High Desert Beef

05/22/2024

Mama had a baby last night!😊❤️

03/15/2024

Never any rest and always always when you have stuff to do😬 went out to feed and the cows 🐄 were no where to be found. I drove around for 2 hours trying to locate them, and they were at the neighbors 😂 in the very back. We had some friends help push them with their horses into the neighbors pens and got 4 of them in easy,the crazy one…of course didn’t go in very easy… she tried to squeeze out through the tiny side and got her leg stuck..she’s safe and we got her out but need less to say she’s going to the butcher a lot sooner than planned 😂 or back to where we got her she’s still in the trailer because we’re scared to let her out

03/03/2024

The kiddos had a blast yesterday!! They got to ride neigh neighs 🐴 as Mack calls them! Went for a hair trim and a run (ran my first 5k) 🥳and we just took over Cynthia Mortenson and Owens day 😜 I didn’t think we were ever gonna get out of there😂 Thanks for a fun day!

02/29/2024

We appreciate your support, customers!We are sold out!!!!but do not worry; there will be an update once it gets replenished.🥩🥩

02/28/2024

Tonight’s dinner! Pork loin roast with green salsa (pour the green salsa over the roast) and put on low for 8 hours!! And for the sides we did jalapeño pasta and jalapeño poppers!

02/02/2024

I’ll keep everyone updated!! But we may have a half available! Waiting to hear back
from someone! In the meantime a whole beef and half beef are headed off to some customers from California! 🥩🥩

01/06/2024

Meet our newest member of the family,Ollie! Kirk said we were going on a parts run!😂 surprised us with this little guy🥹

01/02/2024

We will have beef available soon!! I’ll keep everyone updated!!🎉

Is anyone else flabbergasted at grocery store meat prices??

If you were to buy 1/4 of a beef directly from a farmer with an average hanging weight of 180 lbs let’s say (it can very depending on size/age/breed/feed of the animal), out the door after buying the animal share, slaughter / disposal, and processing would be around $1100.
(roughly, depends entirely on hanging weight + farmer’s pricing).

Take home product weight is 62% on average of hanging weight = 112lbs of meat out the door.

Included in that 112 lbs of meat would be your choice of cuts including:
Pot roasts (cross rib, arm roast, chuck roast)
Prime rib or rib steaks (6-7 of them)
A couple packages of short ribs
Stew meat if desired (otherwise more ground)
Soup/marrow bones for making bone broth
Knuckle bones for your dog
A brisket if desired
6-7 T bone steaks (Costco is $64 for four New Yorks 😳)
4 top sirloin steaks
A package of tenderloin steaks
Top / bottom / eye of round roasts, or more hamburger
1-2 rump roasts or ground beef
1 flank or 2 skirt steaks.
Also packaged fat to render for tallow if desired.
Usually 30-50 lbs of ground beef made up of whatever cuts you didn’t want to keep and the trim.

Now I know $1100 is a lot of money up front, but you could also find a friend to split it with you and do $550 for approx 55 lbs of meat (about $9-$10 a pound take home, again, on average.)

Also it is so much higher quality product than Costco. Josh and I were commenting on the unnatural red color of these steaks. These expensive New Yorks from the store are a ‘prime’ cut, and we have seen much nicer looking meat come through the shop at nearly half the cost take home.

Anyhow long story short: if you are going to eat red meat, to save money in the long run and get higher quality, buy a beef share directly from a local farmer, fill your freezer and have food security, enjoy ground beef that has DNA from one animal (exclusively the one you purchased), and support local farmers to help keep local farm land agricultural land and not turned into housing developments.

Big box grocery stores don’t need the income as much as local farmers do and you deserve to have access to local, quality, relatively affordable meat.

09/25/2023

What a good weekend!!❤️ we ended the day today with steaks,grilled onions,pasta,baked potatoes, and corn on the cob!😁

09/11/2023

Working the cows!!! Our new little alley way sure comes in handy!! And thankfully the girls were so calm it went easily(so easy red didn’t even wanna leave the shoot) Pregnancy check sent reds blood off to see if she’s pregnant and hoping that Oreo takes as well!!!

09/04/2023

Drowning in eggs😅🥚 🍳 $3.00 a dozen!!!😁

09/02/2023

Afternoon!!

Fun around the place!

We do have two half’s available 🥳🥳🥳 one is a small half roughly 90 lbs of meat and the other is around 120 lbs!😀