All of the beef we are raising for 2024 is reserved.
Please contact me if you want to get on the list for 2025
"That's the best fat I've seen on a grass-fed steer."
-Bret, Northern Trails Meats
Odyssey Farm raised Grass-Fed Beef is available in Halves and Mixed Quarters as well as 25lb and 50lb boxes.
You get top quality beef sourced from genetic lines that have been supplying the farms that supply Chicago restaurants.
Odyssey Farm becomes more regenerative in the process with managed grazing that improves our pastures, soil health, and doesn't require grinding feed. The steers in the banner photo were the 2023 grazing team.
25lb and 50lb Boxes of Beef:
Both boxes will include a mix of Steaks, Roasts, and Ground Beef. Some specific cuts -tongue, liver, oxtail, etc, available upon request.
25lb box is $305 and requires a $50 deposit to Odyssey Farm upon order. A 25 lb box is about 1 cubic foot of space or 1 standard milk crate.
(That's $12.20/lb for 100% grassfed beef born on a certified organic farm and finished on Odyssey Farm with organic and regenerative practices -no pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers used in the pastures. No antibiotics used on the animals. When you average the cost per pound for that level of meat quality across the cuts that include steaks and roasts, it's a bargain. The more meat you can buy and put in your freezer, the better the value. )
50lb box is $595 and requires a $100 deposit to Odyssey Farm upon order. A 50 lb box is about 2 cubic feed of space or 2 standard milk crates.
Half or Mixed Quarter of Beef: (Processing dates for Oct 2024)
How It Works:
Call or email Odyssey Farm to order your half or mixed quarter of beef. I will confirm your order via email when I receive your $250 deposit —check made out to Odyssey Farm, LLC.
Quick Breakdown:
Our 100% grass-fed Black Angus/Red Brangus/Murray Grey Crosses finish out between 950 and 1,200 lbs. These are very “ballpark” figures.
Ordering mixed quarter will give you around 110 lbs of take home meat. You pay Odyssey Farm for the beef based on the hanging weight of the carcass and then pay the processor the fees for slaughter, cutting, grinding, and packaging the meat -also based on a hanging weight base fee.
Before your animal is processed, I will ensure we talk through the Northern Trails Meats Cut cutting instructions so you get exactly what you want out of your order.
The Details:
Here's an example cost and yield breakdown for an 1,100 lb steer.
The hanging weight of the carcass before cooling will be about 682 lbs. The mixed quarter hanging weight would be 170.5 lbs.
You'd pay Odyssey Farm $5.65/lb for the hanging weight. $5.65 x 170.5=$963.32. to Odyssey Farm.
You'd pay the processor (their rates are subject to change) $31.25 for slaughter and $.95/lb hanging weight for processing.
$31.25 + $161.98 = $193.23for processing (if you don't opt for the additional $.50/lb for plastic-wrapped, cryovac packaging)
$963.32 to Odyssey Farm plus $193.23 to the processor equals $1,156.55 for 110 lbs of take home meat. That's $10.51/lb for 100% grass-fed beef bred and born on one organic farm and finished on another using organic and regenerative practices. High end butcher shops more than $10.51/lb for ground beef alone and more than double that for roasts and steaks.
110 lbs of meat will take up just over 4 cubic feet of freezer space -about four to four and a half standard milk crates of volume.
The processors we use:
Country Meat Cutters
W9851 County Rd GG
Reeseville, WI 53579
(920) 927-5577
http://www.countrymeatcutters.com/
\Northern Trails Meats
109 Emerald St.
Watertown, WI
(920) 261-7807
http://www.northerntrailsmeats.com/index.html
For more information on the breakdowns of beef processing, check out this UW-Madison link.
Please contact me if you want to get on the list for 2025
"That's the best fat I've seen on a grass-fed steer."
-Bret, Northern Trails Meats
Odyssey Farm raised Grass-Fed Beef is available in Halves and Mixed Quarters as well as 25lb and 50lb boxes.
You get top quality beef sourced from genetic lines that have been supplying the farms that supply Chicago restaurants.
Odyssey Farm becomes more regenerative in the process with managed grazing that improves our pastures, soil health, and doesn't require grinding feed. The steers in the banner photo were the 2023 grazing team.
25lb and 50lb Boxes of Beef:
Both boxes will include a mix of Steaks, Roasts, and Ground Beef. Some specific cuts -tongue, liver, oxtail, etc, available upon request.
25lb box is $305 and requires a $50 deposit to Odyssey Farm upon order. A 25 lb box is about 1 cubic foot of space or 1 standard milk crate.
(That's $12.20/lb for 100% grassfed beef born on a certified organic farm and finished on Odyssey Farm with organic and regenerative practices -no pesticides, herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers used in the pastures. No antibiotics used on the animals. When you average the cost per pound for that level of meat quality across the cuts that include steaks and roasts, it's a bargain. The more meat you can buy and put in your freezer, the better the value. )
50lb box is $595 and requires a $100 deposit to Odyssey Farm upon order. A 50 lb box is about 2 cubic feed of space or 2 standard milk crates.
Half or Mixed Quarter of Beef: (Processing dates for Oct 2024)
How It Works:
Call or email Odyssey Farm to order your half or mixed quarter of beef. I will confirm your order via email when I receive your $250 deposit —check made out to Odyssey Farm, LLC.
Quick Breakdown:
Our 100% grass-fed Black Angus/Red Brangus/Murray Grey Crosses finish out between 950 and 1,200 lbs. These are very “ballpark” figures.
Ordering mixed quarter will give you around 110 lbs of take home meat. You pay Odyssey Farm for the beef based on the hanging weight of the carcass and then pay the processor the fees for slaughter, cutting, grinding, and packaging the meat -also based on a hanging weight base fee.
Before your animal is processed, I will ensure we talk through the Northern Trails Meats Cut cutting instructions so you get exactly what you want out of your order.
The Details:
Here's an example cost and yield breakdown for an 1,100 lb steer.
The hanging weight of the carcass before cooling will be about 682 lbs. The mixed quarter hanging weight would be 170.5 lbs.
You'd pay Odyssey Farm $5.65/lb for the hanging weight. $5.65 x 170.5=$963.32. to Odyssey Farm.
You'd pay the processor (their rates are subject to change) $31.25 for slaughter and $.95/lb hanging weight for processing.
$31.25 + $161.98 = $193.23for processing (if you don't opt for the additional $.50/lb for plastic-wrapped, cryovac packaging)
$963.32 to Odyssey Farm plus $193.23 to the processor equals $1,156.55 for 110 lbs of take home meat. That's $10.51/lb for 100% grass-fed beef bred and born on one organic farm and finished on another using organic and regenerative practices. High end butcher shops more than $10.51/lb for ground beef alone and more than double that for roasts and steaks.
110 lbs of meat will take up just over 4 cubic feet of freezer space -about four to four and a half standard milk crates of volume.
The processors we use:
Country Meat Cutters
W9851 County Rd GG
Reeseville, WI 53579
(920) 927-5577
http://www.countrymeatcutters.com/
\Northern Trails Meats
109 Emerald St.
Watertown, WI
(920) 261-7807
http://www.northerntrailsmeats.com/index.html
For more information on the breakdowns of beef processing, check out this UW-Madison link.