The beef
The qualities this producer documents, from genetics and finishing to aging.
- Documented qualities
- 100% grass-finished · No added hormones · Animal-welfare certified
Each claim below includes the evidence carried in the register.
Feed
- 100% grass-finished
- 100% grass and forage diet, raised outdoors on pasture for the animals' entire lives (per Certified Grassfed by AGW standard Source: feed program.
Practice
- No added hormones
- no added hormones or subtherapeutic antibiotics. Source: feed program.
Certification
- Animal-welfare certified
- Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW Source: certification record.
Buying record
Buy from this farm
A half or quarter of a single carcass, usually priced per pound of hanging weight. Confirm expected weight and included processing before ordering.
Published price
$6.25 full cost / lb
Comparable hanging-weight record for: half, whole.
Best fit
- Freezer beef
How you get it
Meat Share model: customers buy a percentage ownership of a live animal (covering feed and vet costs); farm raises, slaughters on-farm, and uses a local custom butcher; buyer picks up at the farm on an assigned month/date, communicated by email or phone as the date nears.
Ordering details
Online via the farm's Eat From Farms-powered store with Stripe payments; buyer purchases a share (percentage of a live animal) in advance of the assigned slaughter date.
Price
$6.25 full cost / lb hanging weight · half, whole share sizes
Across the 25 Northeast farms that publish a comparable price, the median full cost is $7.35 per hanging pound; the published figures run from $5.25 to $9.50. That is one figure for 6 states, not a benchmark any single farm should be measured against. Breed, finishing, aging, processing, and share size all move the number, and we do not publish per-state medians — the largest state sample is 7 records. A higher or lower price here is not a verdict on this farm. See all 25 comparable records
“Otter Creek NOW offers half or whole cow purchasing for $5 per hanging weight # plus butchering fee (approx. $1.25/HW#).”
Published basis: hanging weight
Hanging, packaged, and live weight explained
Processing not included.
What supports this number
- farm quotes $1.25/lb processing separately
Price checked against the published source.
Buying details
- Certifications
- Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW); Certified Grassfed by A Greener World (AGW).
- Harvest timing
- Slaughter dates are pre-assigned at time of purchase; buyer is told the month their meat will be ready for pickup, then contacted with the exact date/time as it nears.
- What they sell
- Animal shares
- Town
- Johnsonville, NY
- Website
- Visit website
In their words
“The Wiley family has farmed in the town of Pittstown since the early 1790's and has owned Otter Creek Farm since 1882. The farm has been operated as a conventional dairy since 1937.”
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