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Picked up my pastured chicken this morning from a local farm near Columbus, Ohio. Big sale. 75% off parts for loyal customers! (They needed to clear out their freezer it seems.)

Their normal prices don't seem terrible to me, but I haven't done a lot of comparison shopping. Here's their price list for pastured chicken:

$1.00/lb for liver

$1.50/lb for hearts and gizzards

$2.00/lb for wings

$2.50/lb for drumsticks

$5.50/lb for thighs (w/bone)

$8.50/lb for boneless breast

Of course 75% off doesn't happen often. I filled my freezer for $28.91! That's about 30 pounds of chicken parts, including copious amounts of liver and giblets. Found the farm through eatwild. See below. What do you pay for local pastured chicken? Grassfed beef?

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Whoa!! Amazing deal! Well done! – gilliebean Jan 8 2011 at 18:52
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So when are you hosting the Midwest Paleohacks get together? ;) – sherpamelissa Jan 9 2011 at 0:12
How many of us are there here in flyover country? – wjones3044 Jan 9 2011 at 15:15
LOL. I think there are quite a few in the Illinois/Indiana/Michigan/Ohio region. Where just not close enough for regular meetings. – sherpamelissa Jan 9 2011 at 18:36
Well played ! :) – Todd Jan 12 2011 at 18:11
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5.05 lbs grass fed ground beef for $21.50. Tinks Grassfed Beef at the Decatur (GA) Farmers' Market this Wednesday.

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How much lbs is kg? – oak0y Jan 9 2011 at 15:55
lmgtfy.com/?q=5.05+lbs+to+kg – rar Jan 12 2011 at 18:35
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I get the bundle pack of beef for $195 from Green Vista Farm in Wooster Ohio ( http://www.greenvistafarm.com/ ). That's 30 pounds @ $6.50/lb and includes a variety of steaks, roasts, and ground beef.

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Dang, I was paying $5.99/lb for cheap cuts at Santa Monica farmers market and now pay $6.99/lb for similar quality in the East Bay, Northern Cal. I've found grass fed beef at Whole Foods for as low as $6.99 but it is usually a few dollars more.

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2.49/lb for ground beef and 2.99/lb for beef liver. Grassfed ground beef is actually cheaper where I live (Humboldt County, CA) than conventional beef!

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whoa, great prices. – Bread-Eating Beelzebub Jan 8 2011 at 23:34
I'm in HumCo too! :D Where did you buy yours? – Kaz Jan 9 2011 at 0:00
I usually go to the arcata co-op. – Danny Jan 9 2011 at 0:24
Awesome. Thanks for letting me know. =) – Kaz Jan 9 2011 at 3:18
Danny and Kaz- I live in Humboldt too. Let's form a local paleo group. – Tyler S Jan 9 2011 at 9:46
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I pay under $4/pound all cuts when buying quarters and eights from a local rancher in the Tampa Bay FL region.

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Joshua, What ranch do you get the meat from? I'm looking for a place to buy meat near Tampa! – Chuck Feerless Jun 10 2012 at 3:48
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I paid 3.99$lb for grass-fed ground beef (Co-Op), and 5.99$ for organic chicken breasts (Costco).

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I was buying grassfed ground beef (ground top round, I believe) for $3.99/lb, marrow bones at $1/lb, and you could buy whole chickens or turkeys at $2.99/lb at Yoder's Farmer's Market in Leola, PA. But, last Saturday was their last day (lease was too expensive, not enough customers). I haven't been to their farm yet, and their new market hasn't opened, so I don't know their prices now. Leroy Miller has (Bird-in-Hand) has whole free roaming (very- gotta watch that you don't run them over picking up your food!) chickens for, I think, $3.75/lb, and Miller's Natural Food Store (Bird-in-Hand) has them for $3.50/lb.

Meadow Run Farm in Lititz, Pa, has whole chickens for $2.50/lb, hearts and livers for $1/lb. Their ground beef is $4.40/lb, and the lard is $2/quart. I'm hoping that their chicken is good, because that's the best price that I've seen on pastured chicken around here.

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Wow, some good prices listed on here. There's a local farm that sells ground beef at $7.00/Lbs and the local Trader Joe's has some 100% grass-fed ground beef from Australia for $5.99/Lbs. Our Costco has USDA organic ground beef, but the Costco butcher looked at me like I was speaking Swahili when I asked for grass-fed beef. This is in Santa Barbara County, CA.

Last time I checked our Whole Foods, grass finished beef was $9.50/Lbs.

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my Trader's upped its price to 6.50 =( – henrydrn May 13 2011 at 3:56
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Bought 40 lbs for 200 dollars. Tbones, rib eyes, 7 steaks, round steaks, ground meat from a local farmer. Equal amounts of each of above all vacuum packed and double wrapped and delivered.

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Where are you located? – wjones3044 Jan 9 2011 at 19:42
That's so nice. wish I had the freezer real estate for that! – Futureboy May 13 2011 at 5:03
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Whole Foods sells grassfed beef for 4.99 p/lb (Omaha, NE btw) and sells "pastured lamb" stew meat for 9.99 p/lb.

Farmers market pastured chicken (a whole frozen chicken) is going for about 5.50 per pound in the Seattle area farmers markets.

I got 50 pounds of pastured goat meat for about 4.00 per pound from a local farmer, and he was patient enough to teach me the slaughtering, skinning, and cutting process for said goat.

Also got about 80 pounds of pastured pork for 4.30 p/lb.

I know this was just about chicken and beef :-)

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I found a farmer who provides grass fed beef in Michigan www.joesgrassfedbeef.com

I went in on 1/4 of beef and it cost me about $4/lb. by the time you add in the kill fee, butcher fee, etc. He's located in northeastern/eastern Michigan. It's fantastic. The cow was actually pretty small (which is funny b/c a porterhouse is slightly larger than your hand) but you know he didn't artificially fatten/enlarge the animal and holy cow that meat is soooooo tender.

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I buy direct from a local farmer in PA, have to pick-up

1/4 side beef: $3.95/#
140 lbs - finished wgt/table ready: 14 day dry aging, butchered, vacuum sealed, incl odds & ends: offal, bones, oxtail, etc

1/2 side pork: $2.95/#
70 lbs table ready: butchered, vacuum sealed, incl smoking, bacon, sausages, etc

whole chickens: ~$2.50/#

Eggs: $2.00/dozen

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Love those prices. Wish I could find some good local pork. Will have to revisit my list of local farmers from Eatwild. – wjones3044 Jan 13 2011 at 16:54
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I paid a local angus farmer 2.40/ pound for 1/4 of a cow and 1.00/pound to the proccessor...

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thats ridiculously cheap! I'm jealous – henrydrn May 13 2011 at 3:57
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I'm desperate for a grassfed beef source near Rancho Cucamonga, CA...anybody!? i'm not a big fan of Henry's marketplace anymore

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