ROCKIN'D BEEF

Farm Fresh Beef Right To Your Table!

FARM FRESH. ANGUS BEEF.

What's Farm Fresh Beef All About?

Its Beef the way it was intended to be...

What happens when you raise beef the same way we did 150 years ago? Out on pasture and feed crops grown right here on our 6th generation operation.

 

You get Beef the way it was intended to be.

 
GET YOUR BEEF

From Pasture to Plate

Our ranch specializes in breeding, calving, raising and finishing Angus cattle on farm raised feed and selling it straight to consumers so you too can taste how delicious high quality meat without the High Cost.

USDA Certified Angus Beef

Experience the goodness of humanely raised (BQA Certified), pasture raised, grain finished, USDA Certified Angus Beef while supporting local farm fresh meat in Illinois.

Beef Done Right

Our Beef is 100% American born and raised right here in Illinois the same way they were 150 years ago. On open pasture and finished on crops grown right here on our family operation. 

Ready to Bring Rockin'D Beef Home?

Our Rockin'D Variety Box is a great way to get started with our 100% Farm Fresh Beef, we also offer the opportunities to save in buying bulk shares and individual cuts below.
BUY BULK AND SAVE
SHOP INDIVIDUAL CUTS

BUY BULK AND SAVE

Buying Rockin' D Beef  in bulk represents the most cost effective way to ensure your freezers stay stocked with the best of the best. This is a great opportunity for individuals and families to stock their deep freezer with high-quality, locally-sourced beef.
1/4 Angus Beef Pre-Order Custom Cut for January Harvest **DEPOSIT ONLY**
1/4 Angus Beef Pre-Order Custom Cut for January Harvest **DEPOSIT ONLY**
1/4 Angus Beef Pre-Order Custom Cut for January Harvest **DEPOSIT ONLY**
1/4 Angus Beef Pre-Order Custom Cut for January Harvest **DEPOSIT ONLY**
1/4 Angus Beef Pre-Order Custom Cut for January Harvest **DEPOSIT ONLY**
1/4 Angus Beef Pre-Order Custom Cut for January Harvest **DEPOSIT ONLY**
1/4 Angus Beef Pre-Order Custom Cut for January Harvest **DEPOSIT ONLY**
1/4 Angus Beef Pre-Order Custom Cut for January Harvest **DEPOSIT ONLY**

1/4 Angus Beef Pre-Order Custom Cut for January Harvest **DEPOSIT ONLY**

$800.00
Custom Cut 1/2 Beef Pre-Order Fall Harvest (Nov) 2024 *DEPOSIT ONLY*
Custom Cut 1/2 Beef Pre-Order Fall Harvest (Nov) 2024 *DEPOSIT ONLY*
Custom Cut 1/2 Beef Pre-Order Fall Harvest (Nov) 2024 *DEPOSIT ONLY*
Custom Cut 1/2 Beef Pre-Order Fall Harvest (Nov) 2024 *DEPOSIT ONLY*
Custom Cut 1/2 Beef Pre-Order Fall Harvest (Nov) 2024 *DEPOSIT ONLY*

Custom Cut 1/2 Beef Pre-Order Fall Harvest (Nov) 2024 *DEPOSIT ONLY*

$1,350.00
Whole Angus Beef Custom Cut Pre-Order for January Harvest *Deposit Only*
Whole Angus Beef Custom Cut Pre-Order for January Harvest *Deposit Only*
Whole Angus Beef Custom Cut Pre-Order for January Harvest *Deposit Only*
Whole Angus Beef Custom Cut Pre-Order for January Harvest *Deposit Only*
Whole Angus Beef Custom Cut Pre-Order for January Harvest *Deposit Only*
Whole Angus Beef Custom Cut Pre-Order for January Harvest *Deposit Only*

Whole Angus Beef Custom Cut Pre-Order for January Harvest *Deposit Only*

$2,800.00

What Our Customers Are Saying

We are ROCKIN'D

Cassandra is a 6th generation family farmer after her father, Alan, and grandfather, Duane. In 2008, she married her husband, Royce.

 

You'll often find Alan tinkering in the shop or their boys Brexton and Dalton out feeding cattle. Together they started Rockin' D On The Ridge to provide quality farm raised beef to their community and beyond. 

 

"We want to invite you to taste the difference of farm raised beef raised right here on our family farm raised with the same standards we hold for our own family."

