Posted: 3/12/2015 12:31:59 AM EDT
| Local butcher shop is having a sale on 1/4 beef bundles. All ready made up and frozen. approx 60lbs of meat. $6.25 a lb. I have never bought beef this way before. It seems high to me. What says the hive? |
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Local butcher shop is having a sale on 1/4 beef bundles. All ready made up and frozen. approx 60lbs of meat. $6.25 a lb. I have never bought beef this way before. It seems high to me. What says the hive? Depends upon the quality of the meat and what kind of cuts you get. Is that 45 lbs of regular ground and a few steaks, or 20 lbs of ground and 40 lbs of steaks? Or is it all ground, but grass fed? |
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Here is an Craigslist ad for here:
Beef AD GRASS FED HEART HEALTHY BLACK ANGUS AND CHAROLAIS STEERS.These steers are ready to go to the processor. They have been raised the way cattle should be. No growth hormones, or steroids ever used, no animal by-products or antibiotics have ever been fed, $4.35 per pound for a whole one $4.55 per pound, for a 1/2. $4.75 per pound for a quarter, HANGING WEIGHT (DRESSED) Price includes taking them to the packing house, and cutting and wrapping. Ready to go in your freezer. I do have a few finished on corn. I have a few ready now!! When these are gone I won't have anymore until fall order now if you want one. So I would say that was high. |
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High quality grass fed grass finished beef can go for twice that much around here.
I depends on the breed and the grass. I have never had Black Angus that was grass finished that was edible as it was developed to be grain finished but I have high standards. All natural Criollo beef finishes nicely on grass out here and its $7 for ground. I would ask for a sample and if you like it pay accordingly. |
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I bought a half last year for $4.35lb, your price seems a bit high.
Also, unless you're just into it, I'd stay away from grass fed/finished. That crap is all about marketing to the free range Kale burger crowd for a higher price and not about a better end product. <------------ Grew up around more cattle than people. |
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My last order was $2.50/lb hanging weight to the farmer. There's some percentage that results in meat weight, but I don't remember. Then I paid the butcher to cut & wrap it up. I don't remember what it was exactly, I think around $80 for the 1/4...or something.
What I do know is this: there is NO better meat than what you can get grown locally. BT, DT |
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My last order was $2.50/lb hanging weight to the farmer. There's some percentage that results in meat weight, but I don't remember. Then I paid the butcher to cut & wrap it up. I don't remember what it was exactly, I think around $80 for the 1/4...or something. What I do know is this: there is NO better meat that what you can get grown locally. BT, DT Just picked ours up-grass fed @ 2.69 a lb. and .50 a lb processed and packaged with a 16.00 kill fee. You are right,nothing better. |
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I bought a half last year for $4.35lb, your price seems a bit high. Also, unless you're just into it, I'd stay away from grass fed/finished. That crap is all about marketing to the free range Kale burger crowd for a higher price and not about a better end product. <------------ Grew up around more cattle than people. You need to go back to school my friend grass finished is about health and not green planet hippie shit. you can get twice as much for quality grass finished meat as feed lot generic. Its not save the planet its save your life. |
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You need to go back to school my friend grass finished is about health and not green planet hippie shit. you can get twice as much for quality grass finished meat as feed lot generic. Its not save the planet its save your life. Quoted:
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I bought a half last year for $4.35lb, your price seems a bit high. Also, unless you're just into it, I'd stay away from grass fed/finished. That crap is all about marketing to the free range Kale burger crowd for a higher price and not about a better end product. <------------ Grew up around more cattle than people. You need to go back to school my friend grass finished is about health and not green planet hippie shit. you can get twice as much for quality grass finished meat as feed lot generic. Its not save the planet its save your life. Grass fed beef generally has shit for intramuscular fat, as well as generally being less tender than grain fed. I couldn't care less about health, if I'm eating a steak I want a steak with flavor, not a dry, flavorless steak that's more healthy. |
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Grass fed beef generally has shit for intramuscular fat, as well as generally being less tender than grain fed. I couldn't care less about health, if I'm eating a steak I want a steak with flavor, not a dry, flavorless steak that's more healthy. Quoted:
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I bought a half last year for $4.35lb, your price seems a bit high. Also, unless you're just into it, I'd stay away from grass fed/finished. That crap is all about marketing to the free range Kale burger crowd for a higher price and not about a better end product. <------------ Grew up around more cattle than people. You need to go back to school my friend grass finished is about health and not green planet hippie shit. you can get twice as much for quality grass finished meat as feed lot generic. Its not save the planet its save your life. Grass fed beef generally has shit for intramuscular fat, as well as generally being less tender than grain fed. I couldn't care less about health, if I'm eating a steak I want a steak with flavor, not a dry, flavorless steak that's more healthy. The Breed and the feed determine flavor and most of the heritage breeds fatten nicely on grass. If you had a crappy grass feed steak then you got ripped off. I enjoy traveling to different ranches and sampling there steaks its the best part of my job and the differences in flavor are amazing. Find a rancher that takes pride in his work and you will find some amazing quality. Grain finishing just puts on fat fast to make up for poor quality in allot of cases. |
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I bought a half last year for $4.35lb, your price seems a bit high. Also, unless you're just into it, I'd stay away from grass fed/finished. That crap is all about marketing to the free range Kale burger crowd for a higher price and not about a better end product. <------------ Grew up around more cattle than people. I agree. |
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Grass fed beef generally has shit for intramuscular fat, as well as generally being less tender than grain fed. I couldn't care less about health, if I'm eating a steak I want a steak with flavor, not a dry, flavorless steak that's more healthy. Quoted:
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I bought a half last year for $4.35lb, your price seems a bit high. Also, unless you're just into it, I'd stay away from grass fed/finished. That crap is all about marketing to the free range Kale burger crowd for a higher price and not about a better end product. <------------ Grew up around more cattle than people. You need to go back to school my friend grass finished is about health and not green planet hippie shit. you can get twice as much for quality grass finished meat as feed lot generic. Its not save the planet its save your life. Grass fed beef generally has shit for intramuscular fat, as well as generally being less tender than grain fed. I couldn't care less about health, if I'm eating a steak I want a steak with flavor, not a dry, flavorless steak that's more healthy. We should eat together. "Cut out grain fed beef, cut the fat, don't drink alcohol and you'll live longer." "Why?" |
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Local butcher shop is having a sale on 1/4 beef bundles. All ready made up and frozen. approx 60lbs of meat. $6.25 a lb. I have never bought beef this way before. It seems high to me. What says the hive? that a grocery store price. Should be $1-$1.50 cheaper at least. |
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High quality grass fed grass finished beef can go for twice that much around here. I depends on the breed and the grass. I have never had Black Angus that was grass finished that was edible as it was developed to be grain finished but I have high standards. All natural Criollo beef finishes nicely on grass out here and its $7 for ground. I would ask for a sample and if you like it pay accordingly.  I need to change my marketing plans. 
