Side of Beef, Reservation Deposit

Freezer Beef & Beef Shares Item Code: SHARE-26-SIDE-DEP

$ 500.00 ($ 500.00 / Unit)

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Buying a side of beef is the lowest cost per pound we offer, and it is cut to your own instructions rather than to a fixed pack list.

How the price works

A side of beef is priced on hanging weight at $8.85 per pound. That rate already includes slaughter, standard butchering, vacuum sealing, labelling, boxing and freezing.

What you pay here is the $500 reservation deposit. Once your animal is processed and weighed we invoice the balance on the actual hanging weight, less this deposit. Our steers typically hang at 325 to 400 lbs, so a side of beef usually comes to $2,876 to $3,540 in total.

A 21-day dry-aged option is available for an additional $250. Custom butchering beyond the standard cut is priced separately.

What you get back

A whole steer typically yields 400 to 450 pounds or more of packaged meat. Bone-in or boneless, and how closely each cut is trimmed, both move that number.

Roughly how a carcass divides up. Your own cutting instructions move these figures.
Category	Share of packaged weight
Ground beef, patties and sausages	50 to 55%
Steaks (ribeye, strip, filet, flat iron, skirt, fajita and more)	16 to 18%
Roasts (London broil, sirloin tip, eye round, short ribs, brisket, stew beef)	23 to 28%
Offal (liver, kidney, heart, bone)	about 3%

Offal (liver, heart, kidney), broth bones and suet are yours at your option. Some customers want all of it, some take it for their dogs, and some would rather not have any. Kidney, oxtail and hanger steak are included with a whole beef if you want them. Just tell us.

Collecting your beef

Pickup only at Watauga Butchery, Vilas, NC. We call you to arrange a date and time once your beef is ready. We have no space to hold beef after that, so the appointment matters.

Compare every Shipley Farms box

Everything we pack, side by side, so you do not have to open each page in turn. Prices are what you pay online today. Click any box name to open it.

Curated boxes

How the curated boxes compare. Open any box to see exactly which cuts are in it.

Box	Family Pack	Grill Master	Sunday Roast	Everyday	Steakhouse
Price online	$88.89	$144.44	$275.56	$337.78	$452.22
Beef in the box	6.25 lb	4 lb	14.5 lb	14.5 lb	14.5 lb
Price per pound	$14.22	$36.11	$19.00	$23.30	$31.19
Delivery	Ships or pickup	Ships or pickup	Ships or pickup	Ships or pickup	Ships or pickup

Beef shares

Bulk freezer beef, cut from a whole animal. The three pack columns are totals from the share pack list, not a carcass yield estimate.

Share	Price online	Finished weight	Price per pound	Dry-aged	Delivery	Ground, burgers and sausage	Steaks	Roasts, ribs and more
1/8 Beef Share	$825	40 to 42 lbs	$19.64	No	Ships or pickup	17.5 lb	15.7 lb	8.5 lb
1/8 Beef Share, Dry-Aged	$905	40 to 42 lbs	$21.55	Yes	Ships or pickup	17.5 lb	15.7 lb	8.5 lb
Quarter Beef Share	$1,580	about 85 lbs	$18.59	No	Farm pickup only	39.5 lb	24.8 lb	22 lb
Quarter Beef Share, Dry-Aged	$1,730	about 85 lbs	$20.35	Yes	Farm pickup only	39.5 lb	24.8 lb	22 lb
Half Beef Share	$3,000	about 175 lbs	$17.14	No	Farm pickup only	76 lb	52.5 lb	47.5 lb
Half Beef Share, Dry-Aged	$3,250	about 175 lbs	$18.57	Yes	Farm pickup only	76 lb	52.5 lb	47.5 lb
Reserve a whole animal. You pay a deposit now, then the balance by hanging weight once it is processed.
Side of Beef, Reservation Deposityou are viewing this reservation	$500 deposit	325 to 400 lb hanging	$8.85 per hanging lb	On request	Farm pickup only	Your cut sheet	Your cut sheet	Your cut sheet
Whole Beef, Reservation Deposit	$750 deposit	650 to 800 lb hanging	$8.75 per hanging lb	On request	Farm pickup only	Your cut sheet	Your cut sheet	Your cut sheet

Weights are the beef in the box and exclude ice and packaging. Cut and packed to order in Vilas, North Carolina.

Option	Price	Minimum
Pre-formed 1/3 lb hamburger patties	$1.20/lb	10 lb minimum
Link sausages	$2.00/lb	25 lb minimum