Before we were flooded about 2 years ago, we bought a baby steer to raise and use for meat. But unfortunately that calf we named Ribeye didn't survive the flood.
So now I'm so excited to try out our very own grass-fed beef for the first time. This is the first time we butchered a steer that we bred and raised from the very beginning. So I'm excited to see what the meat tastes like.
As we had learned before, if your cows are mainly grass-fed, between 21-24 months would be the best time to butcher them. That will give you the best quality, and best yield of meat. We didn't keep our very best record of expenses spent on raising our cows this time. But with our brief calculation, which includes money spent on shots, cattle cubes (they're more like treats, so we don't give them all the time), renting trailers/transportation, and finally butchering expenses, we ended up paying about $2/lb for our natural, grass-fed beef! Now that's a steal! Plus, we know what exactly is in our beef, and no junk, no hormones or additives added!
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| This is what 298lbs of beef looks like. 7 big bags full of meat! |
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| We got a bunch of steaks and a good variety of different cuts of meat. |
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| This is our list of inventory. |
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| One very full freezer! |
