The two cats are inseparable, either sleeping or wandering around the house.
The male cat Dahua is very aloof and doesn't get close to anyone. Even Ah Li chases him around all day long...
Ah Li likes to be clingy to people. Not only did she cling to Chen Mo, but she also took the initiative to approach Kanerbi and the others when they saw her.
It was getting late in the evening, when Chen Mo came back from repairing the barbed wire fence on the back mountain, Ah Li took the initiative to get close to Chen Mo.
Chen Mo picked it up with a smile and looked around for Dasha and Ala. The two silly dogs ran out to roam again. If it was just a husky, Chen Mo might be worried that it would not be able to find its way home, but there was a Labrador following.
, the two puppies can basically come back after dark, so don’t worry.
Just as he was preparing to cook, Canlby drove his pickup truck over and honked the horn twice: "Boss, are you home?"
"I just came back." Chen Mo rolled his eyes: "Didn't you see me coming back just now?"
Canlby smiled cautiously: "I sent a Dorper sheep to the slaughterhouse. This is the slaughterhouse's mutton grade evaluation report. Please take a look."
A tissue paper cousin.
Chen Mo can recognize some simple letters, such as age, and the above rating is B level.
Grade A refers to lambs, which are generally between 36 months old depending on the breed.
"What's this?"
"The fat content, Class 2 Premium, is a very high grade, only one grade worse than Class 3 Premium." Canlby explained: "This is the rating of lamb in high-end restaurants, and it is not standardized. Generally speaking,
, fat content levels 2 and 3 require that the fat is evenly distributed and can form stripes. It does not mean that the more fat, the better. Level 2 and level 3 are not better or worse, but usually...most people think that level 2 is special.
It is better than Grade 3, but slightly inferior to Grade 3. However, some chefs think that Grade 2 is the best... Grade 2 and Grade 3 lamb are almost the same in price, and both are difficult to find on the market.
Bought mutton.”
Chen Mo nodded...
Mutton has a strong taste, so if you are not used to eating it, you won’t want to eat it.
Why can’t I get used to it? It’s too expensive.
Mutton is usually a by-product of wool. The wool industry in the United States is underdeveloped, so less mutton is produced.
According to statistics, Americans eat 58.9 pounds of pork, 93.1 pounds of chicken, 82 pounds of beef, and 1 pound of mutton every year, for a total of 235 pounds, or about 107 kilograms.
It is only in recent years that eating mutton has become popular in the United States, and the demand for mutton has become much greater. Last year, the United States imported US$800 million in mutton (mostly mutton), and mutton is delicious.
Cattle cannot be sold, but mutton sheep are not worried about marketability, and can be sold at a good price.
The problem is that Chen Mo raises Dorper sheep.
Dorper sheep are recognized as high-quality meat sheep in the world, and the price of lambs is not cheap, with one lamb costing about 150 US dollars. If you cannot slaughter high-end restaurant grade lamb, you will probably lose money while waiting.
The price of mutton in the supermarket is about US$7.7 per pound, and lamb chops are about US$12 per pound. That is the retail price in supermarkets. The price of meat in the United States is basically monopolized by the capitalists. Mutton of average quality is sent to the slaughterhouse, and the carcass (especially the carcass) is
After slaughtering livestock (excluding heads, tails, limbs, internal organs and other remaining parts), the price is about three dollars per pound. Only high-quality meat is eligible for bargaining...
The best thing about Dorper sheep is fat lambs, but they cannot produce high-quality meat, so they can only be sold as ordinary meat sheep.
"Physique level 3?" Chen Mo frowned: "Why do you still talk about body type?"
Canlby shrugged his shoulders: "I don't know either. The Dorper sheep I sent for slaughter was 6 months old and weighed 55.1 kilograms, which is 121.5 pounds. The slaughtered carcass was 58 pounds, and the meat and bone were about 5.3:4.7
.The muscle in the carcass accounts for about 64%, fat 21%, and high-quality meat accounts for 44-47%. Mutton contains various hormones and other ingredients, which are also marked on it, and are within the organic meat standards.”
