Where can i buy a whole lamb near me

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WHOLE COWS | PASTURE-RAISED Beef
Pasture-raised Turkey
How much does whole lamb cost?
How much does it cost to buy a live lamb?
How much does it cost to buy a butchered lamb?
How much is a 2022 sheep?

100% Grass-fed to finish
We raise St. Croix and Florida Native hairsheep
No drugs administered of any kind

Looking for a change of pace in your meal planning?

Try our 100% Grass-fed lamb! This full bodied rich taste offering is perfect for special occasions and for those who like to rotate different meats into their meal planning. From leg of lamb to rack of lamb this is the perfect change of pace needed from chicken, pork and beef.

Selling information

Lambs sold by the whole
Lamb priced by the hanging weight. Ranges (60-75 lbs). Lamb is $5.35/lb. hanging weight for Fall 2022.
Processing separate and paid to meat locker at time of pickup
Lambs are harvested in the fall. $50 deposit required to reserve order

For pricing and questions, please call

Cazzi Wacholz (303) 912-1499

Our lambs are grass fed here on the farm. As with all of our animals, you can be assured that your lamb will not have any harmful additions.

NO MEDICATIONS
NO ANTIBIOTICS
NO GROWTH HORMONES

Lamb is available in whole only. You should expect around 60 pounds. All processing is done in a USDA plant and all cuts are vacuum packed.

Whole Lamb

$10.00 per pound
Average hanging weight is 60 pounds

Processing Fee (Paid to Ebels) on average $100

$100 DEPOSIT REQUIRED to secure your Whole Lamb.

Your deposit will secure your lamb order and we will contact you when your animal is being processed and then contact you when it is available for pick up here at the farm. If you have not called our processor, Ebel’s, they will contact you before they process your order to collect their processing fee and also get your instructions for your cuts.

STEPS TO PURCHASE:

Pay $100 Deposit. You will receive an email confirmation of your order.
Call Ebel’s Market (USDA Meat processor) (231) 826-3333 Extension 230
a. Inform Ebel’s that you have purchased a Whole Lamb from Cook Family Farm
b. If you know how you would like your Whole Lamb cut and packaged, you can give them instructions.
c. If you are unsure, the friendly people at Ebel’s Market are very helpful in guiding you through the order process.
Cook Family Farm will contact you when your Whole Lamb is ready to pick up.
Pay your balance direct when picking up.

CLICK HERE to view Ebels Processing Guide!

GRASS FED
PASTURE RAISED
NO MEDICATIONS
NO GROWTH HORMONES
NO ANTIBIOTICS
100% PURE NATURAL

The next step in shopping local for meat eaters is to purchase the whole animal! We believe using the entire animal is the most responsible and respectful way of raising meat. We offer fresh pastured meat, available by the whole or half animal, and custom meat packs.

WHOLE LAMB

Our lambs are organically-fed and raised on pasture at VFF. If you’re not already familiar, a lamb is a sheep that is less than one year old. Our lambs are rotated regularly on pasture. Rotational grazing is the practice of moving animals through pasture to improve soil, plant and animal health. At VFF our animals are moved from one portion of pasture to another so that land has time to rest after it has been grazed. When areas of pasture are given time to rest and regenerate, this allows for forage plants to recover and deepen their root system.

We are expanding our flock of sheep year by year and building up our on farm breeding program.

We believe in nose to tail processing/eating. This is the philosophy of using every part of the animal in food preparation/selling with the mindset of letting nothing go to waste. In addition to lamb offal (organ meat) and meat cuts, we have a limited supply of sheepskins available.

WHOLE COWS | PASTURE-RAISED Beef

We currently have four cows and two oxen at the farm. In the fall of 2021, we processed two of our organically grained, pastured Holsteins. VFF beef is available at the farm store. When our own beef is not available, we have a huge selection of other beef products available to purchase from other local farmers.

Our four cows (two pregnant female Jerseys and two Waygu Holstein crosses) are out on pasture May-November. During the winter months, our cattle move up to their winter housing paddocks near the farm store. We invite our customers to the pasture and to the paddock for animal viewing but please remember there is no climbing or going into animal pens at the farm. Feeding animals is strictly prohibited and we do not allow dogs on the farm, this is for your animal and our animal's safety.

Turbo and Bandit are our two oxen. They are working animals that will be used to clear land in the future.

Pasture-raised Turkey

We collaborate with Hurd Farm in Hampton, NH for our turkey offerings. Farmers Steve and Jeremiah have a great friendship and working together is always a pleasure. What can be better than fresh, pasture-raised turkey for Thanksgiving? The turkeys are slaughtered on farm and available frozen at the farm store year round.

THANKSGIVING TURKEY

These turkeys are pasture-raised on green grass and sunshine on Hurd Farm’s 160 acres. They are never given antibiotics or hormones. Thanksgiving week, we also have them available fresh.

PASTURED CHICKEN

We specialize in nonGMO pasture-raised chicken.

JUST IN TIME FOR SPRING

Drop by the farm to pick up your fresh, locally made compost for your garden beds!

How much does whole lamb cost?

Whole Lamb = $225 plus $125 processing. A 75 lb lamb will yield approximately 27 lbs of meat (total cost per lb of meat is approximately $12.96/lb). Ground Lamb = $14/lb. Great for Italian and Indian cooking, shepherd's pie, or for a unique hamburger.

How much does it cost to buy a live lamb?

Lambs are usually sold within the limits of $75 -$100. A younger non-registered ewe (two to four years of age), with no records of ancestry, is priced between $200 – $250. A purebred registered sheep may cost up to $500 plus.

How much does it cost to buy a butchered lamb?

A lamb that dresses at 50 lbs. will usually yield between 35- 40 lbs. of take home meat. A whole lamb costs you around $10.90 per pound of take-home meat.

How much is a 2022 sheep?

In early December, LMIC forecasted that in 2022 national direct slaughter lambs could see $213 to $228 per cwt., up 0.5 percent annually. The three-market average for 60 to 90 lb. feeders could see $256 to $271 per cwt, down about 1 percent from 2021.