Farmer is shooting for 1000lb cow by then. Price went up from 1.80lb but i still think its dirt cheep at 2.25 a lb

You going to grind it yourself? Thats not processed right?

Fat cows brought $1.86 this week here on the hoof. $2.25 a pound hanging is a steal. My kids have been getting $3.50 a pound hanging and have people waiting in line.

Assuming your buying it live weight for 2.25? If not your getting a steal or a down cow.

No thats what I pay the farmer when it hits the scale at the processor. I pay the processing separately it was in the low 400s last year. So ballpark 100lb cow processed should be about $2,700

Im not sure of all the terms used in the trade. And I dont remember the conversions weight from on the hoof to in the freezer pounds received. But I thought it seems like a good deal.

I supect the freezer will be about empty by May the boys only shot I think 8 deer this year and the only beef left is a few roster and about 20 lbs of ground. So the cow and our meat birds is we raise should hold up tell deer season come back in.

Going by this^ looks like about 7$ a lb. Not to bad considering thats steaks and everything avarged together.

even the cheapest of the cheap burger is 4.99 a pound at the grocery and not the same quality at all.

I paid 3.50/lb on the rail last year.

make sure you get your tongue , best tacos around
let me know if you need the recipe.

I may still have the toung form last years in the freezer I will ask my wife if she knows or go dig and see.

Always planed to do something with them but never have. Always request them figuring if nothing else its dog food..

What's all is involved in the prep would rather eat it myself.

Tongue is way to good to make into dog food.

2.25 live weight for a 1000 pound cow is too high.

I think "cow" is being used liberally here.

Ever thought about raising your own beef? Sounds like you've got some pasture and such.

That could be. A grain fed young beef would change things instead of being a "cow" though at a 1000 pounds its not fat and its sure not going to be choice beef.

Yes i have plenty of grass and have put in 1200' of water lines. I dont have it fenced or cross fenced. All my fence is falling down or ther is none where they split the farm up when it was sold.

Put them boys to work!

I would not buy a beef at 1,000lbs that beef is not finished out.most animals dress around 60% of live weight.i bought 1 from the neighbor years ago that dressed right at 600lbs it was the worst meat I've ever ate.when I asked him about it a couple months later he admitted it wasn't very good and he gave me my next half at a reduced price.in my opinion 1400lbs is about right for live wt and corn fed and when I say corn fed iam talking on full corn as much as they can eat every day plus hay for roughage I know alot of people feed corn silage but I think they taste better on a steer stuffer full feed .

We feed quite a few steers and heifers out. Steers went out at right around 1450 plus and the heifers around 1325. We also had a real good average of cattle qualifying for over seas shipping. Feeding them right added a nice bonus to the pay outs.