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Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: trapperkeck] #7945963
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2.88lb for beef choice hanging wt plus processing. select is around 2.60lb plus processing.

Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: Keystonekiller] #7948769
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Originally Posted by Keystonekiller
Guy I work with here just bought one in pa here 2.50 per lb that's butchered little outfit just starting out they cross black Angus an Holstein suppose to be really good taste to


That doesn't make sense to me, they're worth $1.80 a pound live on the hoof. They would of made way more money just bringing them to the sales barn.

Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: Kre] #7948783
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Originally Posted by Kre
$3.10/pound hanging weight, processing included.

Is that one of those cheese maker beef, Holstein?


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Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: trapperkeck] #7948785
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Funny how everyone quotes prices but they never say what the breed is, quality of the beef and how was it feed out.

Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: trapperkeck] #7948818
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$3.50 / lb plus processing. Angus - Limousine cross. A hint of Charolais that gives us some white ones. We like the multiple-color herd. Not worried about black and more money. We also guarantee our beef, if you get it and do not like it we will buy it back at full price. We have never got any back, as a matter of fact, we can't raise enough to meet demand.

Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: Slick Pan] #7948839
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Originally Posted by Slick Pan
Funny how everyone quotes prices but they never say what the breed is, quality of the beef and how was it feed out.


I'm selling grass fed angus beef at $5 a pound which includes everything including delivery to the customers door.

Quality is high yielding cows that are open, good ground beef, not great cuts.

Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: Slick Pan] #7948890
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Originally Posted by Slick Pan
Funny how everyone quotes prices but they never say what the breed is, quality of the beef and how was it feed out.

If I cared to settle for crappy select or even choice meat, I would buy all my meat at Sam's Club. The beef I am getting would, likely, grade prime. It is Black Angus, grain fed, goodness!


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Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: trapperkeck] #7948896
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I still like corn fed. No idea what color the animal was in my freezer. Dont care. It tastes good. Cooked the heart for supper. Cut into small cubes. Browned it with some onions. Added in a little soy sauce and red wine vinegar. Salt and pepper. Let it simmer awhile. No leftovers.


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Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: trapperkeck] #7948911
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I sell 12 beefs per year, if selling today price would be $1.85-1.95 per pound live weight. Calves will weigh 1000-1200#. I deliver to the locker plant. You pay the processing approximately $400 depending on how much deboning and tenderizing you want done. These are angus calves, on grass with grain the last 120 days. Hormone and antibiotic free if you want that. I clear a little more than selling 500# calves at the sale barn, but I've kept and fed them for another year. I like messing with them but not enough to do it for free. From weaning until the last 120 days they run with my replacement heifers and get grass or hay depending on the time of the year and some grain to keep them growing and to make the heifers gentle.

Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: trapperkeck] #7948973
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Originally Posted by trapperkeck
Originally Posted by Slick Pan
Funny how everyone quotes prices but they never say what the breed is, quality of the beef and how was it feed out.

If I cared to settle for crappy select or even choice meat, I would buy all my meat at Sam's Club. The beef I am getting would, likely, grade prime. It is Black Angus, grain fed, goodness!
iam going off the market in des moines iowa with those prices so no I don't know what color they are or what they were fed. but I like my beef fed corn on a steer stuffer as much as they want to eat and what ever hay they want. I've ate Holstein,holstein crossed with angus and straight angus there can be good and bad in all breeds.in my area theres a lot of Holsteins in the feedlots along with beef.

Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: trapperkeck] #7948995
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Originally Posted by trapperkeck
Originally Posted by Gary Benson
Roughly $4/lb? Sounds like a deal.
Lots of hamburger but not alot of prime cuts of steak.

I still have some ribeyes and T-bones from the 1/2 we bought last November. This is some of the best beef I have ever put in my mouth! Definitely, not grass fed. Lol

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Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: trapperkeck] #7949025
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I was ripped off by a local producer who lied to me when I asked how his angus beef was feed out. He said it was grain finished. Turned out he used wheat chaff to finish his beef. So it was grass feed and grass finished. Worst beef I every ate. If I want grass finished I will shoot a deer or elk. The thing was it was 20lbs of hamburger for $100.I was testing his beef to see if I wanted more. If he ever advertises beef for sale again I am gonna make sure everyone knows about it. I have a long memory!

Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: trapperkeck] #7949086
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The beef at sams club or any other grocery store is healthy animals processed in a clean environment. I have hauled boxed meat and by products both. been in most of the large processing plants from back in the IBP days to about ten years ago. The difference is aging. Those grocery store animals are killed butchered and in the trailer within 24 hours. Aged beef, like done at small custom shops, makes all the difference. Whether you like grain or grass only, that hanging makes it LOTS better. we used to haul "hanging" or "swinging" meat. High end restaurants would buy it. It was hauled to various cities, whole half carcass hanging from rails on a hook. It would be aged then butchered. They dont even do that at those 300 dollar a plate hotels in NYC anymore.


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Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: danny clifton] #7949088
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Originally Posted by danny clifton
The beef at sams club or any other grocery store is healthy animals processed in a clean environment. I have hauled boxed meat and by products both. been in most of the large processing plants from back in the IBP days to about ten years ago. The difference is aging. Those grocery store animals are killed butchered and in the trailer within 24 hours. Aged beef, like done at small custom shops, makes all the difference. Whether you like grain or grass only, that hanging makes it LOTS better. we used to haul "hanging" or "swinging" meat. High end restaurants would buy it. It was hauled to various cities, whole half carcass hanging from rails on a hook. It would be aged then butchered. They dont even do that at those 300 dollar a plate hotels in NYC anymore.

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Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: trapperkeck] #7949094
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Last 3 steers we have eaten were all corn and commodity pellet finished - they were delicious. I much prefer a corn finished steer over straight grass. Never tried an alfalfa finished beef but I would be willing

Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: trapperkeck] #7949098
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Last 3 steers we have eaten were all corn and commodity pellet finished - they were delicious. I much prefer a corn finished steer over straight grass. Never tried an alfalfa finished beef but I would be willing
local sale barn prices avg around 230-271/100 lbs for 7-800 lb steers but most guys will finish around 1200 lbs at least by me.

Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: trapperkeck] #7949130
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330-Trapper, those places have people who do nothing but clean their whole shift. They use live steam. every two hours the cutters get a break. different ones at different times. The cleaners come into that section and wash everything into drains. live steam sterilizes the room. Grocery store meat is safe and healthy. The big difference is aging of the meat. Even 14 days of hanging in a cooler is a big improvement.


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Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: trapperkeck] #7949131
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Next time your near a big processor drive up to it. You wont be able to get past the gate but you can see the cattle in pens.


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Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: trapperkeck] #7949134
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The questionable stuff, old bulls etc are turned into burger and beef jerky. Sick/dead cattle are used for dog feed, poultry feed, hog feed, soap etc. and hides processed for leather. A lot of on sale steak roast and brisket are old dairy cattle. still healthy animals and safe to eat.


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Re: Beef prices, currently? [Re: trapperkeck] #7949135
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I'm in agreement with Danny. If you are insisting on top grades of beef that was grain fed, aging is a must. I agree even 14 days will be a noticable improvement.


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