Royce & Cassandra DeJaynes / Owners

Royce & Cassandra 

SHOP OUR BEEF

Buy Online

You place an order online,  we raise it and rest easy knowing that you and yours have the best Farm Fresh beef headed to your doorstep with a reputation that precedes itself.

Delivered

Enjoy Farm Fresh Beef delivered straight to your door. We ship on Mondays and Tuesdays Nationally and Monday through Wednesday Regionally and offer free local delivery on Thursdays. We also ship air cargo nationwide and internationally and LTL frozen trucking nationwide.

Farm Fresh Beef Right To Your Table!

Farm Fresh Beef delivered straight to your door

Enjoy Farm Fresh Beef delivered straight to your door. We ship on Mondays and Tuesdays Nationally and Monday through Wednesday Regionally and offer free local delivery on Thursdays. We also ship air cargo nationwide and internationally and LTL frozen trucking nationwide.

Variety for Everyone

Regardless if you secure one of our "try before you buy" bundles or save by buying in bulk you can bring all of our premium cuts home and enjoy a variety of quick and easy family meals.
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Try Before You Buy

Not Quite Ready to buy in bulk just yet? Our bundles offer you the same great cuts with a chance to "Try before You Buy" Don't have a deep freezer? Try some subscription bundles or boxes delivered weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly or quarterly. Our 1/8 box fits in an standard (empty) refrigerator freezer. Like other things in your freezer? No big deal! Give our 1/16 Beef Box Subscription a try.
Lean Ground Beef Silver (~80/20) 5# Chub
Lean Ground Beef Silver (~80/20) 5# Chub
Lean Ground Beef Silver (~80/20) 5# Chub

Lean Ground Beef Silver (~80/20) 5# Chub

$24.50
$35.00

 FAQs: Sides of Beef

How much meat can I expect to get?

The average ready-to-butcher Angus cow weighs 1,150 pounds. This can vary a lot, depending on breed, finishing and management of the producer marketing the animal.

Once the animal is butchered and hide, head and internal organs removed, it usually weighs about 62 percent of the live weight. This is called the hanging weight. On that 1,150 pound animal that would be about 713 pounds.

Most producers figure the quarter/half/whole price based on the hanging weight.

After the beef hangs and ages for two to three weeks, which tenderizes and develops flavor in the meat (and also shrinks a little as some of the water evaporates) the carcass is broken down further, and excess bone, connective tissue and fat is removed.

About 21 percent of the hanging weight is removed in this process, leaving about 563 pounds of edible meat from a whole animal.

So, if you pay (for example) $3.25 a pound, figured on hanging weight, the actual price per pound will be about $4.35, if it processes according to the averages. Most custom meat processors charge from $.90 to $1.20 per pound, hanging weight, to process, so you’ll be looking at about $5.12 total, per pound for processed beef.

Keep in mind that includes all steaks, hamburger, roasts, ribs, etc.

How much of that will be hamburger?

How much hamburger you get depends somewhat on how you order it. Hamburger comes from the parts of the animal that are too tough or difficult to cook, or are too small to cook as steaks or roasts. If you don’t cook roasts or flat iron steaks, for example, you can ask to have those ground. If you don’t ask for any special cuts, on average, about 38 percent of the edible portion of the animal will be ground into hamburger. So on our average 637-pound animal, you’d expect about 242 pounds of hamburger.

Can I buy just hamburger?

Maybe. Some people may be selling animals that are older and less tender than a typical butcher animal, and may be most suitable for hamburger, rather than cutting into steaks and roasts. In that case, unless they’re labeled for resale, those animals would need to be sold by the half or quarter as well.

What is “hanging weight”?

Hanging weight is how much the carcass weighs after it’s skinned and the head and internal organs are removed. This is usually about 62 percent of the live weight of the animal, and what most private beef sellers base their per-pound cost on.

The butcher shop wants “cutting orders.” What does that mean?

“Cutting orders” are how you want your meat cut and packaged. This includes how much fat you want in your burger (standard is usually 85% lean), how thick you want your steaks, how much hamburger you want in a package (usually 1-2 pounds) how many steaks per package, whether you want round steaks tenderized, cubed or left alone, what size you want the roasts, whether you want the ribeye as steaks or roasts. There are a lot of questions, and many processors have a “cut sheet” they ask the customer to fill out in person, or over the phone. You can also decide if you want the organ meats, like the liver, heart and tongue, plus soup bones, ox tail and tallow (extra fat they trim off).