Half & Hoof Prototype
Prototype
Half & Hoof

How eastern Iowa buys a cow.

Demo only — no real money moves and nothing is saved.

Your animals

Farm

October steer

Angus · ~1,250 lb · Cedar Bend, Riverside · Oct 14

Filling

3 of 4 quarters claimed. Claiming closes Oct 11.

September hog

Berkshire · ~265 lb · Big Grove Meats, Solon · Sep 9

Picked up

Paid out $1,190 on Sep 24.

This year
6animals sold
$21,340paid out

List an animal

Farm
Species
Raising claims

Claims need a signed raising-practice affidavit on file. We'll ask for it once.

Why we ask first Cedar Bend is custom-exempt, so this has to sell as shares of a live animal, not as meat. Claiming will close Oct 11 — three days before your kill date — because ownership has to transfer before slaughter. We handle that automatically.
Split into
Buyers will see
Per share, estimated$1,451–$1,667
Meat in their freezer115–133 lb
Deposit today$250
You receive, at estimate$6,000

Our $75 per-share fee is paid by the buyer. Nothing comes out of your price.

Buyer's view

Preview
PreviewThis is exactly what someone in Iowa City sees. Nothing is live yet.

Angus steer — quarter share

Lone Tree, IA · ~1,250 lb live

4 left
Processed atCedar Bend, Riverside
Kill dateOct 14
Ready for pickup~Nov 5
Estimated total$1,451–$1,667

Grass-fed · no added hormones. Final price set by actual hanging weight.

Once you publish, this animal is visible to everyone looking for a quarter within 60 miles — not just people who already follow you.

October steer

Live
Shares claimed
3of 4 quarters

18 people are watching this animal.

Who owns what
SK
Sarah K. — Iowa CityQuarter · deposit paid Aug 22 · cut sheet done
MD
Marcus D. — CoralvilleQuarter · deposit paid Aug 24 · cut sheet done
JR
Jen & Tyler R. — SolonQuarter · deposit paid Sep 2 · cut sheet pending
—
1 quarter openListed publicly · 18 watching
If it doesn't fill by Oct 11 We can re-split this steer into thirds instead. Your price per pound doesn't change — the three buyers each just take more meat and pay proportionally more. Nobody has to eat an orphan quarter.

Due 3 days before the kill date

Ownership manifest

Farm

Ownership Manifest — Pre-Slaughter

Generated Oct 9, 2026 · 4:12 PM CDT
AnimalAngus steer, tag 4471 · est. 1,250 lb live
Raised byYour farm — Lone Tree, IA
ProcessorCedar Bend Locker, Riverside, IA
Kill dateOctober 14, 2026
BasisUndivided shares of one live animal, sold prior to slaughter

Owners of record

Sarah A. Kowalski
412 Ronalds St, Iowa City IA 52245 · 319-555-0142		1/4
cut sheet attached
Marcus J. Delgado
88 Holiday Rd, Coralville IA 52241 · 319-555-0188		1/4
cut sheet attached
Jennifer R. & Tyler R. Boone
1907 Racine Ave, Solon IA 52333 · 319-555-0119		1/4
cut sheet attached
Priya N. Raman
640 S Dodge St, Iowa City IA 52240 · 319-555-0173		1/4
cut sheet attached
All shares sold and ownership transferred prior to slaughter. Product to be marked NOT FOR SALE and released only to the owners named above.
This is the whole trick Every owner's legal name has to be on the kill-floor paperwork anyway. Because we generate that, four strangers can split one steer — which is otherwise impossible to organize.

Report hanging weight

Farm

Cedar Bend called with the carcass weight. Type it once — we'll bill all four owners.

Done

Farm
✓

Four balances charged

Invoices sent. Pickup reminders go out Nov 3.

SK
Sarah K.$1,301 · card •••• 4242 · paid
MD
Marcus D.$1,301 · bank transfer · paid
JR
Jen & Tyler R.$1,301 · card •••• 1180 · paid
PR
Priya R.$1,301 · bank transfer · paid
What you didn't have to do

Chase a fourth buyer. Type four addresses onto Cedar Bend form. Answer "what's hanging weight" nine times. Do the math four times in a notebook. Text four people for money.

Near Iowa City

Buyer

Angus steer

Lone Tree · Cedar Bend, Riverside · pickup ~Nov 5

1 quarter left

From $1,451 · ~115–133 lb of meat · grass-fed

Berkshire hog

Coggon · Big Grove Meats, Solon · pickup ~Nov 12

2 halves left

From $486 · ~62 lb of meat · pasture-raised

Angus / Hereford steer

Williamsburg · Wapsi Locker · pickup ~Dec 3

4 quarters left

From $1,390 · ~110–128 lb of meat · grain-finished

Angus steer

Buyer

Quarter share

Ridgeline Farm, Lone Tree ›

~1,250 lb live · grass-fed, no added hormones

1 left
Kill dateOct 14
PickupCedar Bend, Riverside ›
Claiming closesOct 11
What this actually costs
Your quarter, hanging172–199 lb
At $8.00 / lb hanging$1,376–$1,592
Half & Hoof fee$75
Estimated total$1,451–$1,667
Due today$250 deposit

Final price is set by the real hanging weight, about Oct 16. You'll see it before it's charged.

