{"product_id":"whole-cow-for-sale","title":"DEPOSIT for 100% Grass-Fed Whole Cow Share, Raised in Texas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREAD CAREFULLY BEFORE BUYING.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e This is a \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDEPOSIT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e for a whole cow share based on hanging weight. Final Price is determined on Hanging Weight of the Carcass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrice per lb of hanging weight: \u003cstrong\u003e$9.50\u003c\/strong\u003e, locked in on the day you place your deposit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTypical whole hanging weight: 600 to 700 lbs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTypical total: $5,700 to $6,650\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeposit to reserve: \u003cstrong\u003e$3,200\u003c\/strong\u003e, applied toward your total\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProcessing (cut, package, freeze): included in your price\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEffective cost per lb of beef in your freezer: about $18.00 to $19.50, depending on your cuts and yield\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA whole cow is the best value per pound we offer, and the last stop for anyone who's done with the grocery meat counter. You get the entire animal, cut exactly the way you want it, from cattle raised on Texas pasture and picked up in McKinney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur partner ranchers raise Angus and Hereford cattle (and crosses) on Texas pasture with rotational grazing. No feedlots. No confinement. Never grain-finished to fatten them up at the end. No antibiotics. No added growth hormones. No mRNA vaccines. No glyphosate. That's the beef in every whole cow share.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you get in a whole cow\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA whole cow share typically runs roughly 300 to 350 lbs of packaged beef, depending on the animal's hanging weight, the cuts you choose, and the yield. That's the entire animal: every steak, every roast, the brisket, the ribs, the ground beef, and all the odds and ends most people never get access to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a lot of beef. For most families it's a year of eating, and it's why plenty of buyers split a whole with a sibling, a neighbor, or a friend from church and each take a half.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhole cow cuts, your call\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuy a whole and you design it. A whole animal is two sides, so you get two cut sheets and can cut each side differently if you want. One side heavy on steaks, one side heavy on ground and roasts, if that's what fits how you cook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSteaks: boneless or bone-in ribeye, New York strip, filet, sirloin, picanha, flank, skirt, tri tip. You pick thickness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoasts: chuck, arm, rump, round. Bone-in or boneless, and you choose the size per roast.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRibs: short ribs or dino ribs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrisket: whole, split, halved, or ground. Two briskets in a whole animal, so you can do one of each.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBraising and slow-cook: shank, osso bucco, stew meat.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariety meats: liver, heart, oxtail, tongue, cheek meat, if you want them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGround beef: in 1 lb vacuum-sealed packs or 2 lb chubs, your choice. Anything you don't assign becomes ground.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrefer more ground and fewer roasts? Say so. Want every steak cut thick at 1.5 inches? That's your call too. Everything is packaged one per pack, and anything you leave blank on the sheet comes back as ground beef.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrgans are inspected individually at the plant and any of them can be condemned even when the carcass passes, so we can't guarantee a specific organ on a specific animal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne thing worth knowing before you order, especially on a whole animal: we run an over-30-month grass-finished program, so the loin gets cut as New York strip and tenderloin rather than T-bones or porterhouse. You get the same meat, cut into two steaks instead of one. If T-bones are what you're after, this isn't the program for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's included, and what costs extra\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStandard cut, wrap, and freeze is included in your price per pound. Two things cost extra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eValue-added products are sausage, flavored ground beef, hamburger patties, and beef bacon, with a 25 lb minimum per sausage variety and per flavored ground variety. They're priced separately, shown as their own line on your invoice, and they can't be refunded once production starts. Worth planning for: sausage, flavored ground, and patties are all made from ground beef, so every pound you order is a pound of ground you don't get back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExtra processing covers soup bones at $1.00\/lb and hamburger patties at $0.75\/lb. That charge is for labor, not for the beef, which you've already paid for by the hanging pound. Bone-in cuts carry no extra charge; the soup bone charge applies only to bones packaged on their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow whole cow pricing works\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhole cow price is based on