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re: Beef prices and farmers...
Posted on 5/17/20 at 10:41 am to Luke
Posted on 5/17/20 at 10:41 am to Luke
I was walked through this process and cattle farmer in Montana sells his cattle to feed lot feed lot fattens them up to get weight on them sells again to makes money. Why the hell would you pay taxes maintain a 15k acre ranch that you can accomplish with a feed lot? Why every cattle farmer should just convert to feed lots?
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Posted on 5/17/20 at 10:43 am to Pesticide
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They all seem to drive the high end trucks. Lots od 4 wheelers, side by sides and million dollar combines that drive themselves via satelite. They ain't hurting but they all claim to be.
What a minute hand!! There’s a big difference between cattle farmers and row crop farmers!!
Posted on 5/17/20 at 10:44 am to notiger1997
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Yeah, I stay confused on how the industry works.
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I get that some cattle guys are tied in with the idiot major beef processors and they are getting screwed over constantly for the prices they are getting.
Sounds like you've got it figured out.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 10:46 am to Lugnut
Also, did you know that a LARGE portion of
the beef you buy in the store that is labeled USA is from Mexico and Canada????
the beef you buy in the store that is labeled USA is from Mexico and Canada????
Posted on 5/17/20 at 10:47 am to greygoose
Can you buy one a get a deer processor to cut it up?
Those guys are everywhere.
Those guys are everywhere.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 10:52 am to greygoose
You can completely cut the processor out if you want. Buy a steer, shoot it, hang it off a very stout tree limb and get to hacking.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 10:52 am to greygoose
Grocery store ground beef
What you would be buying
Local rancher sells to feed lot. Feed lot gets them ready to butcher and sells to packer. Packer then sells wholesale
What you would be buying
Local rancher sells to feed lot. Feed lot gets them ready to butcher and sells to packer. Packer then sells wholesale
Posted on 5/17/20 at 10:53 am to greygoose
Beef in the store almost certainly came off a feedlot. Beef out the pasture came off of a pasture.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 10:58 am to angus1838
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angus1838
Thanks for educating me. Like I said, I have no idea how this industry works. Hell, I'm just now getting into raising laying hens!
Posted on 5/17/20 at 11:00 am to greygoose
I bought a half last week.
Ended up w 310 lbs of beef. Ground, ribeye, t bones, short ribs, soup bones, sirloins, sirloin tip roast, chuck roasts.
Paid 800 for the half and 225 for the cutting and vac pack. So just a smidge over 3 bucks a lb. great beef at a great price imo
Ended up w 310 lbs of beef. Ground, ribeye, t bones, short ribs, soup bones, sirloins, sirloin tip roast, chuck roasts.
Paid 800 for the half and 225 for the cutting and vac pack. So just a smidge over 3 bucks a lb. great beef at a great price imo
Posted on 5/17/20 at 11:03 am to greygoose
That’s way overpriced
Posted on 5/17/20 at 11:05 am to tigerfoot
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Paid 800 for the half and 225 for the cutting and vac pack. So just a smidge over 3 bucks a lb. great beef at a great price imo
Sounds like you got a deal! You got twice as much, for the same price they want around here, for a quarter. I guess I'll stick to buying choice cuts, when I want some, from the local butcher shop, and just get my ground beef from Costco.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 11:19 am to TulaneLSU
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Friend,
Saw some 90/10 at Sam's this week for $3.25/lb. I used to prefer Wagyu for my burgers, but recently have been using 93/7 and up. Really am enjoying these burgers which taste more like steak than burgers. Gone are my days of lots of fat in the burger.
Yours,
TulaneLSU
Friend,
Do you have a picture of the sign advertising this ground beef?
Yours,
High C
Posted on 5/17/20 at 11:37 am to Cracker
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Why the hell would you pay taxes maintain a 15k acre ranch that you can accomplish with a feed lot?
Most "ranchers" with 15k acres are not solely cattle ranchers. They just need the cattle for agricultural exemption on 15k acres.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 11:40 am to tigerfoot
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I bought a half last week.
Ended up w 310 lbs of beef. Ground, ribeye, t bones, short ribs, soup bones, sirloins, sirloin tip roast, chuck roasts.
Paid 800 for the half and 225 for the cutting and vac pack. So just a smidge over 3 bucks a lb. great beef at a great price imo
What aera are you in to get this price?
Posted on 5/17/20 at 11:46 am to PrivatePublic
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Umm, if that includes the expensive cuts, that's a pretty good deal isn't it?
No an all in per pound of over $8 is not a good deal. Should be all in around $5 per pound at most. I usually get beef for $3-$4 per pound freezer ready.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 11:48 am to angus1838
Would you sell a steer straight to the trailer?
I am too far away from you, but butchering your own animal isn't that hard. I know the USDA gets involved if it goes through a locker, but my son has been after me to buy a live steer at around 1200# and butcher it here.
I am too far away from you, but butchering your own animal isn't that hard. I know the USDA gets involved if it goes through a locker, but my son has been after me to buy a live steer at around 1200# and butcher it here.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 11:50 am to Luke
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Buy from a local beef producer and have it processed yourself. It’s rather easy.
We've done this several times over the years. Usually, we split a cow and a hog with family friends. All of it is too much for us to deal with at one time, plus we save a little money by splitting cost.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 11:50 am to VABuckeye
Friend,
I too was once misguided by the masses and believed
More recently, the 93/7 burger transformation has really opened my eyes to the greatness of the beef taste. More and more it reminds me of a good steak. Superb!
Yours,
TulaneLSU
I too was once misguided by the masses and believed
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you're missing out. Fat = flavor.
More recently, the 93/7 burger transformation has really opened my eyes to the greatness of the beef taste. More and more it reminds me of a good steak. Superb!
Yours,
TulaneLSU
Posted on 5/17/20 at 11:51 am to TulaneLSU
80/20 85/15 are the best for taco meat
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