Recent content by griz

Well, this was my first time ever raising cattle let alone finishing them off for butcher. They started off as 600 lbs heifers when I purchased them and I left them on strictly grass for all but the last 75 days. The last 75 days I put them over to cracked corn and husks. They were given a...

Did you hear about the baby seal that walked into a club?

Well, update to the story. I called the butcher and questioned the low weight. They informed me that they had left a box out by accident when they counted the weight. We actually netted 200lbs out of the 800lb heifer. These were black angus by the way. Griz

Just took in about 2 weeks ago my two heifers. One was 871 and the other 800 lbs. On the 900lbs, I received back 360lbs of meat and the other 250lbs. Is this correct? It seems a bit low to me. Thoughts? Griz

I got into this for one simple reason. I had 6 acres of good green pasture but I did not own a large enough mower. The local farmer told me to buy some angus and throw on there. I had a real strong electric fence on two sides and heavy duty cattle panels on the other. It started off real...

I'm in Central Illinois. I just sent his mama to the butcher and needed him gone. This was my first and last time in the cow business. Well, at least he's gone. At that weight, it does not appear that I lost too much. Griz

Just sold off my first Black Angus bull at market and he brought $1.03/lb at 285 lbs. Does this sound about right?

So, is 21 an ideal number or is it starting to get to the point where the meat will get tainted in flavor? Griz

Just took my heifer to the butcher and they hang them for 10 days. Should I hang them longer? It's entirely my option and no extra charge. Thoughts? Griz

Taken my angus heifer in for butcher and want to maximize the number of steaks I can get out of her. I have never done this before and am not sure if it's as simple as letting the butcher know that or do I need to be specific as to how many pounds I want etc? I also know we will want quite a...

I have 2 heifers that are currently being prepared for slaughter. They have both been on a mixture of grain and hulls for about 50 days with another 50 or so to go. One of the heifers dropped a calf of me this past July. Anyways, when the heifer went into the feed lot she took her calf with...

Both heifers were under a year old when I purchased them. They are both approaching 14 months. The sale barn said that the heifer with calf would be sold as a heiferette and that the price would not be that good. I paid $.90/lb for them and the auctioneer stated that they would not bring...

We purchased our property this past January and had several people tell me to throw a couple of black angus on the property and they would help keep the grass down etc. So, I went to an auction house and purchased two 600 lbs black angus with the purpose of butchering them this fall. Took them...