hanging weight (hot carcass weight, or HCW), not the final packaged weight. When the animal is processed, it's weighed at the USDA-inspected facility before cutting and trimming. Your share is priced from that weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrice per lb of hanging weight: \u003cstrong\u003e$9.50\u003c\/strong\u003e, locked in on the day you place your deposit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTypical whole hanging weight: 550 to 750 lbs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTypical total: $5,470 to $7,460\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeposit to reserve: \u003cstrong\u003e$3,200\u003c\/strong\u003e, applied toward your total\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProcessing (cut, package, freeze): included in your price\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEffective cost per lb of beef in your freezer: about $18.10 to $19.90, depending on your yield\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat per-pound number is the lowest of our three sizes. A whole animal is where the math works hardest in your favor. See the full breakdown, including a worked example on a real animal, on our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/how-we-price-your-beef-share\" title=\"How We Price Your Beef Share\"\u003eHow We Price Your Beef Share\u003c\/a\u003e page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow to reserve your whole cow\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlace your deposit by the 15th.\u003c\/strong\u003e Reserve your whole cow share online with a $3,200 deposit. Order by the 15th of the month and your share goes into that month's batch, with pickup the following month. Your deposit reserves the next available whole animal for you.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe 15th is also the lock-in date.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cancel any time before the 15th and we refund your deposit in full to the card you paid with, no fee. After the 15th your share is scheduled for processing, so the order can't be cancelled or changed. See our \u003ca href=\"\/policies\/refund-policy\" title=\"Refund and Cancellation Policy\"\u003eRefund \u0026amp; Cancellation Policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFill out your cut sheets by the 22nd.\u003c\/strong\u003e We email both sheets as soon as your deposit goes through and walk you through them. There are no wrong answers, and we'll tell you what most families do if you'd rather not think about it. Scan or photograph them and send them back to orders@texasgrassfedfarms.com by the 22nd. If we don't hear from you by then, we apply our standard cut sheet so your batch stays on schedule. Once submitted, selections are final.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWe handle processing.\u003c\/strong\u003e Your beef goes through a USDA-inspected Texas facility. Their process uses electrical stimulation, which starts tenderizing right after harvest and prevents the cold-induced toughening that makes some grass-finished beef disappointing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWe confirm your balance.\u003c\/strong\u003e Once the hanging weight is confirmed at the processor, we calculate your final balance from that weight and send you a second invoice. You pay by entering your card on the invoice; we don't store your card or charge it automatically. The balance is due within 3 business days of the invoice, and no later than 48 hours before your pickup day, whichever comes first.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWe send your pickup date.\u003c\/strong\u003e Pickup is on a scheduled Saturday afternoon in McKinney, TX, with an assigned arrival window.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFulfillment runs about four to six weeks after the cycle closes. That covers finishing the cattle, scheduling and delivering to the processor, harvest, aging, cutting, packaging, and our pickup from the plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePickup in McKinney\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll shares are pickup only in McKinney, TX right now. We're not shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePickup happens on a scheduled Saturday afternoon, and we assign each customer an arrival window, generally between 12:00 PM and 6:00 PM. Your beef comes packed frozen in sealed boxes with a packing slip inside. You sign for your box count at pickup, then check the contents against the slip when you get home and tell us within 72 hours if anything's off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlan your vehicle. A whole cow is roughly 300 to 360 lbs of frozen beef and it takes real space, not just freezer space. Bring a truck or an SUV with the seats down, bring gloves, and bring help loading. How you get it home is up to you, so bring whatever coolers or blankets you want for the drive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCan't make your window? Send someone in your place. No charge, just let us know in advance and have them bring photo ID. Full details are in our \u003ca href=\"\/policies\/shipping-policy\" title=\"Shipping and Pickup Policy\"\u003eShipping \u0026amp; Pickup Policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDo you have room for a whole cow?