Windy N Custom Butcher — Local services in Ellensburg

Greg and Bradley at Windy N Ranch really stepped up to help us. I think they are a hidden diamond that other farms NEED to know about.

Short story ....We learned about Windy N Ranch when listening to a podcast they did for "Farm Walks" about how they went from farmers to having an onsite certified cut and wrap butcher shop and now working on becoming a certified harvest processing facility. Greg and Bradley have gone above and beyond since our first email over a year ago as we were looking for breeding stock sows for our new farm. While they couldn't personally help us they connected us to farms that could. Fast forward to now when the processing facility we use shut down we called them for help.

Starting this summer they will be the ONLY USDA/WSDA, Organic, Animal Welfare Certified facility we can take our hogs to in WA State. When we looked at were we would offloaded at their farm I thought this is an incredible place. Our pigs will overlooked the Thorp valley and be treated with kindness, open space, and just a great place. It felt so good to find a place like this. Our family would have "hip camped" at their pens for a night. The view was breathtaking. Not some big commercial operation but a small family farm that will care for them to their last minute. Somehow I want to shout to the world about this incredible place that is shifting how we process animals. In a system that is hard for small farms and filled with stress about all the small details and certification requirements from harvest to consumer. Finding Windy N Ranch is a HUGE stress relief.

Their story is so incredible BUT their hospitality, kindness and willingness to share set them on the platinum level of gold stars for us . What we learned from them will take our farm to the next level and relieve our stress about where we process come summer. Windy N Ranch is going to be full service for small farmers. Bradley and Greg are even making our packaging "fancy" as it leave the cut and wrap process. They asked "what font do you want" this is something no other processor has had the capacity to do even when we asked. BONUS points they offered this when onboarding us as a new customer. Their customer service makes you feel like family.

Windy N Ranch is an incredible story of a family owned farm building and hoop jumping for the small local farming community.

BONUS, Greg also is helping us figure out how to grind our own food and which will allow us to feed our pigs higher quality food and help us become organic...

I’ve used Windy N for processing/packaging two elk, three cattle, and one hog. Always a pleasure conducting business with Greg and Bradley at Windy N; they are great with communication and transparency; they do what they say they will and when they say they would… basically the foundation of conducting good business. Greg is great with email correspondence and both of them answer the phone well or call back soon. Moving to the finished product, the meat is vacuum sealed and is the real deal. Every time I pull meat out of the freezer I’m impressed, the elk from two years ago looks just as good as the hog they processed two months ago and both look the same as the day they were put in the freeze. Never having to deal with freezer burn is huge when it comes to preserving the hard work that goes into getting meat from the field to the table. I tell all my friends to use them for meat processing, which I believe has made it harder for me to get appointments, but love to see the good ones who do it right succeed. So if you’re on the fence about using them or not and got this far into the review I’d highly recommend...

If you're a "homesteader" looking for top-quality meat processing, Windy N Ranch and Greg Newhall is the place to go! The care and precision they put into cutting and wrapping beef is truly the best around—everything is perfectly packaged, labeled, and ready for the freezer. Greg is knowledgeable, friendly, and incredibly helpful, making the whole process smooth and stress-free. Greg took the the time to ensure my specific requests were met, and his teams expertise really shows in the final product. Highly recommend for anyone who wants exceptional service and top-notch meat...