The counter

A butcher's counter is a list of decisions, and ours are these: Welsh beef and lamb from farms we have stood in, pork from one herd, chickens that have been outside, and a price per kilo on every ticket so that you can work out the joint before you ask. What is on the counter changes with the week; the list on this website is the list on the glass.

Beef is the heart of it: sirloin, ribeye, rump and fillet from the dry-ageing cabinet; rib of beef on the bone for a Sunday; topside and silverside; brisket, which we sell more of every year; braising and stewing steak diced while you wait; and mince, ground twice from chuck and nothing else. Lamb from the two farms above Cowbridge: legs, shoulders, racks French-trimmed, loin and chump chops, neck fillet for the slow cooker, and mince. Pork from a herd in Carmarthenshire: belly scored for crackling, loin joints with the skin on, shoulder for pulling, chops, and the dry-cured bacon we cure ourselves. Free-range chickens and ducks from near Usk, whole or in pieces.

Everything is cut to order. Say how thick you want the steak, whether the leg should be boned and rolled, whether the chops should be chined, how many pieces the chicken should be in; it takes a minute and we do not charge for it. The ticket on every tray carries the price per kilo and the farm; the same list is on the counter page here, and the order page will price a joint by weight before you ring. Saturday orders are best in by Friday noon, when we go to the cold store for the week.

What you get

• About twenty-five cuts on a normal day, more at Christmas
• Price per kilo on every ticket and on this website
• Cut to order, weighed in front of you, no charge for knife work
• Beef from three Welsh farms, lamb from two, pork from one
• Free-range chicken and duck from near Usk
• Stock bones £1 a bag, dripping, marrow bones for the dog

What it costs

Beef mince £11.80 a kilo, sirloin £32, rib of beef on the bone £28.50, leg of lamb £19.50, pork belly £11.50, free-range chicken £8.90. The whole list is on the counter page. The counter list has every cut with its price per kilo; the order page prices a joint by weight before you ring.