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBe honest about this before you reserve. Plan on 25 to 30 cubic feet of freezer space, which for most people means more than one freezer: a large dedicated chest freezer plus whatever you already have. Real-world packing eats about a quarter of a freezer's rated capacity once you account for package shapes and shelving, so size up rather than down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the thing that catches people out. There's no fixing it on pickup day, and 340 lbs of beef with nowhere to put it is a bad Saturday. Measure before you order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf that's more than you can store, the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/half-cow-for-sale\" title=\"Half Cow for Sale\"\u003ehalf cow share\u003c\/a\u003e gives you the same beef and the same cut sheet control at half the volume. You can also split a whole with someone and each take a side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSee the cut sheet before you order\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCurious what you'll actually be filling out? Here's the real thing, both sides, exactly as we'll email it to you once your deposit goes through.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/2775\/0957\/files\/TGFF_Cut_Sheet-Whole.pdf?v=1785540740\" title=\"Texas Grass Fed Farms Whole Cow Cut Sheet\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDownload the whole cow cut sheet (PDF)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorth a look before you place your deposit, especially if you've never built one before. Four pages, two sides, and you only fill out the B Side if you want it cut differently from the A Side. Nothing to submit now; this is just so you know what you're getting into. When it's your turn, it's due back by the 22nd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhole cow, answered\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow much does a whole cow cost?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhole cow cost is based on hanging weight, not packaged weight. You pay $9.50 per pound of hanging weight, with processing to cut, package, and freeze included. A whole animal typically hangs 600 to 700 lbs, so your total usually lands between $\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e5,700 and $6,650, which works out to about $18.10 to $19.90 per pound of actual beef in your freezer. You reserve with a $3,200 deposit and pay the balance once the exact hanging weight is confirmed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow many pounds of beef is a whole cow?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExpect roughly 300 to 350 lbs of packaged beef, depending on the hanging weight and your cut choices. Ask for more boneless cuts and the number comes down a little; keep bone-in cuts and soup bones and it comes up. Your take-home weight is always lower than the hanging weight because of aging, trimming, and boning, which is normal for every beef share.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIs it cheaper to buy a whole cow?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePer pound, yes. A whole cow is the best per-pound value of our three sizes, and it costs less per pound than buying the same grass-finished cuts one at a time. The tradeoffs are freezer space and paying more up front, which is exactly why we offer \u003ca href=\"\/products\/half-cow-for-sale\" title=\"Half Cow for Sale\"\u003ehalves\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/quarter-cow-for-sale\" title=\"Quarter Cow for Sale\"\u003equarters\u003c\/a\u003e too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow many cut sheets do I get?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo, one per side. You can cut the two sides differently if you want. Both are due back by the 22nd, seven days after the order cutoff.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCan I add sausage or beef bacon?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes, on the cut sheet. There's a 25 lb minimum per sausage variety and per flavored ground beef variety. These are priced separately and billed as their own line on your invoice, and they can't be refunded once production starts. Keep in mind that sausage, flavored ground, and patties all come out of your ground beef.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow much freezer space does a whole cow need?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlan on 25 to 30 cubic feet, which usually means more than one freezer. Real-world packing eats about a quarter of a freezer's rated capacity, so give yourself more room than the math suggests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCan I split a whole cow with someone?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes, and plenty of people do. You can each take a side and split the cost. Shares are for personal and household use, so splitting with family, friends, or neighbors is fine; reselling commercially isn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow long does the beef last in the freezer?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProperly vacuum-sealed and kept frozen at 0°F, a year or more without meaningful quality loss. Your beef comes to you frozen and ready to store.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy placing a deposit you agree to our \u003ca href=\"\/policies\/terms-of-service\" title=\"Terms of Service\"\u003eTerms of Service\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/policies\/refund-policy\" title=\"Refund and Cancellation Policy\"\u003eRefund \u0026amp; Cancellation Policy\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"\/policies\/shipping-policy\" title=\"Shipping and Pickup Policy\"\u003eShipping \u0026amp; Pickup Policy\u003c\/a\u003e. Questions about your order: orders@texasgrassfedfarms.com or 469-809-8098.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Texas Grass Fed Farms","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67100375842861,"sku":null,"price":3200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/2775\/0957\/files\/whole-cow-share_dbd4a2c3-3812-403f-9f55-09a1bd26ec73.png?v=1786670416","url":"https:\/\/texasgrassfedfarms.com\/products\/whole-cow-for-sale","provider":"Texas Grass Fed Farms","version":"1.0","type":"link"}