Our USDA Certified Processor is H&P Meats located in South Pittsburg, TN – 423-837-4888. When buying a whole steer, you will speak with the processor about how you would like your steer cut. You will be purchasing the carcass weight of a steer which is approximately 600 lbs. Your take-home weight will be determined by the types of cuts you choose. Boneless cuts may reduce your take-home weight up to 20%.
Be prepared to answer the following questions.
- What Meat Do you want?
- New York Strips and Tenderloin Steaks 0R T-Bones
- Size of Steaks (3/4 inch recommended)
- Roasts and Size – Chuck, Sirloin, Rump 2 or 4 lbs roast
- Size of Burger Packs (1lbs, 2lbsk, 5lbs or 10lbs)
- Number of Packs of Boneless Stew
- What to do with Round Steak/Cube Steak, Hamburger or Stew (this cut has little fat and will need to be tenderized or slow-cooked)
- Briskets (roughly two, 5-6 lb) – Great for Smoking
- Soup Bones
- Flank Steak
Carter Angus Farms started in the 1960's in Jasper, TN by Bobby "Brad" Carter. Today Daniel and Rachel Carter raise approximately 75 registered Angus cattle and 60 Khatadin meat sheep on approximately 200 acres of pasture with 22 paddocks on 2 farms.
EPD's are technically known as Expected Progeny Differences which is a prediction of how future off-spring of the bull will perform based on other animals of the same breed.
Daniel recognized there was a growing market for fresh, locally grown food in the Chattanooga
region and decided to acquire a meat license to sell Carter Farm lamb and beef.