Chapter 42: How Raised So Well?!
With modern technology, a little blood is drawn from cattle and sheep to test to know whether they are fed with growth-promoting hormones.
Compared with the cattle and sheep that grew up in a natural pollution-free environment, the price of instant cattle and sheep is significantly lower, and these people are coming for more than 2,000 cattle and more than 2,000 sheep, which are worth a lot of money, and of course they don't want to buy defective products.
The woman in Walmart's purchasing department, named Shelly, is responsible for sourcing livestock and poultry from Oregon for sale to West Coast states, including Oregon.
On weekdays, ranchers are begging her to sell their goods, this time I heard that Cleveland Ranch has naturally raised organic cattle and sheep, and because of the lack of money and low prices, this is a big car to run over, seeing so many competitors when it is already very unhappy, there is a feeling of being deceived, not afraid of competition, mainly because of the insult.
After all, the environment here looks really good, the grass is a lot higher than other places nearby, and the forage is good, so you can raise good cattle and sheep.
There are not five hundred but two or three hundred pastures that have been walked, and now these buyers are all experienced, of course, they can see that they are abnormal from their weight, but only Xie Li mentioned it on the spot.
From Kenny's mouth, they learned that they could slaughter one on the spot, which was in line with their idea, they could see more things from the quality of the meat, and understand the general situation of these cattle and sheep, although they are all popular cattle and sheep, there are no precious breeds, and the number is large, if the price is low and the profit is definitely there, the process that should be taken is still to be followed.
Mr. Johannes of Tyson Foods raised his head to look at the heaviest, only six and a half months old Angus cow.
Ms. Shelly was still puzzled, and suddenly pointed to the Charolais cattle in the distance, and said, "Wait a minute, can you choose another Charolais cow?" I'm sorry, I still don't feel at ease about the weight of these cows, I haven't worked with us before, please forgive me." ”
Zhang Xiaokai had eaten the unlucky little Angus cow and was more confident in the quality of the meat, as for the Charolais cattle, it had not been slaughtered since it was raised.
Feeling that the refusal at this time would make the buyers misunderstand, he smiled decisively: "It's okay, the cattle and sheep within the ranch can be selected at will, and the cattle and sheep here only eat pasture, and it is a pity to slaughter them at this time, but it is already very meaty, and you can cook it on the spot later, so that you can taste it, and those who have eaten it are said to be delicious." ”
Mr. Kenny has already helped introduce Zhang Xiaokai's identity, and in the eyes of the buyers, he is just selling himself and boasting, who has not eaten beef, as long as there is no mistake in the cooking process, the taste will not be too bad.
"Thank you, since you are so confident, it should be no problem to collect some blood and go back for testing later, right?"
Large enterprises have stricter supervision over quality control, and Ms. Xie Li questioned one after another, which made Zhang Xiaokai a little unhappy, but not to the point of hating her, and smiled: "Please feel free, be careful not to be hurt by the cow, otherwise how about picking two more sheep, it just so happens that my refrigerator is empty......"
Ms. Shelly picks and chooses among the Charolais herd, and finally picks the first seven months old, already weighing more than 700 pounds, the guy does not know his fate, and is quickly driven by Hank and Kenny to the car, along with the Angus cow and two meat sheep, to be slaughtered.
There is no need to go to the slaughterhouse, little Patrick's father has experience in slaughtering cattle and sheep, a meat sheep was the first to be poisoned, and after being electrocuted, it was quickly stripped naked, and the fur on his head was temporarily retained, otherwise it would look too miserable.
After washing the blood, a group of people looked around it, instructing Kenny to cut open the meat and check the internal situation, even the internal organs were not spared, and the meat yield was calculated after hollowing out.
The meat yield of the sheep refers to the weight after removing the head and hooves, fur and water, which is generally about half of the weight of the live sheep, and the meat yield of the sheep is as high as 57%, which is very satisfactory to the buyers.
There are also experienced buyers, cut a small piece of meat and put it in their mouths to chew, and then spit it out and rinse their mouths, not putting their emotions on their faces, but they can see that the mood seems to be very good.
