whats the price of beef in your area..... hanging weight.
Guy down the road has grass fed angus he wants 2.75 a pound...

How much if he finishes feeding it ? They need grain

thats finished, sorry i should of stated that

than you pay the butcher

Fat colored steers are bringing 1.25 to 1.31 per pound on the hoof at Waverly sale barn. So at 1350x1.28 avg.=1728 then add 800 for processing is 2528, figuring hanging weight 1350x.65percent for average yield=877.5 the 2528/877.5=2.88 per pound. This assuming these are grain feed.

I paid 3.00 a pound hanging half a beef a month ago

$2.05 today on choice.

Do not buy grass fed beef if you are not familiar with it. It will be a different experience eating grass finished beef if you are accustomed to grain finished.

$3/lb hanging seems to be standard around here. True grass fed and finished beef will taste different, but the health benefits are real.

Yeah a real gross benefit! Lol I have never had a beef with too much fat on it.

Going to the auction either Tuesday or Thursday to see what the
Beef abs hogs are going for

There are absolutely no proven health benefits to grass finished beef. None. Its nothing more than a new catch phrase made up to sell more expensive beef to the uneducated. Some people like it. Most don’t. There are studies that “prove” that grain finished beef is healthier. I don’t believe that either.

What I’ve had of grass fed beef it wouldn’t make good hamburger, but I’ve heard people rave about it. If you really what to get technical about corn fed beef is grass fed, because corn is a grass.

Knew this was coming when I posted. You may be right M.Magis, I eat a lot of corn fed beef too, but am trying to transition to grass fed for the health benefits. Nothing is certain, but we do know that grass fed beef is higher in conjugated linoleic acid, which is a cancer fighter. It's higher in omega 3 fatty acids, which are critical for heart health, brain health, and reduce risk of cancer. Healthline.com states that the Western diet has too few omega 3 fatty acids and too many omega 6 fatty acids. Grain fed beef is loaded with omega-6 fatty acids, which are believed to cause inflammation and promote cancer.

Grazing animals have been around for millenia surviving on pasture. Only in the past half century or so we've confined cattle and fed them grain to fatten them up, led by the U.S.. And the U.S. has the 6th highest cancer rate in the world.

Why take the chance?

Corn is a grass. If cattle are fed the entire plant, i would agree. But they're typically only fed the seeds.

Well at least you took it with ease I’ve had people ram it down my throat about grass fed beef is the only thing and then argued the fact fact that corn is a grass.

Science is always changing its mind about what's healthy and what's not.

Its amazing how what an animal is fed really changes it flavor on your plate. Best tasting beef i ever had was on a long term ration of chopped alfalfa and wheat.

I have stated this before huge difference in grass fed and grass fat..... very very few true grass fat animals..

the only place i know where to get one is buy a barren heifer out west river that has been feeding on hard buffalo grass. im one that will rave about it its marbled has 1 to 1 1/2 back fat.. hard to come by... havent got one for a few years been eatin corn fat . agreed most grass fed beef on market isnt fit for burger

Many WI Holstein steers are fed about 85% corn silage diets with about 5-7 lbs. of hay or haylage for some scratch factor. Some do a bit of grain. Typical good cornsilage is 50% grain and 50% forage on a dry matter basis.
Most will gain 2.5-3.0 lbs. per day after say 500-600 lbs. or so. They are typically fed dry hay and grain up to 500 lbs. or so. Most of these will go choice but will get to be a bit older and up to 1500-1700 lbs.
Some do the very high grain to push out 13 month steers that go 1100 to 1300 lbs.

As to grass fed, much depends upon the type of grass. Really good legume-grass mix pasture (high sward density) or wrapped baleage can get 2.5-2.75 rates of gain, especially on the beef breeds. Holsteins tend to grow in size more with the higher protein in the rations. Actually I prefer what I call a grass-grain fed steer. I like to feed about 70% forage and 30 % grain on a dry matter basis from weaning on. If the forage is really good say 160 RFV or more I would push that out to 80% forage. Some of the best tasting beef we have had is a Jersey-Angus cross fed in this matter. I know have 3 Hereford cows that have two steer calves and a heifer calf that are about 500-600lbs and are due in May again. Forage this year has been very low in quality, due to shortages and very high prices, so more corn and soy in the ration this winter.

Bryce

I know nothing about raising beef, other than I really enjoy a well marbled steak.
A friend fed me a steak from a steer he had raised, it was grass/brush fed. I thought it tasted pretty similar to blacktail; not at all bad, but definitely different than a store bought beef steak.

Bother-in law raises cattle says it is less hassle to buy his beef then butcher his own cattle with the way the prices are, that seems crazy to me. We do a pig once or twice a year that more affordable and we have a great place that has leaner hogs then other places that marble the fat into the meat.

A little two sided here. We trap and hunt for clothing and food because that what the animals were meant for. Then when it comes to cattle we need to push grain that's been covered in poison to make the majority happy. Take a look around at our grain fed [gmo] fed people our hospitals and nursing home are over crowded a big percent of people are born sick or medically deformed. It amazes me we as a whole we don't trust our government. But most on here and every where trust them [our gov.]with what you put in your body's. Good luck. But mostly take a look around.
Is the USA truly healthy I say not by a long shot. If someone does me wrong I surely wouldn't trust them to feed me.

