- Whole primals, by the kilo
- Free local delivery around Emerald
- Or collect free from our cold room
- Whole primals, by the kilo
- Free local delivery around Emerald
- Or collect free from our cold room
- Whole primals, by the kilo
- Free local delivery around Emerald
- Or collect free from our cold room
- Whole primals, by the kilo
- Free local delivery around Emerald
- Or collect free from our cold room
Collection and cycles
A Beef Cartel cycle runs for a month. We open it, take reservations against a 30 per cent deposit, close it, and bring every box reserved in it into Emerald together. This page follows one cycle, from the day it opens to the day you collect.
Local to Emerald? Laine can bring your box out to you instead, at no charge. That one is arranged with him directly rather than at the checkout, so reply to your confirmation email and ask.
The cycle opens
This month's cuts go up with their grades and a price per kilo against each one. Every box is 12 to 15 kg of whole primals. Choose your cut, reserve it with a 30 per cent deposit, and it is held for you for the rest of the cycle.
The cycle closes
At the end of the month we close the cycle, and every box reserved in it goes to our supplier as one consolidated order. That is what puts these cuts at this price.
Between closing and collection
From there your box moves through four stages, and we show you the one it is at.
With our supplier. The order is placed and your cut is being filled.
On its way to Emerald. Your box is travelling refrigerated.
Arrived. It is in our cold room, weighed and priced, and we have emailed you the figure.
Ready to collect. Come and get it. You pay the balance at the cold room, at the rate you reserved at, against the weight on your box.
Your box travels on the first freight run into Emerald after the order is filled. Freight timing moves from cycle to cycle, so we go by the box itself and move the stage along as it happens.
How you know your box is ready
We email you the day your box is in our cold room and ready. That email carries the weight your box came in at, the final price at the rate you reserved at, and the collection address.
Collecting
Collect from our cold room in Emerald, QLD. Reply to that email with a time that suits and your box will be ready when you arrive.
Everything leaves the cold room at temperature. Bring an esky if you have distance to cover. Vacuum sealed, a whole primal holds in the freezer for months.
Every cycle carries its own cuts and grades. The cycle is open, and thirty per cent holds your box for it.