Straight answer on price You're paying about $12.50 a pound for what ends up in your freezer. That's more than store ground beef and a lot less than store steak — and roughly a quarter of it is steak. It also locks this price in before next year's increase.
Roughly what you'll get — about 124 lb
Ground beef~46 lb
Steaks — ribeye, strip, sirloin, tenderloin~28 lb
Roasts — chuck, rump, sirloin tip~24 lb
Brisket, flank, skirt~14 lb
Stew meat, short ribs, soup bones~12 lb
Freezer needed3.5cubic feet — most of a small chest freezer
In your freezer byNov 5about 7 weeks from today

Claim your quarter

Buyer
Why we need your real name You're buying a share of a live animal, so your name goes on the paperwork at Cedar Bend before the steer is processed. That's what makes this legal — and it's why you can split one animal with people you've never met.
Due today$250
Balance, ~Oct 16~$1,200–$1,420

The deposit is non-refundable and comes off your total. It holds the farmer's locker date, which he booked back in February. Balance can go on this card or a bank transfer — bank transfer saves you about $37.

You're in

Buyer
Angus steer — Lone Tree
4of 4 quarters claimed

This steer is confirmed. Cedar Bend has the paperwork.

Who you're sharing this steer with
You
You — Iowa CityQuarter · cut sheet due Oct 11
SK
Sarah K. — Iowa CityQuarter · cut sheet done
MD
Marcus D. — CoralvilleQuarter · cut sheet done
JR
Jen & Tyler R. — SolonQuarter · cut sheet done
If a whole quarter is still too much Send a friend your link and co-own this quarter — you'll both be owners of record, you'll each pay your own half separately, and neither of you has to collect money from the other. The locker still cuts it as one quarter, so you'll share one cut sheet and one pickup, and divide the boxes between you afterwards.

Your cut sheet

Buyer

This is the form the locker normally hands you cold. Take two minutes — or tap the default and move on.

Steak thickness

1" is the usual choice. Thicker steaks mean fewer of them.

Steaks per package

Pick the number of people you usually cook for. You can't re-freeze what you thaw.

Roasts vs. ground beef
More roastsMore ground
Ground beef46 lb
Roasts24 lb

A balanced split. Most first-time buyers wish they'd taken more ground.

Also include

No extra cost — it's your animal. Skipped items are just discarded.

Locks Oct 11Cedar Bend needs everyone's sheet three days before the kill date. We'll remind you twice.

Your final price

Buyer
October 16

Your steer hung at 738 lb.

Your quarter is 184.5 lb hanging — right in the middle of the estimate you saw.

184.5 lb × $8.00$1,476
Half & Hoof fee$75
Deposit paid Sep 6−$250
Balance$1,301

Charging your bank account Oct 16. That's $12.55 a pound for about 124 lb of beef.

Pickup

Cedar Bend Locker

3027 Hwy 22, Riverside · Nov 5–8, 9am–5pm

Bring 4 coolers or a pickup with a tarp. It's about 8 banker's boxes worth, and it needs to be back in a freezer inside an hour.

On the labelEvery package says NOT FOR SALE. That's normal — it means this animal was processed for its owners, which is you. You can eat it, share it, and serve it. You just can't resell it.

Ridgeline Farm

Buyer

Ridgeline Farm

Lone Tree, IA · 14 miles from Iowa City

Ridgeline runs about 40 head on pasture north of Lone Tree. The cattle are grass-fed and finished on the same ground they were born on. Dave and Marie have been selling quarters to neighbors for eleven years; this is the first year it hasn't been run out of a notebook.

The particulars
RaisingGrass-fed, rotational
Herd size~40 head
Processes atCedar Bend Locker ›
Pickup areasRiverside, Iowa City
Claims verifiedAffidavit on file
Track record on Half & Hoof
7animals sold
26shares delivered

Every share picked up on time. Two seasons on the platform.

No star ratings, on purpose A farm here sells maybe eight animals a year. One bad night would sink a rating forever, so we show what actually happened instead — animals sold, shares delivered, pickups completed.
Available now

Angus steer — quarters

Kill date Oct 14 · pickup ~Nov 5

1 left

Get a text when Ridgeline lists their next animal

Cedar Bend Locker

Locker

Cedar Bend Locker

3027 Hwy 22, Riverside, IA · Est. 1978

What they are
InspectionCustom-exempt
HandlesBeef, pork, lamb
Dry aging14 days standard
Pickup hoursTue–Sat, 9–5
What custom-exempt means for you Everything processed here is sold as shares of a live animal and comes back stamped NOT FOR SALE. That's normal. It means the animal was processed for its owners — you — rather than for a store.
Open kill dates
Oct 14Full
Oct 282 slots
Nov 114 slots
Nov 254 slots

Booked about 9 weeks out. Updated by the locker every Monday.

Farms who process here
RF
Ridgeline FarmLone Tree · beef
TB
Two Bridges PorkKalona · hogs
SC
Stone Creek CattleWellman · beef
Why the locker has a page at all Processing dates are the scarcest thing in this whole business. A farmer can't sell an animal they can't get killed. Showing who has open dates is useful to farmers, to buyers deciding where they'll drive, and to the locker filling a slow week.
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