In most cases it's not what you eat but how much, food in the US is among the most varied and safest in the world.

No, only people or companies with an agenda. Usually money driven.

I'll sell them Grass fed beef if thats what they want. But That Non marbled dense meat wont be on my Plate.
Ever eat a Swamp deer vs. A deer from around agricultural areas...there you go.

Try them antelope from the sage flats they are already spiced up for you! LOL

Interestingly, 70 years ago, when most crops were raised without much for chemicals, we didn't need nursing homes because most folks died at about 65 years old. Additionally, I am not seeing this rash of deformed hermaphrodites of which you speak. Not to mention, half the world would be starving without the use of fertilizer and herbicides required to produce the huge yields society demands. Anyway, carry on.

For the record, I could care less what anyone wishes to put in their mouth. I was just stating a couple observations.

Last I looked USA was producing enough grain to feed every person in the world 4000 calories a day. I've never saw any one starving but have saw autism and cancer to name a couple. Charted out go up right along w/ round up usage. O but the round up vanishes, I forgot I bet what they find in dairy milk and urine is just remnets, drink up.

nate 100 years ago people that had health problems died. the average of men dying now is the upper 70's. 100 years ago it was late 50's. a woman that had 6 kids on average 4 reached adult hood. people were not diagnosed with leukemia diabetes or lung cancer. they just got sick and died. most people didn't go to see the dr till they were dying. people died from infected teeth and high blood pressure. all that stuff your spouting off about our food is being promoted by the same people saying coyotes chew their feet off. if you eat food produced in this country your not getting sick from it unless you don't wash your lettuce or something. you do have some responsibility for what goes in your mouth too.

You said it better than I could. Rock on.

I think speed goats taste better then all other game meat

I'm certain the corn we put out in the fall at my deer club, is RoundUp ready.

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my desire for grass fat came about 20 years ago sold a building to a rancher north of faith... i stayed in the bunkhouse while we were re erecting it ... he fed me steaks n roast from what he said was the fattest thing he had ever butchered a barren heifer or heiferett . think you cold get a steer as fat but would have to be fall of 3 rd year on buffalo grass . cost prohibitive... i have been living on beef out of the packing plant here thats offered to employees... its medeoker cow meat can get rib eye for 4 bucks a pound... its a steak but thats it .its not prime or choice just standard.... we did a whole rib eye for x mas prime rib style... it was ok but ill never use a lower grade for a festivile again.. i need to butcher again, as i miss getting the mouth watering burger.... from either corn fat or grass fat ...... i go to sale barn and am very selective on the animal i buy... and i think i know what im doing! Problem with buying a corn fat is there is a huge excess of good flavored fat that the packer is able to blend with a lesser animal and sell as good burger. where a just self buchering all ya can do is render lard or waste it.... i have saved it and mixed with deer and did ok that way.. i enjoy butchering but now the kids are gone take me n momma long time to eat a whole beef... one spring years ago i was helping out at a local feed lot came to work and a fat heifer had drown stuck in mud hole... she was still warm ... i butchered her and packed the meat in my fur freezers and fed it to the hounds.... it was really meat that we should have eaten ourselves... anyway old jake was all smiles as i threw him a porterhouse from time to time.

Bblwi we use to feed out Holstein steers about 1500 when corn was cheap it was about 98 percent 2 percent pellets then as corn went up we put distillants in it with earlage and changed the pellet type but ours almost always finished at 1425 to 1450, and over 10 years we averaged 95 percent prime and choice. Most of ours came from Texas the worst were from Indiana ohio area, the Amish would raise them in barns not the huts we had pneumonia probelms from there one group came from Idaho for us it was just to far on a truck for the calves. The Wisconsin calves at the time cost to much because of the veal market at the time. I’m looking at getting some gain probably about 120 head on a self feeder.

If trucking was so much I’d get it there run, that about a dollar higher than here.

Run
Are you sure the price of corn is 4.68. I sold yesterday to a ethanol plant and only got 3.90. Just saying ethanol plants usually pay more than local grain elevators.

we raise our on beef. I’m sticking with grain fed

Beef is for people that don't trap Beaver.

Bob Iowa and Bowhitetail, I just started a grain price thread. Please post your local grain price on my thread, thanks.

That just tells me you havent had a BAD one.... Yet!

Just spent 600$ for a qtr of Angus. Wanna say that was about 120 lbs in my freezer

i charge $2/lb hanging weight, and still have problems finding buyers sometimes. I don't make much at this price but I like raising our cattle! mainly use for ourselves and my inlaws, sometimes we sell 1/4. we have 3 that we held back to finish, we'll see how those sell

Anything that tastes as good as grain fed beef can’t be all good for ya, lol !

I’ll risk it !

Yes , all the extra chewing and begging people to eat grass fed beef is great exercise. How ever if you want real grass fat beef, you will get it during the grass flush months of june and july. People selling grass fed beef in the winter or early spring are just selling tough ole hay fed critters.

Good corn fed beef right now should bring atleast 2.05 a lb.hanging. That is whole sale price. Our corn price today is 3.31 delivered to the elevator.

Haha! I'm with you on grass fed vs grass fat. There is a huge difference between the two and the super lean, chewy beef marketed as grass fed makes it a challenge to market real grass fat cattle. I have not produced true grass fat beef yet but it is a long term goal.