Buying a full or half cow

The ones I’ve bought usually range from $4.00-$6.00 per pound of the hanging weight processed. Meat holds up as well as long as your butcher wraps the packages properly.

My granddad used to give his three daughters a calf every Christmas, my mom was one of them.

We would let them get about a year and 1/2 old (I think) then have them butchered

I think we paid $500.00 or so and had a full freezer of prime beef


Frick Brandon - we gonna all be eating bread soon and riding horses

Bought in April of 2020.

822 lb cow
$1.25 on the hoof
About 250-300 for processing

Whole cow, spread across 2 deep freezers.

Follow up question is how do you go about finding one living in a city?

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I started a thread on the F&D board and they have some recs in there.

From my experience, do not get 100% grass fed unless you like a gamey flavor and tougher meat. Grass fed and grain finished gives you a mild flavor with much better marbling.

Hanging weight pricing is usually somewhere between $4-$6. Final meat product you receive is usually 60% of hanging weight

I've taken out steaks 18 months after being frozen and they still tasted great. It all depends on how the butcher wraps them.