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He is marketing. 1/4 bundle - don't know what the hell that is - especially if it is only 60lbs. iirc - my wag is a 1000lb calf should dress out almost 700lbs. Quarter of that would be 175lbs. Ok I recently purchased a 1/2 calf - at probably a decently premium price (school ag program, so their is a donation involved). I will have $1500 into about 350lb of beef. So even at a charitable premium (donation to school), I am coming out under $5/lb. --- I grew up on grass fed. Fuck that. Grain finish adds fat and takes commercial grade beef to prime. I am looking forward to eating show calf. Damn thing probably has $1k of feed in him. --- Just think of all the hippy tears. This calf grew up in a stall and was expensive feed most of his life. City show calf. |
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I used to belong to some web sights that focused on natural eating. I could not take it any longer, the stupidly of that group was ridiculous. Selling beef at a premium because somehow they lived in the 1 sq mile of the US where grass grew 12 month a year - arguing that hay fed was commercial and not grass. |
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You need to go back to school my friend grass finished is about health and not green planet hippie shit. you can get twice as much for quality grass finished meat as feed lot generic. Its not save the planet its save your life. Quoted:
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I bought a half last year for $4.35lb, your price seems a bit high. Also, unless you're just into it, I'd stay away from grass fed/finished. That crap is all about marketing to the free range Kale burger crowd for a higher price and not about a better end product. <------------ Grew up around more cattle than people. You need to go back to school my friend grass finished is about health and not green planet hippie shit. you can get twice as much for quality grass finished meat as feed lot generic. Its not save the planet its save your life. stop. please. stop. it has nothing to do with health. I've sent more cattle unto trucks than most here. its called corn pricing and justification. health never entered into the equation until they needed to justify crappy beef. |
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The Breed and the feed determine flavor and most of the heritage breeds fatten nicely on grass. If you had a crappy grass feed steak then you got ripped off. I enjoy traveling to different ranches and sampling there steaks its the best part of my job and the differences in flavor are amazing. Find a rancher that takes pride in his work and you will find some amazing quality. Grain finishing just puts on fat fast to make up for poor quality in allot of cases. Quoted:
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I bought a half last year for $4.35lb, your price seems a bit high. Also, unless you're just into it, I'd stay away from grass fed/finished. That crap is all about marketing to the free range Kale burger crowd for a higher price and not about a better end product. <------------ Grew up around more cattle than people. You need to go back to school my friend grass finished is about health and not green planet hippie shit. you can get twice as much for quality grass finished meat as feed lot generic. Its not save the planet its save your life. Grass fed beef generally has shit for intramuscular fat, as well as generally being less tender than grain fed. I couldn't care less about health, if I'm eating a steak I want a steak with flavor, not a dry, flavorless steak that's more healthy. The Breed and the feed determine flavor and most of the heritage breeds fatten nicely on grass. If you had a crappy grass feed steak then you got ripped off. I enjoy traveling to different ranches and sampling there steaks its the best part of my job and the differences in flavor are amazing. Find a rancher that takes pride in his work and you will find some amazing quality. Grain finishing just puts on fat fast to make up for poor quality in allot of cases. In a lot of cases, grass fed just means someones cull cow, or a heifer that didn't get bred. Generally w/ the same genetics as the grain fed cattle. |
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Most ranches work the same. Cow munches on grass, cow has calf, cow munches on grass, calf drinks milk, cow munches on grass, calf drinks milk and munches on grass. Grass starts to die off, probably changes flavor of milk a bit, cow keeps on eating, but calf starts eating more and drinking less. Cow gets serviced by bull, rancher sells calf (generally bull calves get their nuts wacked off and go to a feed lot, heifers are often sold as breeding stock), few much latter, it is spring, cow munches on grass again. Up until about 700 lbs (give or take), all calves are grass/milk fed. Rancher butchers his calves (traditionally a heifer, because traditional they sold for less because they are not as profitable) at +/- 700lbs, feed lot packs on till the steers are 1200ish. I can see how you could do better than milk fed (which is what ranchers generally butcher). You could castrate younger, plant special crops, etc. But the main issue is a full sized grass fed will end up reaching market weight months later. It should be more flavorful, but probably less fat and more tough. |