I can get grass fed beef here in Alberta for $4.50/lb cut and wrapped (so $450/100 lbs) so your price is a bit high to me. I get pastured eggs for $5/dozen. Even though it is a little on the high side I would always encourage supporting local, small scale farming.

I visited Cognito Farm during "tour de farm" day sponsored by Slow Foods First Coast and was very impressed with their farm. Clean, well-run, high quality. I buy eggs, beef and chicken from them. I do not know if they offer this at their farm, but when they come to market in St. Augustine they also offer some goat cheese products, made from raw goat milk - very good, that they bring from a Glades Ridge Goat Farm.

I can offer you one price comparison. My grass-fed source sells a 1/4 cow for $3/lb, versus the $7.50/lb you mentioned.

Nonetheless, if Cognito Farm is your only local source then there's not much you can do other than mail order.

depends on the cuts, that sounds about right though. ground beef is usually 5$ a lb or so. steaks usually 6-7$ and the filet mignon cuts are sometimes upwards of 20$. so 600-750 sounds like a fair price. not cheap, but fair.

Chris, where do you get your grass fed beef from? I am in Alberta as well. I have found some local sources but it's nice to have options.