Steers ready to sell and a beautiful ending to the weekend!

Here are the next two steer we have ready for sale.  They are scheduled into the butcher the end of december.  They should dress out at about 700lbs. each.  Dress weight is the weight of the carcass on the hook before they cut it into steaks and roast and ground beef.  It is also referred to as the hanging weight.  We sell our steer for $2.00/lb hanging weight plus processing.  We discuss with our customers what they want and like and have the meat cut to meet their needs.  We keep records of how it is cut each time so we can make adjustments if there is a cut that isn't needed or wanted the next time so that our customer doesn't have to.  The two pictured here are still available and sold on a first come first serve basis.  We sell by the whole, half, and quarter. 

 Above is Gordo and below is Isidro. They are half brothers and yes, I was craving Mexican food when I named these two. 

  

A quick pic I snapped of Precious (left) and Frosty (right).  They were checking out my lawn repair job and I stopped to get their suggestions!  They only had one, more clover!!

 Wanted to post a couple of pics of our dinner.  Cooked hamburgers, rice balls, and smores on the fire tonight.  Wonderful way to finish a beautiful weekend.  My daughter is getting really good at cooking marshmallows now!  Neighbor boys came over today and helped me clean up barn and get ready to add a little piglet area for the piglets when they are born.  We just need a space where they can stay warm under a heat lamp when momma goes out to get something to eat.  We cooked them some good food while they were here and we got a lot of needed things done.  Below is a pic of the fire after everyone went home and family went in the house.  I threw on a couple more logs and just relaxed by the the fire for a while.  There is something very relaxing about sitting out under a bright moon and listening to the fire crackle and snap.  I wish every day was like this!