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HooFinWings Ranch
Wichita, Texas
Jay Biedenharn
(817) 456-9446
jay@hoofinwings.com
www.hoofinwings.com  

HooFinWings© Ranch is a family owned and operated farm that produces Beef cattle Naturally. Our rotational grazing system allows us to produce great tasting tender Natural Grass-Fed Beef. Rotational grazing allows our cattle to have plenty of fresh tender grasses.

We sell lean Natural Grass-Fed Texas beef. Flavor and tenderness have long been the standard in judging beef. That is what you get with HFW™ gourmet Texas beef. People are now concerned about the growth hormones injected to get the animals to gain weight fast and antibiotics that are  given to keep the cattle healthy while being fed in the feed lots. We have elected not to go that route. We have elected to provide naturally raised beef from open free range pastures.

Murray Grey's finish well on grassThe Murray Grey is our breed of choice. They are medium framed cows that will grow to a mature weight faster than a larger framed cow such as those used in feed lot operations. Murray Grey's finish well on grass and have a good meat to bone ratio. Our beef cattle are all naturally raised and are finished on grass as opposed to grain.

Reports show Grass-fed beef to be higher in Omega-3 fatty acid and in conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) than grain-fed beef. Omega-3's and CLA's have been reported to aid in the human immune system in fighting off cancers and other diseases. These benefits are greatly diminished when an animal is finished on grain instead of grass.

We also endeavor to use animals that have been DNA tested for the tenderness and the marbling genes for our animals. This means that our animal's offspring should have the same traits as the parents. Selecting an animal with the most gene markers for tenderness means that when the meat is aging in the cold storage the gene that is responsible for tenderizing the meat works its magic and gives you tender meat.

Marbling is when there is intramuscular fat; fat inside the muscle not just on the outside of the muscle. Marbling actually gives you that good feel in the mouth when eating the meat and adds to the flavor when cooking. We also try to use animals that have this allusive marbling gene. However animals with very many markers of this gene are not very prevalent.

Next year's harvest starts in Feb. 2010 and you can put your deposit of $100 down to reserve your HFW Premium Beef package. This will hold your package until harvest time. If any thing happens to the animal between the time you place your deposit and harvest, your deposit will be put on another available animal. If none are available, all your money will be refunded.

Our beef is sold in 1/4, 1/2, & whole animal packages and is priced at $4.00 a pound on hot hanging weight (bone included). For example: 1000 lb. live steer X 60% = 600 lbs. hot hanging weight. 600 lbs. X $4.00 = price you pay for a whole steer. One quarter of a steer would yield approximately 132-150 pounds for $600.

After harvesting, our packers will DRY AGE the meat (let it hang in the cooler), cut it to your specifications, vacuum wrap and freeze your beef. You can pick up your beef from the packing house or pay for the shipping cost to your location which ever you prefer.