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Knowing where our food comes from has become an inceasingly important factor to consider when feeding ourfamilies. At Funk Farms, we believe in taking great care of cattle and land. Quality and care are the responsibility of every
member of the team at Funk Farms. All members of our organization maintain their BQA Certification. Winner of the 2012
Region 3 NCBA Environmental Stewardship Award, Funk Farms continues to implement those best practices that improve
animal husbandry and land management. Click Here to learn more about Funk Farms Trust.
We believe in supporting other local producers in our area. We offer a huge selection of cheese from our good friends
and neighbors at Ropp Jersey Cheese. We also sell a variety of delicious brittles from J&J Brittle in Stanford, Illinois, gallons
and half gallons of whole milk from the famous Little Brown Cow Dairy in Delavan, Illinois, and farm fresh eggs from Crooked
Creek Farm in Shirley, Illinois! The new office features exquisite artwork by local artist, Herb Eaton. We also carry a selection
of Herb Eaton's greeting cards that beautifully represent Illinois corn. More local products are coming soon!

It's easier than you think! Call the farm office at 309-829-9325. Let us know when you'd like to get beef in your freezer! We will check our availability and offer you a spot on the list, and if that spot works for you, we'll ask for a deposit to reserve your beef. ($200 for a whole, $150 for a half, and $100 for a quarter). We will let you know the date we deliver to the locker. You'll receive an invoice from us that reflects the dressed weight (See next FAQ) of your beef. Our current price per pound on dressed weight is $3.10/lb. This does not include processing. Your beef will hang and dry age for 21 days. The locker will reach out to you to talk you through your personal cutting instructions and then call you to let you know your beef is ready for pick up. Take your laundry baskets or big coolers with you, and you'll pay the locker directly for the processing when you pick it up.

EXAMPLE: A whole live steer that weighs 1820# will produce a dressed weight of approximately 1088#. At $3.10/lb, the cost for this whole beef, payable to Funk Farms. is $3372.80. Processing is an additional cost paid directly to the locker at pickup, and varies greatly depending on your cutting instructions and choice of packaging. On average, a locker will charge between $0.70-$1.00/lb dressed weight for processsing. On this whole beef example, processing would cost between $760-$1100. Sounds like alot up front, HOWEVER, you'll be filling your freezer with approximately 700# of Premium Beef at $6-$7/lb. This, in addition to ground beef and roasts, includes all the high-end primals like Ribeye Steaks, Filets, New York Strip Steaks and other specialty cuts. The beauty of the process is that you don't have to commit to a whole beef. Buying 1/4s and 1/2s offers the same incredible savings compared to buying individual retail cuts.

Disclaimer: Farmers and ranchers don't manufacture beef; we grow it. Every animal is different, therfore live and dressed weights vary.

Great question. Our price is based on the ‘dressed weight’ also known as the ‘hanging weight’. This is the weight of the animal immediately after slaughter, before it is taken into the cooler to hang, and before it is broken down into your preferred table-ready cuts. The dressed, or hanging weight, is an average of 60% of the live animal weight. People often wonder why the beef they pick up from the processor weighs less than the "dressed weight". The 21-day dry-aging process, in addition to removal of bone and excess fat, results in the client taking home about 60% of the 'dressed weight'.

EXAMPLE: A whole live steer that weighs 1820# will produce a dressed weight of approximately 1088#. At $3.10/lb, the cost for this whole beef, payable to Funk Farms. is $3372.80. Processing is an additional cost paid directly to the locker at pickup, and varies greatly depending on your cutting instructions and choice of packaging. On average, a locker will charge between $0.70-$1.00/lb dressed weight for processsing. On this whole beef example, processing would cost between $760-$1100. Sounds like alot up front, HOWEVER, you'll be filling your freezer with approximately 700# of Premium Beef at $6-$7/lb. This, in addition to ground beef and roasts, includes all the high-end primals like Ribeye Steaks, Filets, New York Strip Steaks and other specialty cuts. The beauty of the process is that you don't have to commit to a whole beef. Buying 1/4s and 1/2s offers the same incredible savings compared to buying individual retail cuts.

Disclaimer: Farmers and ranchers don't manufacture beef; we grow it. Every animal is different, therfore live and dressed weights vary.

ALSO a great question. Buying a large amount of our Premium Beef requires some freezer space. A good rule of thumb is to plan for 1 cubic foot of freezer space for every 30-35 pounds of packaged beef. This applies to chest freezers. An upright freezer requires 1.5-2 cubic feet for 30-35 pounds of beef.

EXAMPLE: Our 1/4s yield between 150-200 pounds of Premium Beef, depending on the live weight of the beef, and your personal cutting instructions. To be on the safe side, we reccommend having an 8-10 cubic foot chest freezer to allow plenty of room for our 1/4s. Our packaged beef is not processed into unform shapes or sizes. It takes a skilled tetris player to organize all the different cuts into a freezer, so allowing for extra space is a good idea if you have the room.

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WHERE ELSE CAN A GUY OR GAL FIND OUR BEEF?

Funk Farms Premium Beef has partnered with the fine folks at Ropp Jersey
Cheese in Normal Illinois. Ken Ropp and his crew are selling individual retail
cuts of beef in their store in Normal, and they also carry our Premium Beef
Snack Sticks and Summer Sausage.

Click the link below to see all the locations in Central Illinois that carry our Beef
Snack Sticks and Beef Summer Sausage!