re: Buying a full or half cow

I live in Birmingham. I have a customer that is raising Wagyu and half of a steer is $3,750 plus about $700 for processing. Hanging weight of his last steer was around 860lbs but it took them a while to find a processor during covid. He expects the next one to be around 700lbs. If 1/2 the steer weighs about 350-400lbs then I’m looking at $11-12/lb once I include the cost of processing. Keep in mind this is a customer so I’m looking at helping him get his second business, selling wagyu, up and going.

This is what he sent me on his wagyu.
We have 100% full-blood black wagyu. They can be traced back to original imports from Japan.
There is black and red but they are really two different breeds. Wagyu literally means Japanese cow. Black is normally called wagyu and red is usually called akaushi.
If you see American wagyu it is a percentage of wagyu anywhere from 37%-75% usually 50%.