"This is a certificate from the slaughterhouse. It is very good mutton. With such quality, if it had been slaughtered two months earlier, the price would have been about $10 per pound." Canlby said it was a pity here.
Two months ago, I just bought the lamb.
Lambs at that time were not very fat, and one sheep could probably produce 30 pounds of meat, which was pretty good. The quality of the meat was not up to standard, and a pound of mutton sold for $5, which was not bad. After all, it was lamb meat, so it could be sold at a good price.
“How much is the slaughterhouse willing to charge?”
"A Dorper sheep of this grade, slaughtered with bones, costs US$6.5 per pound..." Canlby saw Chen Mo frowning: "This is already a good price."
Chen Mo lit a cigarette...
This batch of 6-month-old Dorper sheep cost almost US$200 each when we bought the lambs (they were quite big at the time), and we raised them for nearly three months.
If you don’t count labor costs and other expenses, and only count the input of grain, one sheep can earn more than one hundred US dollars.
It is difficult to calculate other investments yet...
"Can't you sell it at a higher price? For example, sell it directly to a high-end restaurant." Chen Mo wants to make more. This is his instinct.
Now that he knew his mutton was good, Chen Mo felt that he had the capital to sell it at a high price.
"This... there are no high-end restaurants in the entire state of Montana. This kind of mutton is usually sold to big cities, such as New York and Los Angeles. High-end restaurants have their own procurement processes, and channel construction is not a temporary thing. It takes a lot of money.
Money." Canlby talked about the procurement process of ingredients in high-end restaurants. Some restaurants are outsourced, that is, they are handed over to other companies for procurement. Some restaurants have their own procurement departments, and they must first send samples and detailed rating reports... People see
You can then decide whether to purchase from here.
Snow Mountain Ranch does not have complete refrigeration equipment and has to establish its own transportation lines, which is troublesome.
The main problem is that Canlby was just a veterinarian before and didn't know much. It would be too difficult for him to be responsible for independent sales.
Fat lambs are the most expensive. But even if they are of excellent quality, they cost as much as twelve or three dollars per pound.
Dorper sheep grow very fast. A 1-year-old Dorper sheep can weigh up to 100 kilograms for rams and 80 kilograms for ewes...
Grade A refers to lambs, which are generally 3.54 months old. Dorper sheep are most famous for their fat lambs. The quality of the lambs is particularly outstanding. Generally speaking, it is not worth raising them unless they can produce good meat.
The Dorper sheep were bought from another pasture. That pasture could not even raise fat lambs... but when they arrived at the Snow Mountain Pasture, they grew good meat.
The environment of the Snow Mountain Pasture is not much better than that pasture. The only difference is...the space alfalfa grass.
Chen Mo rubbed his chin and thought about the differences in the snow mountain pasture. The only possibility was alfalfa in space...
"What is the age rating of sheep?" Chen Mo asked.
"Lamb meat is the best. Grade B is for sheep in the growth stage, and Grade C is for adult sheep, usually after eight months. Grade C age mutton is the cheapest, and cheap mutton sold in supermarkets is usually of this grade.
That is, shorn mutton..."
"It's weird...if you are of C-level age and have particularly good fat content, how do you calculate it?"
Canlby thought for a while: "The pricing method for mutton should be similar to the pricing method for beef. The evaluation is a comprehensive score. There is no official grading standard for mutton grade. The standard I used now is the standard for high-end restaurants to purchase mutton..."
"That's right. That means a 6-month-old sheep can be raised for another month."
"Can you... not be afraid of losing meat?" Canlby shrank his head and said with a smile.
"It will be delicious and well taken care of. It will be slaughtered in one month. If you raise it for one more month, you can make a lot of money from one sheep..." Chen Mo took a puff of his cigarette and said, "Feed more alfalfa this month. Alfalfa protein content
high……"
"Okay." Canlby scratched his head and left.
Earning more than one hundred dollars from a sheep is something that can only be done by those particularly famous large ranches. I didn't expect that such a miracle would happen in a snow mountain ranch. But the ranch owner is still satisfied...
What should I do if the fat content of the mutton drops after another month of raising?
Canlby left with a headache, thinking that the boss should be content with what he was doing. It was too difficult to make money from the ranch.