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Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Mon Aug 01, 05 6:12 pm Post subject: Dexter Beef & Kerry Hill Lamb/Mutton

After the sucess of the previous sale of two Dexters this way, I now have another steer available as two halves, toward the end of the month. It is very small, so I am only expecting to get about 40kg of beef per side, so it will be best sold in two halves.

I will also have some Kerry Hill lambs & hoggs available as halves or whole, packaged in the same way £45 per half.

Let me know in the usual way if anyone is interested.

Rob

Terms of sale

The above offer is for the sale of two halves of one Dexter steer carcass at a price of £5-00 per kilogram final weight*1.

The deadweight measurement is the point of sale after which the animal becomes the buyers responsibility.

Confirmed orders may be cancelled where either a replacement buyer is successfully provided by the non-completing buyer, or where a replacement buyer is otherwise available. Cancelled orders cannot be accepted after the point of sale.

Where an incident of force majeure occurs, neither I nor the buyer can be held responsible for replacement. Examples of force majeure include the death of either party, the pre-slaughter death of the animal, or the condemnation of any part of the carcass for public health reasons (including the pre-slaughter loss of official animal identification).

I*2 am offering the beef for sale as half carcasses, the cost of butchering is inclusive in this price.

Each half is available for sale as one lot to any individual or group of individuals who are contributors on the downsizer.net forum or the rivercottage.net forum.

Each half will be available in wholesale packaging*3 as reflected by the price. Information as required by the Beef Labelling (Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2000 will be provided with each half carcass.

Offal from the animals will be available if requested. This includes the heart, two kidneys, lungs, tail and liver. Only the liver may be split between lots.

Payment is due 14 days from the date of invoice. Invoices will be generated once weights are available and payment at or before the time of collection will be acceptable*4

Payments for halves shared by a group of individuals may be either supplied wholly by one of those individuals or in part from each individual. Where full payment is not available the half carcass will not be released.

Collection is the responsibility of the buyer, although an informal arrangement between contributors is encouraged to save transport costs & time. Any delivery costs may be added to the invoice & the contributor(s) collecting reimbursed*5.

A full traceability record can be provided upon request. This includes the parentage of the animal, any movements throughout its lifetime and any medication supplied throughout its life*6

*1 Final weight is as provided by the butcher & includes beef joints, steaks, cubed meat & mince. This does not include bones & offal which can be provided on request free of charge, appropriately split between halves or more if available.
*2 ‘I’ as a representative of ‘Rosewood Farms’, to which all payments can be made out.
*3 No individual wrapping, packaging or labelling. Each will be presented in a number of plastic lined cardboard boxes, as divided by the abattoir. An inventory can be supplied if required.
*4 the point at which the order leaves our premises.
*5 currently proposed as £20 per half carcass, subject to change as per informal agreement.
*6 Where the animal is home bred (which this animal is not), otherwise as much information as is available will be provided.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 05 10:41 am Post subject:
Really glad its working for you Rob - when do expect the lamb to be available (ish) and could I have it butchered to requirements?

twoscoops

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 1924
Location: Warwickshire

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 05 10:44 am Post subject:

Can I just say that the beef is excellent. I’ve had one of the forequarter joints (which I overcooked

) but it was still tender and tasty. I've also cooked a curry with the braising steak and made burgers twice, the best I've ever had.

Today I'm having home-cured corned beef from the brisket (very nice) and last week i had some of the ox liver. Soaked in milk and then sauteed it was lovely and subtle. Tonight I'm going to make a slow-cooked tagine with the shin.

It was no hassle meeting the Downsizer courier and took me about 90 minutes to weigh, bag and label everything up. A BIG freezer is essential, but the beef is well worth it and very well priced.

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 05 11:02 am Post subject:

Totally agree with Twoscoops - infact the beef is so good - if I had room for it at the moment I'd have another half side.

