Wild Idea Buffalo Suppliers

Wild Idea Buffalo Suppliers is listed in the USDA FSIS directory as establishment V46601 at 25177 River Rd, Hermosa, South Dakota, in Custer County. The federal record lists Voluntary Processing, Meat and Voluntary Slaughter, Meat, with bison as the species slaughtered under inspection. Bison is not an amenable species under federal law, so inspection is provided on a voluntary, fee basis. The grant of inspection date on file is July 17, 2020. FSIS places the plant in slaughter volume category 1, meaning under 1,000 head per year, and lists no custom-exempt activity. The FSIS size class is recorded as not applicable.

The company website describes Wild Idea Buffalo Company as founded on a vision that began in 1997, when Dan O'Brien worked to restore a 1,000 acre ranch by returning bison to native rangeland. The site states that 100 percent of its buffalo are field harvested on the prairie where they graze using a mobile harvest unit, and that the animals never enter a stock truck, feedlot, or slaughter plant. The site describes the buffalo as 100 percent grass-fed and finished, never fed grain and never given antibiotics or hormones. It states the operation is the first Regenerative Organic Certified buffalo operation in the country and is also USDA Organic, Certified Grassfed, Animal Welfare Approved, and on Certified Bird Friendly Land.

Sales are handled online and shipped. The website lists individual cuts and bundles with prices, along with a subscription option, and notes free shipping on orders over 300 dollars. The FSIS record lists the phone number (605) 787-3373, while the website lists (605) 215-1244 and info@wildideabuffalo.com. The website does not describe custom slaughter or processing for outside livestock owners, and the federal record reports no custom-exempt activity. Whether the plant takes in animals from other producers is not stated in the sources on file.

Households buy from Wild Idea Buffalo through the company website rather than at a described retail counter. The site lists individual items with prices, including ground buffalo at 22.50 dollars per pound, hot dogs at 34 dollars, ribeye at 42 dollars, and filet at 50 dollars, along with build-a-bundle and collection pages and a subscribe and save option. Free shipping is offered on orders over 300 dollars, and the site advertised a September bundle at 14 percent off with free shipping at the time of the fetch. All meat is described as 100 percent grass-fed and finished buffalo, field harvested on the prairie. Halves and quarters are not mentioned.

If you are buying a half or quarter animal, the plant is where the animal is processed; the farm sells you the animal. Read how to buy a half cow for the sequence and the math.