erba verde farms is proud to offer bulk beef from our partner farm:

1320 Porterville Road

East Aurora, NY 14052

legacypasturedbeef@gmail.com

(716) 324 – 1975

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Bulk grass-fed beef from

legacy pastured beef

wholes, halves and split halves

We are currently taking orders for Summer of 2026. Don’t wait – guarantee your 2026 beef now!

Slots are reserved upon receipt of orders.

Contact legacypasturedbeef@gmail.com or call/text Ethan @ (716) 324-1975 with questions.

How it works:

We pre-sell beef by the whole, half and split half (quarter). A deposit reserves the animal until it is ready to process. We anticipate your beef being ready for pickup from the processor in late fall or early winter 2023.

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The processor will work with you directly to guide you through this process.

The processor then sends us the hanging weight of the animal so we can move forward with payment.

Bulk beef is sold per pound of hanging weight . This price is for the animal only, and does not include processing. When our processor gives us the hanging weight, we will send you an invoice for the remaining balance to be paid to Legacy.

The processor will notify you when your beef is ready for pickup at 5786 Co Rd 17, Friendship, NY. You will need to pay the processing cost directly to Bare Bones Butchering at pickup. The processor assesses a fee if your beef must be stored at their facility longer than their policy stipulates.

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2026 Pricing

(Updated Sept. 2025)

Price (by hanging weight):

Split Half (quarter): $6.50 / lb

Half: $6.35 / lb

Whole: $6.10 / lb

Split Half (quarter): $200

Half: $400

Whole: $800

Split Half (quarter): $200

Half: $400

Whole: $800

These are only estimates – the total price is subject to your specific requests and animal weight.

Our processor’s website:

https://www.facebook.com/p/Bare-Bones-Butchering-61553274060644/

Frequently asked questions

When the animal is processed, it is gutted, and the hide and head are removed. It is then split in half. Each half is weighed to establish the “hanging weight” which determines your cost paid directly to Legacy Pastured Beef. The carcass is then hung in a cooler at the processing facility to age the meat prior to butchering. During this aging process some weight is lost (approximately 10 lbs per whole) as moisture evaporates from the meat.

Animal slaughter and butchery is a specialized, highly skilled and labor intensive process. For this reason it is a significant part of the cost of meat. Due to the nature of pastured beef farming, we have dozens of animals ready for processing in a short window of time in the late fall or early winter. To be able to include the animal and processing in a single payment to us that includes processing, we would have to pre-pay the processing cost for those animals – a combined expense that is very difficult for us to outlay prior to receiving payment from our customers. This also simplifies our accounting – we receive payment for the product and service we offer -raising the animal. The processor receives payment for their product and service – the processing.

We can’t help but mix in a little math lesson here. Remember symmetry from your math class? This isn’t complicated but maybe you haven’t thought about it like this before: A beef is symmetrical if it’s divided down a line from nose to tail – both sides are identical. A beef is asymmetrical if it’s divided down a line that goes from side to side – both front and back are not identical. For processing, a beef is split down the backbone into two identical halves or “sides”. Two people that each buy one side of the animal get identical pieces.

So what about “split half (quarter)”? If you take a half (aka “side”) and split that in half, it doesn’t create two identical parts. You end up with a front half and a back half which are different. If you order a “split half (quarter)” the processor will simply butcher the half and separate the resulting cuts to try to equally divide those cuts for the two customers that ordered quarters. There are parts of a quarter that can’t get evenly divided to each customer but that gets into the nitty gritty detail on butchery so the processor could give you way more information than we can on this topic.

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Yes – at this time we are not offering any beef for sale that has not been pre-ordered in bulk. Reach out to our sister farm, Erba Verde Farms, to inquire about retail beef sales by the individual cut.

We are co-owned by the same owners of Erba Verde Farms! Hence the “s” in Erba Verde FARMS – a group of multiple farms. You will order through Legacy Pastured Beef for all bulk beef orders. Frozen retail cuts are sometimes available directly through Erba Verde Farms.

Our processor will contact you directly when your beef is ready for pickup at their location in Friendship, NY. You must pay the processing expense in full at time of pickup. Per processor policy, there could be a daily fee if you do not pick up your beef soon after it is ready.

Experience will be your guide here, but if you’ve never ordered bulk beef before here are some guidelines: For every quarter beef you’ll need about 4-5 cubic feet of freezer space. The freezer compartment of a refrigerator/freezer combo in your kitchen varies widely but most are between 5-8 cubic feet. That would easily store a quarter of beef. Most people choose to use a standalone chest or upright freezer to store their beef. For a quarter, a small chest freezer would be perfect.

A half of beef would require 8-10 cubic feet of freezer space. A medium size chest freezer should be sufficient for a half.

A full beef would require 16-20 cubic feet of freezer space – that’s a large chest freezer (one you could lay down in!)

You will receive all the cuts and ground from your portion of beef (whole, half or split half). You can customize your selections. Our processor has a list of standard cut options (see link below). For example, you can choose to have a higher amount of ground by choosing less roasts, or you could choose more roasts and receive less ground. Our processor is Alliance Farm Butchery – go directly to the page of their website listed below for detailed information on the cut options (https://risenswinefarm.com/alliance-farm-butchery/alliance-farm-butchery-cut-options/)

In the butchering process there is expected waste due to removal of unwanted fat and bones. This waste accounts for the reduction in weight between hanging and packaging. Since this waste in the butchering process is dependent on the type of cuts you choose, we sell by hanging weight prior to butchering.

Keep in mind these are all approximations for a whole beef:

-60% of the live weight ends up as hanging weight (1000 lb live reduces to 600 lb hanging)

-65% of the hanging weight is turned into packaged meat for you to take home (600 lb hanging reduces to 400 lb of packaged beef)

For a quarter, your estimated take-home is 100 lb. For a half, your estimated take home is 200 lb.

Click HERE for pricing examples for our different bulk quantities – whole, halves and split halves (quarters).

Not currently available. Inquire with us to see when this may be an option.

Special offer: “Aged on the Hoof” Beef

$3.75 / lb hanging weight

We know that some customers enjoy the rich flavor of beef from an older animal. We have a very limited supply of older cows that are nearing retirement in 2024 and will be available for $3.75/lb hanging weight in split halves, halves and wholes. You could choose to receive the majority of this product as ground beef, but we think you’d be missing out on the incredible flavor of the steaks and roasts of our “aged on the hoof” beef. Contact us for more information.