some type of damages (hail, wind, tree damages, tornados, fires, and water damages).