Note: Please read full disclosure statement below before purchasing! The description below applies to THIS SPECIFIC BEEF.
This is a non-organic 100% grass fed beef from Alderspring's wild pastures. This package is comprised of an actual quarter of a beef, and can provide a savings of 50% off a la carte prices found on the webstore. This is the biggest savings we offer anywhere. This quarter is priced at $13.95 per lb.
All beef in your quarter comes cut, frozen and individually vacuum-packaged. Details on exact cuts can be found at the bottom. All beef is packaged with a simple white label. This is to differentiate it from our certified organic beef. Since this beef is not certified organic, we cannot use our regular label with the certified organic icon on it. The beef is aged, cut and packaged in the same way as our certified organic beef and under the same inspection standards. The only difference in packaging is in the label used.
Full disclosure statement on this particular beef: Please read! This particular steer was born on our neighbor's ranch, then sold to us as a weanling. Our neighbor is not certified organic, but he raises his cattle 100% grass fed with no antibiotics, hormones, or GMOs. We have personally visited his ranch many times and are very familiar with his practices. After coming to our ranch as a weaned calf, this steer lived and grazed alongside of our organic cattle for 2 years, eating on certified organic grass. This steer was treated no differently than our organic cattle. In terms of cleanliness and flavor, there is no difference between this beef and our organic beef...but because we can't certify it as organic, you capture big savings!
Steak review, tenderness, and testing information PLEASE READ: This beef is a fairly well marbled beef (see ribeye photo of samples from this beef. All quarters come with ribeyes, New Yorks, and other steaks)!
Tenderness was good at an 8.5 (tenderness of 9+ cuts with a fork; below 8.5 cuts easily with a steak knife; tenderness below 7 is where you want to be done chewing but can't)
Flavor was great at an 8.6
Marbling was a 8 out of 10. USDA would likely grade this beef as CHOICE.
NY strip rind (fat cap) tested with no-off flavors (this is the typical "wonky" flavor that is found even in many corn-fed beeves that is off-putting). The rind on this beef is very consistent with the lean portion of the steak and bears a nutty, buttery flavor. We actually find that that melt-in-your-mouth rind is one of our favorite parts of the steak!
Included in each quarter beef: 30 lbs of ground beef, an average of around 36 lbs of "mixed cuts." Exact weights of mixed cuts are listed in each quarter beef option; you only ever pay for the exact weight you get. NOTE: BONES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN QUARTERS, but when you add to cart you'll have the option to add bones separately!
Here's a general list of the "mixed cuts" you'll get:
-10-15 lbs of "nice steaks" including ribeyes, new yorks, delmonicos, tenderloins, top sirloin, skirt steaks, flatirons, flank steaks, and flap steaks.
-8-15 lbs of London Broils and Sirloin Tips
-10-20 lbs of roasts (may include briskets, eye of round, chuck roast, rump roast, tri tip. We can't guarantee which roasts you'll get, but you will get a mix of these).
-2-3 lbs of ribs (some quarters do not include ribs)
- 3-6 lbs of stew beef
PRICE PER POUND: $13.95
Note that there is variation in exactly what you'll get, but you'll get a range of cuts similar to what you see pictured in the second photo.
