Ep. 04 - A Consumer's Guide to Purchasing Animals for Butchering - 2 Gals and The Butcher

Discover the unique experience of savoring wholesome, grass-fed
meats from a trusted local butcher, Thad Erickson of Full Circle
Meats on the Road Custom Cutting.


Here's what we cover with Thad Erickson in this episode:


1. The difference between live weight and hanging weight when
processing a beef, and the factors that affect yield.


2. The advantages of purchasing a whole or half animal compared
to a quarter, such as specialty cuts, quality, and cost savings.


3. How to determine price per pound for hanging weight, including
market trends, comparison to grocery stores, and knowing the
farmer.


Thad Erickson is a local butcher from Kerkhoven, Minnesota, and
the co-founder of Full Circle Meets on the Road Custom Cutting.
He has been a meat manager at the grocery store level for many
years and decided to take his experience to the next level during
the pandemic.


As a farmer, Carol gives her insights from a producer's point of
view. Why and how she prices the animal the way she does


Jamie asks some great questions, understanding how lost a
customer can be, when purchasing a live, whole or half of a beef
or hog directly from a farmer and dealing with a butcher, after
the purchase.


On The Road Custom Cutting is also on Facebook
(facebook.com/ontheroadcustomcutting)


About Thad Erickson:


Thad was a grocery store level meat mananger, in the
Minneapolis/St Paul, MN area for a number of years. During the
pandemic, because of the meat processing plants shut-down crisis,
Thad and a hunting partner helped hog farmers from the Rush City,
MN area process and sell their hogs. Because of this positive
experience, they took their meat cutting business to the next
level. They decided to process meat full time, settling in the
Kerkhoven, MN area to do so.


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