To the processor

Carl went with Jimmy to the meat processor on Thursday -- they had to leave early in the morning, it is a 2.5 hour drive and the 2 animals were supposed to be there for intake at 7am. 

Jimmy got the two cattle loaded... these are two of the 4 that were brought back from across the road after weighing.

There they are in the stock trailer.

Stock trailer and farm truck at the processor

unloading at the processor

Look at the size difference between the two that Jimmy and Carl took (around 1000# each) and the one in the enclosure next to them!

Animals out...

Now it is time to load processed meat in, one of the helpers from the processor. This beef is from two cattle that Jimmy brought a few weeks ago.

The meat is cut and packaged at the processor. This is a USDA processor, so the meat can be commercially sold (not required if you're using it for your own use).

The other lady who was helping loading the meet onto the trailer.

Jimmy had prepared a covering for the boxes of meat and put it in the front of the trailer (the cattle he brought down were in the back part). It was all wrapped up on its way back the 2.5 hours to the farm.

One of the two animals that were taken a couple of weeks ago was being processed for a neighbor for their freezer -- Jimmy and Regina sell beef by the 1/4, 1/2, or whole cow, as well as individual pieces -- this neighbor purchased the whole cow. The neighbor has a large family, and came to pick up the boxes of beef as soon as Jimmy and Carl arrived back. Regina inventoried the beef that the farm got back and Jimmy got it into the freezer.