We've also made burgers with the mince for my nieces birthday bbq - they were gorgeous and brought multiple comments of praise

I also took the bones and once roasted they made some magnificant stock which only served to enhance the mince in a number of bolognese sauces

I've also used a couple of forequarter's as Sunday roasts - thinking I'd have loads let over - unfortunately my family decided they enjoyed it so much it all went.

Joanne

twoscoops

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 1924
Location: Warwickshire

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 05 11:17 am Post subject:
Have started a new thread on the subject to avoid hijacking Rob's ad.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 05 3:23 pm Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

Really glad its working for you Rob - when do expect the lamb to be available (ish) and could I have it butchered to requirements?

Lambs really are as & when required. I was going to send some either the week before or the week after the beef (so ready either the week before or the same week), and that I was hoping to get booked in for the end of August/early September pick-up.

I have a few baby lambs that will be ready then, but I would recommend some 1year hoggs in preference to the young ones. I also have some two year wethers for mutton, which are the same price, so you will get a bit more for your money.

Butchering is pretty flexible as to how you want it.

Rob

P.S. I'm glad the last beef went down so well, it is nice to know we are doing something right

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 05 3:42 pm Post subject:
Rob I'm interested in half a hogget - is there any Offal with it? Anybody else from Leeds/West yorkshire interesed in a trip to the far east? Or I could collect for you.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 05 9:39 pm Post subject:

Behemoth wrote:

Rob

I'm interested in half a hogget - is there any Offal with it?

Anybody else from Leeds/West yorkshire interesed in a trip to the far east? Or I could collect for you.

Yes, offal can be split between two halves how you like, consisting of: liver, lights, heart & kidneys.

Behemoth

Joined: 01 Dec 2004
Posts: 19023
Location: Leeds

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 05 8:41 am Post subject:
OK I'll go for a half with bits but hold the knife as I need to sort a Saturday when I can pick up. I'll PM you when I know when I can do this. As my little girl has an obsession with 'manimals' at the moment a trip to a farm will be a plus for her. Anybody else in Leeds/West Yorkshire who'd like me to collect and deliver let me know by PM.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 05 8:54 pm Post subject:

Behemoth wrote:

OK I'll go for a half with bits but hold the knife as I need to sort a Saturday when I can pick up. I'll PM you when I know when I can do this.

As my little girl has an obsession with 'manimals' at the moment a trip to a farm will be a plus for her.

Anybody else in Leeds/West Yorkshire who'd like me to collect and deliver let me know by PM.

The knife is definately held at the moment- busy with haymaking etc., but also a seemingly complete lack of interest in the beef this time

Mr O

Joined: 13 Feb 2005
Posts: 5512
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 05 9:11 pm Post subject:

Rob R wrote:

Behemoth wrote:

The knife is definately held at the moment- busy with haymaking etc., but also a seemingly complete lack of interest in the beef this time

I would be interested in Half a dexter steer depending on your location?

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 05 9:49 pm Post subject:
For anyone else who doesn't know, the Lower Derwent Valley runs for about 25 miles from the ares South East of York to the River Ouse between Goole & Selby. We are about half way along the valley.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45420
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Aug 09, 05 9:27 am Post subject:

The Orange wrote:

I would be interested in Half a dexter steer depending on your location?

Hey Orange, where've you been? Long time no see..

Mr O

Joined: 13 Feb 2005
Posts: 5512
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

Posted: Tue Aug 09, 05 8:26 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

The Orange wrote:

I would be interested in Half a dexter steer depending on your location?

Hey Orange, where've you been? Long time no see..

tahir
I have been in and out having a read but don't post much! Time is the pressure on me, but we are expecting a litter of GOS next week if all goes well I will let you know how it goes.
Regards;
TO

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45420
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Aug 10, 05 9:27 am Post subject:

The Orange wrote:

we are expecting a litter of GOS next week if all goes well I will let you know how it goes.
Regards;
TO

Good luck and make sure you let us know (piccies'd be great too)

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