Got it..thanks for the reply. I would definitely like to buy a quarter or more some day from a guy like you...see what the difference is.
I managed to get a quarter from my neighbor's this past spring. More than enough for the wife and I. Still have a good bunch in the freezer.
Certainly wasn't "cheap", but I also know where the animal was raised and how it was raised. Butchered up the road in Oregon. The cuts we've eaten so far have been plenty good enough for our tastes.
The meat looks OK to me. And for all I know this:
came from one of these critters on the other side of my fence, as he has the allotment back there.
Labels Jim? Sheesh, we don't read no stinkin' labels!