Buy beef direct from the farm
Place your order to secure your spot.
Premium beef at the same price butchers pay us. Calmly harvested on our farm, dry-aged on the bone, cut and packed the way you choose.
Pricing
Quarter beef
| Carcass weight | 62.5 – 75 kg |
| Yields approx. | 41 – 49 kg of beef |
| Carcass price | $938 – $1,125 |
| paid to Wild Meadows | |
| Butchery price | $188 – $225 |
| paid to the butcher | |
| Total price | $1,125 – $1,350 |
Half beef
| Carcass weight | 125 – 150 kg |
| Yields approx. | 82 – 98 kg of beef |
| Carcass price | $1,875 – $2,250 |
| paid to Wild Meadows | |
| Butchery price | $375 – $450 |
| paid to the butcher | |
| Total price | $2,250 – $2,700 |
Whole beef
| Carcass weight | 250 – 300 kg |
| Yields approx. | 163 – 195 kg of beef |
| Carcass price | $3,750 – $4,500 |
| paid to Wild Meadows | |
| Butchery price | $750 – $900 |
| paid to the butcher | |
| Total price | $4,500 – $5,400 |
Prices are based on a whole animal carcass weight of 250–300 kg. Carcass weight varies depending on the animal selected and is charged per kg on the actual recorded weight.
Listed prices are current at time of publishing and subject to change, but the advertised price at the time you pay your deposit is the price you pay.
This is a summary only. For full details on butchery prices, offal, and how ordering works, please read More Details on Pricing and Ordering before placing an order.
The farm to table journey — from our paddock to your plate
Just like a farmer fills their freezer with a homekill beast or shares it with family, you can purchase a whole beef or share a half or quarter with our other customers. The only difference? Our beef is inspected on farm and processed by a licensed retail homekill butcher.
When you place an order, you’re engaging two people: Wild Meadows, the farmer, and your local independent butcher. We raise and carefully select the animal, have it harvested and inspected on farm, and deliver it to the butcher. The butcher dry-ages your carcass and cuts it exactly the way you choose. Here’s how it unfolds, including who you pay for what along the way.
A whole beef, also known as a whole cow or whole beast. A half beef, also known as half a cow, a half beast or a side of beef. A quarter beef, also known as a quarter cow or quarter beast.
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Raised with care at Wild Meadows
Your beef begins years before your order: cattle raised on diverse regenerative pasture, grass-fed and grass-finished, handled calmly their whole lives on our family farm on Northland’s west coast. No feedlots, no grain, no synthetic fertilisers, no pesticides, herbicides or fungicides, and no reliance on pharmaceuticals like antibiotics — just good grass and time. Your money goes directly to the farmer and the local community.
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You place your order
Choose a quarter, half or whole beef, then tell us exactly how you want it processed: your cuts, sausage flavours and small goods. The butcher will follow these choices when your beef is cut. Not sure what to choose? The Beef Cuts Guide explains every cut.
You can also purchase oxtail, beef cheeks, liver and other organs with your order, on a first in, first served basis.
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We select your animal
As we near a harvest date, we carefully select only the best: well-grown, prime animals, typically around two-year-old prime heifers.
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Harvested calmly, at home on the farm
The animal is processed right here in familiar, stress-free surroundings by a licensed On Farm Harvest team: no trucks, no saleyards, no stress. It matters for more than welfare: an animal that isn’t stressed in its final hours produces more tender, better-flavoured beef. No live transport, no holding pens, no strangers — just a quiet morning on the farm the animal has always known.
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Inspected and weighed
The carcass and organs are inspected by an MPI-approved inspector at the time of harvest, and the carcass weight is recorded by the micro abattoir. That weight is what your carcass price is calculated on.
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Delivered to your butcher for dry aging
Your carcass hangs and dry-ages on the bone for around 10 days, the traditional way to develop flavour and tenderness. Dry aging is something supermarket beef rarely gets: hanging on the bone lets natural enzymes tenderise the meat while the meat rests and flavour concentrates. It’s a large part of why customers tell us the steaks don’t shrink in the pan the way supermarket ones do — more on that in Wild Meadows beef vs supermarket beef.
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Cut and packed, your way
The butcher processes your carcass into the cuts you chose when you ordered. Like homekill, sausages and small goods are weighed after they’re made, so the butcher confirms your final butchery cost.
And because you’re engaging the butcher, you’re free to make any special requests directly to them.
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You collect and pay the butcher
The butcher lets you know your order is ready to collect — packed and labelled ready for your freezer.
You pay the butcher for the butchery
One order, three payments
The deposit
A deposit of $500, requested as we near a harvest date. It secures your order for your whole, half or quarter farm to table beef.
The carcass balance
Due once your animal is harvested and weighed, charged per kg on the actual recorded carcass weight.
Covers raising and selecting the animal, the On Farm Harvest, MPI-approved inspection, and delivery to your butcher.
The butchery
Paid directly to the butcher, before or on the day you collect. It isn’t included in what you pay Wild Meadows.
Covers dry aging and cutting and packing your beef into your chosen cuts. Every order’s fee is unique, because it depends on the processing you choose, and sausages and small goods are weighed after they’re made.
Want the full story on the difference? Read Wild Meadows beef vs supermarket beef.
Collect your order from your local butcher
De Bauchery
171 Kiripaka Road, Tikipunga, Whangārei
Sausages by Design
34F Peters Way, Silverdale, Auckland
Jax Homekill
203 Ireland Road, Waitoki
Warkworth Butchery
10 Queen Street, Warkworth
These are our preferred butchers. If you have a preference between them, or have another butcher in mind, just talk to us.
What our customers are saying
Ready to place your order?
Choose your cuts on the order form and we’ll be in touch to confirm. Not sure where to start? The cuts guide walks you through everything, or just ask, we’re happy to help.
Not quite ready to order?
Come and see life on our farm at Wild Meadows. See how regenerative farming sets us apart, and how every direct-from-farm beef purchase makes a difference. We’ll post when we have beef available to order too.