Section 623 of The Federal Meat Inspection Act allows producers to consume red meat that they own as share owners. This allows someone to purchase a cow, or a share of a cow, before it has been killed for butchering, and then have it custom butchered by anyone they choose. Cattle ranchers have long taken advantage of this to sell beef shares to family and the local community by selling ΒΌ beef custom butchered. At steakbroker.com, the community of consumers that ranchers can sell to is increased exponentially.