August 20, 2026 Harvest
This is our second best value in ordering our premium grass-fed and finished beef. Meat will be cut according to our standard cutting instructions or based on custom instructions you supply.
This $200 deposit will secure your animal and will be deducted from the final amount. The remaining balance will be due when the meat is ready for pickup. Pricing for a quarter steer is $6.50 per pound hanging weight. Normal processing charges and delivery to Viola Farm are included in the total price/lb.
Pricing:
Pricing for a 1/4 steer is $6.50 per lb hanging weight. Before your beef is ready for pick-up, you will be sent a final invoice for the remaining balance.
**All costs of normal processing, packaging and delivery to Viola Farm are included in our price.**
To order, you will be required to submit a $200 deposit online. After the deposit is collected, we will contact you with schedule, pick-up details, and any other additional information. A final invoice for the remaining balance will be due upon pick up of the meat at Viola Farm.
Cutting Instructions:
You can either choose our standard cutting instructions or submit your own custom cutting instructions with Solar Meats. Packed beef will be ready for pick up at Viola Farm 1-4 weeks AFTER harvest date.
FAQs on Ordering a 1/4 Beef Side:
Viola Farm sells 1/4 beef animals by hanging weight. This side of 100% Grass-fed Beef that is cryovac-sealed and frozen.
Pricing is determined by the hanging weight of your animal. Hanging weight is the actual weight of the animal shortly after it is slaughtered, minus skin, head, and most internal organs.
What you receive should be approximately 60-65 percent of the hanging weight, depending on the cutting instructions you choose and the items you accept or decline.
An example/average based on past experience, beginning with a 1,100-lb live, “finished” animal:
– 700-lb (whole) hanging weight carcass is cut into (4) 175-lb “sides,” each of which become…
– 100-115 lbs of finished, table-ready meat.
The actual finished weight you receive will depend on the size of your particular animal and on your cutting instructions. If you have everything deboned, and decline your soup/dog bones, organs, etc., your yield will be closer to 60%. If you take everything you have coming, and choose bone-in cuts, your yield could be as high as 75-80%. Regardless of cutting instructions, there will also always be a “shrink” or water weight loss, as the carcass hangs for 10 days prior to being cut, during which time it loses moisture (but gains flavor and tenderness).
The size of your carcass may vary but the yield percentages will usually remain in the 60-65% range. A rough guide to calculating freezer space needed is that 30 lbs of packaged meat takes up ~1 cubic foot of freezer space. So, a side of beef that yields 100-120 lbs will require 3 - 4 cubic feet of freezer space.
August 20, 2026 Harvest
This is our second best value in ordering our premium grass-fed and finished beef. Meat will be cut according to our standard cutting instructions or based on custom instructions you supply.
This $200 deposit will secure your animal and will be deducted from the final amount. The remaining balance will be due when the meat is ready for pickup. Pricing for a quarter steer is $6.50 per pound hanging weight. Normal processing charges and delivery to Viola Farm are included in the total price/lb.
Pricing:
Pricing for a 1/4 steer is $6.50 per lb hanging weight. Before your beef is ready for pick-up, you will be sent a final invoice for the remaining balance.
**All costs of normal processing, packaging and delivery to Viola Farm are included in our price.**
To order, you will be required to submit a $200 deposit online. After the deposit is collected, we will contact you with schedule, pick-up details, and any other additional information. A final invoice for the remaining balance will be due upon pick up of the meat at Viola Farm.
Cutting Instructions:
You can either choose our standard cutting instructions or submit your own custom cutting instructions with Solar Meats. Packed beef will be ready for pick up at Viola Farm 1-4 weeks AFTER harvest date.
FAQs on Ordering a 1/4 Beef Side:
Viola Farm sells 1/4 beef animals by hanging weight. This side of 100% Grass-fed Beef that is cryovac-sealed and frozen.
Pricing is determined by the hanging weight of your animal. Hanging weight is the actual weight of the animal shortly after it is slaughtered, minus skin, head, and most internal organs.
What you receive should be approximately 60-65 percent of the hanging weight, depending on the cutting instructions you choose and the items you accept or decline.
An example/average based on past experience, beginning with a 1,100-lb live, “finished” animal:
– 700-lb (whole) hanging weight carcass is cut into (4) 175-lb “sides,” each of which become…
– 100-115 lbs of finished, table-ready meat.
The actual finished weight you receive will depend on the size of your particular animal and on your cutting instructions. If you have everything deboned, and decline your soup/dog bones, organs, etc., your yield will be closer to 60%. If you take everything you have coming, and choose bone-in cuts, your yield could be as high as 75-80%. Regardless of cutting instructions, there will also always be a “shrink” or water weight loss, as the carcass hangs for 10 days prior to being cut, during which time it loses moisture (but gains flavor and tenderness).
The size of your carcass may vary but the yield percentages will usually remain in the 60-65% range. A rough guide to calculating freezer space needed is that 30 lbs of packaged meat takes up ~1 cubic foot of freezer space. So, a side of beef that yields 100-120 lbs will require 3 - 4 cubic feet of freezer space.
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