Can you eat a cow thats died of old age?

I don’t see how there would be a difference between dying of natural causes versus having a bullet put in its head.

are cows similar to horses in longevity?

I imagine a 30 year old scrawny horse wouldnt taste great.

It is best not to.

I think it is illegal to sell beef from a cow that dies of natural causes.

Unless you naturally launched a bullet to its brain while it was happily eating some feed, then I wouldn't eat it.

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I think it is illegal to sell beef from a cow that dies of natural causes.

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I was cruising down a rural highway near Pecos a while back and there was a dead cow on the side of the road, been hit by a semi or oil field truck.

Two trucks had pulled over and these Mexicans were slicing them off some ribs and roasts, loading up their coolers.

As for OP, I am no rancher, but from what I have picked up I would say you probably do not want to eat it.

The taste depends on the muscle/fat content, what they were fed, etc.

I imagine a cow that dies of old age probably had some sort of illness prior to passing that would have spoiled the meat flavor.

If you were about to die from starvation you could probably eat it and live, but it would not taste good and might make you sick.

I wouldn't. The assumption is "old age" but there's no way short of an autopsy you could know exactly why.

Would you like to eat a Wal-Mart greeter (assuming you were a cannibal)?

I doubt it would be veally good.

I'll pass on that steak buddy.

This is a trap question.