Beef shares
$5.25 /lb hanging wt + processing
Quarter, half or whole. Reserve with a deposit, pay the balance at pickup after the locker weighs it. A quarter runs about 116 lb of take-home beef.
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Winneshiek County, Iowa · Since 1961
Beef that spent its whole life on grass.
Red Angus raised on 420 acres of Driftless pasture outside Decorah. No feedlot, no grain, no hormones, no antibiotics. Sold by the quarter, half, whole, box or cut — and delivered to twelve towns a month.
$5.25per lb hanging weight
~$1,206a quarter, all-in
12monthly drop points
14 daysdry-aged
Four ways to buy
Pick the size that fits your freezer
Shares are the best price per pound. Boxes are the easiest way to start. The freezer store is for when you just need steaks on a Friday.
Half & whole hogs
$4.10 /lb hanging wt + processing
Berkshire-cross pigs on pasture and woodlot. Your cut sheet, your call on bacon vs. belly, smoked vs. fresh. About 65 lb from a half.
Pork & poultry →Bundle boxes
$165–$540 fixed price, ready now
Grill Box, Family Box, Freezer Filler. Fixed price, fixed cut list, frozen and vacuum-sealed. Pick up at the farm or at any drop point.
Shop boxes →Individual cuts
From $4 /lb · farm freezer store
Ribeyes to soup bones, priced by the pound. Self-serve freezer open daily 7–8; staffed store Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings.
Cut price list →
What's happening now
October on the ranch
The fall calves are weaned and the 2025 steers have finished on the last flush of grass. That's why the best beef of the year is the beef we process in November and December.
- Nov 12 processing 6 quarters still open. Deposits close Nov 5. Pickup at Fjelstad Locker in Cresco or on the Nov 14–21 routes.
- Dec 10 processing Reserving now. Half and whole shares get first pick of cut sheets.
- Hogs Four Berkshire-cross halves left from the Nov 19 date. Whole hogs sold out until February.
- Chicken 2026 season is done. Frozen whole birds in the farm store while they last. Pre-orders for June 2027 open in March.
- Eggs Plenty. $6 a dozen in the store; $5.50 if you take five.
What a quarter actually costs
| Quarter hanging weight | 187 lb |
| Beef, $5.25 × 187 lb | $981.75 |
| Processing (cut, wrap, vacuum seal) | $196.35 |
| Your share of the kill fee | $27.50 |
| Total | $1,205.60 |
| Take-home beef (about 62%) | ~116 lb |
| Per pound in your freezer | ~$10.40 |
Deposit $250 to reserve. Balance due at pickup. Full breakdown, half and whole examples →
How we raise
Grass in, grass out. Nothing else.
Our cattle are moved to fresh pasture every day from April to November and bale-graze our own hay through the winter. They never see a grain bucket. Pigs run a 14-acre oak woodlot behind the north pasture and get non-GMO barley and whey from a creamery in Calmar on top of what they root up. Chickens follow the cattle in moveable pens.
- No hormones, no routine antibiotics, no grain — ever
- Daily moves on 38 paddocks; 60-day rest between grazings
- Processed 22 miles away at a state-inspected locker, dry-aged 14 days
- Herd closed since 2014; every animal born here
Pickup & delivery
We come to you, once a month
Two Saturday routes cover twelve towns from Rochester to La Crosse to West Union. Orders over $150 ride free. Or stop at the farm store any Friday afternoon or Saturday morning.
Rochester, MN2nd Saturday · 9:00–9:30 · Silver Lake park lot
Winona, MN2nd Saturday · 11:00–11:30 · Levee Park
La Crosse, WI2nd Saturday · 12:15–12:45 · Riverside Park north lot
Decorah Co-op lot3rd Saturday · 9:00–10:00 · 312 W Water St
Cresco, IA3rd Saturday · 10:45–11:15 · Beadle Park
+ 7 moreLanesboro, Preston, Spring Grove, Caledonia, Calmar, Postville, Waukon, West Union
420acres of pasture
110Red Angus cows
3rdgeneration on this ground
640families fed in 2025
November is the last 2026 beef date with room.
Six quarters left. $250 holds yours; the balance is due when the locker calls.