Buying Lucky Star Beef
Whole Beef – $2.75/pound (hanging weight)
Side of Beef – $3.00/pound (hanging weight)
Split side of Beef $3.25/pound (hanging weight)
With Free Delivery to most Kansas, KC Metro and Oklahoma locations!
Buying beef by the whole beef or side is an extremely economical, sane and safe way to buy your meat. You are paying much less than grocery store prices for your meat and you know where it came from. When you buy ground beef, stew meat or even steaks at the grocery store, one package may contain meat from several animals.
All of our beef is processed by Chieftain Brand Meats in Kiowa, Kansas. They are a USDA certified meat processing plant with state of the art facilities and more than 30 years of experience cutting and processing meat. There is a USDA federal inspector on site at the locker every day and your beef is assured of safety and quality. Using a USDA inspected locker allows us to ship beef across state lines to customers. You are also welcome to pick up your beef at the locker in Kiowa.
Pricing for 2010
The State of Kansas requires that meat be sold by the pound. As licensed meat wholesalers, we are required to price our meat according to it’s “hanging weight”.
$3.00/lb Hanging weight (approximately 700lbs/beef) + processing fees $0.50/lb (there may be extra processing fees for special cutting requests such as ground beef patties, tenderized minute steaks etc.) Processing fees are paid directly to Kiowa Locker Systems (see below) If we deliver your beef you can pay this directly to Lucky Star Farms.
All beef sold hanging weight will lose some of its weight in the cutting and trimming process no matter how lean the side of beef is. The amount of fat and bone that must be trimmed (cutting loss) from a side thus has an influence on the price per pound of meat that is finally wrapped and frozen for you. Weight is also reduced due to the Dry Aging process.
The price per pound you pay for packaged meat will be approximate and will vary with how you want your beef trimmed and boned. On average, packaged weight will equal about 70% of the hanging dressed weight.
So…If you are buying a side of beef you will be paying for approximately 350lbs at $3.00/lb = $1,050.00. (+ processing of $0.50/lb).
350lbs x 70% = 245lbs packaged meat (average) = approximate cost of $4.28 per pound plus processing fees. This is MUCH less than you would pay for Premium Angus Grass Fed Beef in your local Whole Foods or other specialty market. Even grass fed ground beef costs much more than that in the store. Your order will include: strip steaks, filets, t-bones, ground beef, stew meat, roasts, sirloin steaks, brisket, ribs and tenderloin!
For a quarter (split side) beef you will be paying for 175lbs at $3.00/lb = $525.00 (+ processing of $0.50/lb) and you will receive approximately 122.5lbs of packaged meat. (average)
Please reserve your order with a payment of $300.00 for a quarter, $600.00 for a side or $1000.00 for a whole beef by sending a check or money order to: Lucky Star Farms 2235 River Road, Eureka, Kansas 67045. Full payment is due upon delivery.
Processing fees will vary with your order and are paid directly to Kiowa Locker System 128 South Sixth, Kiowa, Kansas 67070 when you pick up your beef (or prior to delivery). Call for shipping prices.
When you order a side or a whole beef, you will need to decide on how you would like your beef cut. T-Bones or tenderloins and strips? Sirloin Steaks or Roasts? Split Sides (Quarters) are processed according to Lucky Star Farms standard cutting order. See “any way you slice it” for more on this and call us for more details.
Please call us at 620-583-6776 to place your order. Or email luckystarfarm@gmail.com.
