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We are farmers that raise grass pastured chickens, and want to sell them online using CubeCart Version 6.0.12. Our price is $4.50 per pound. The weight of each chicken is different, and we always sell the whole chicken. Each flock of 500 birds has a known weight statistic (ie. minimum, average, and maximum weight for each bird in the flock) which we could use to approximate the cost of one average chicken. When customer is on CubeCart, we do not know which chicken any particular customer will receive. How should we define "Quantity" and "Price" in CubeCart? For example, if we define Quantity as the number of chickens the customer desires, then we do not know the total weight and cannot calculate the total price to charge the customer. Due to the large variation in individual weights of a bird within he flock, if we were to set our Price as $ per chicken regardless of weight, we as farmers will make out OK on average, but some customers will get a great deal (they get a bigger chicken), or are ripped off (they get a small chicken) Alternatively, if we define Quantity as kg, what do we do when the customer specifies a weight that does not correspond to the actual weight of 1 or more chickens? We have thought about charging a fixed $/chicken deposit, but then we have 2 transactions for each customer (first the deposit, then the adjustment to the actual weight and total price when we ship or the customer finally arrives to pick up their chicken). Inconvenient, costly, and we may lose sales due to complexity. Is there a Mod that facilitates this problem?