Ms. Xie Li originally thought that the meat yield of 57 percent was already very high, but when the second sheep was finished, she was shocked to find that the meat yield was as high as 61 percent!
The meat is ruddy in color and contains plump fat, which looks quite good.
After they had visited and left the samples, little Patrick brought in the tools and prepared some on the spot for them to taste, which Kenny had planned, and he was very confident in the lamb at the Cleveland Ranch.
The reason why I chose to fry instead of grill is that the former can better reflect the original flavor of the mutton, and the meat will look old after the roast is dry.
The status of sheep is not as good as that of cows, and when they start slaughtering the two beef cattle of different breeds, even Ms. Shelly, who is skeptical, can't help but look forward to it, because the meat quality of the two sheep just now is too good, although no one said it explicitly, but she knows that other people think the same way.
After tasting the small piece of lamb loin on the plate, she felt that this batch of sheep was worth taking, the meat was soft in the mouth, and there was not much smell, but with a light fragrance, it obviously belonged to the top mutton.
The slaughter scene was a bit bloody, and these buyers had long been accustomed to such scenes, eating and watching without any discomfort.
Compared with the discomfort in his heart, whether he can sell them is undoubtedly more important, Zhang Xiaokai saw that no one left, and at this time, he was full of thoughts about so many people, he would not buy them all, to be honest, he was not sure at all.
Patrick Sr. and his son carried the cattle onto the wooden table, bled and skinned.
After putting the cow in the basin, the buyers gathered around to see the health of the internal organs, the undigested food in the stomach, and even the cow dung.
"What do you do first, sawing off the head and hooves and weighing, or do you want to cut a piece of meat first?" asked little Patrick.
The buyers said in unison that they weighed, and they wanted to know how much the meat yield of such a strong cow was not enough for the month.
After weighing, I saw that the scale showed more than 490 pounds, and after calculating, the buyers on the scene were dumbfounded, good guys, 66% of the meat yield!
Purebred Angus cattle 600 kilograms of full fat slaughter rate, can reach 55 to 60 percent, that refers to the result of fattening, this kind of cattle generally 18 months out of slaughter, weight of more than 600 kilograms, now is still small, but this meat rate is very abnormal, weight is also abnormal.
The eyes were like seeing a ghost, and I thought of deliberately picking a bigger one, so I gradually convinced myself.
What shocked them was yet to come.
After old Mr. Patrick put the cow board on the table, he first cut a piece of meat from the upper brain with a knife, and there was blood on the surface, and the old man's expression was a little abnormal when he washed it away.
Holding the piece of meat on the table, he cast his eyes on Zhang Xiaokai and Kenny, obviously puzzled.
A buyer was originally careless, but when he saw the pattern on the surface of this piece of meat, he was instantly stunned.
Beside him, Mr. Johannes of Tyson Foods was also dumbfounded: "This ...... This isn't an Angus cow, it's an Australian Wagyu beef?! Oh my God! This meat is so beautiful!"
Fresh beef is still hot, but judging from the surface texture, if you put it in the freezer for a short time, it will reveal a beautiful pattern of meat and fat intertwined, and it will definitely be quite beautiful in terms of the density of fat lines.
Ms. Shelly muttered to herself: "Crazy, a six-month-old calf, and it hasn't been fattened yet, it's so well raised?!"
Zhang Xiaokai was confused, he felt that it was just ordinary beef, but there was more fat, and he couldn't understand what these people were excited about, but it should be a good thing depending on the situation.
Johannes walked out of the warehouse with the piece of meat in his arms, put it in the sun, frowned and said: "This is definitely not a cow that eats hormones, I haven't heard of any hormone that does not grow muscle and fat, Australian Wagyu, this must be Australian Wagyu!"
Old Mr. Patrick had bad ears, and suddenly said, "I can't cut it yet, there's a cow waiting outside." ”
His son couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this.
What are you waiting for, are you waiting to be happy on the road......