Alberta finished beef pricing

[Dlh]

Any one in Alberta selling grain finished beef. I have two heifers to sell that have been on grain for 120 days waiting on the butcher. Not sure what to sell them for on the rail. Was thinking $4 a pound.
Two year old black angus

 

[daneg]

If I was selling on the rail and covering the kill cost it would be priced at $5/lb, wholesale box beef is right around $3/lb usd. Don't be afraid to pencil in a profit everyone else does.

 

[Dlh]

was going to let them cover kill cost and all processing. was thinking 4.50 a pound, just didn't want to get to high. a lot of people don't see the value, just initial cost. thanks for the info

 

[blackladies]

Any one in Alberta selling grain finished beef. I have two heifers to sell that have been on grain for 120 days waiting on the butcher. Not sure what to sell them for on the rail. Was thinking $4 a pound.
Two year old black angus

Opportunity cost for me I figure is $4lb, if I sold it at auction. Would have to sell it for a bit more if it was to an individual. No feed and I figure it would cost me that much. The steers I butcher for myself could probably buy the ground beef for the same price at the store but come out ahead on the steaks etc….

 

[SBMF 2015]

Opportunity cost for me I figure is $4lb, if I sold it at auction.

Wait, I'm confused. Are you saying that if you sold live fat cattle at an auction you would need $4/lb? I've never heard of an auction rail price.

 

[blackladies]

Wait, I'm confused. Are you saying that if you sold live fat cattle at an auction you would need $4/lb? I've never heard of an auction rail price.

I butcher a steer for my family to eat, but if I sold that steer at auction I would get money. I have to figure that as an opportunity cost because I could sell it instead of keeping it. So it cost me whatever I could sell it for and the grass/hay that it eats and its dam eats and other costs associated with keeping it instead of selling it. Plus the cost of butchering it and going to drop it off and pick it up. All in I'm probably about $4lb to raise my own beef and eat it. So I come out ahead on the steaks and fancier cuts but not on the ground beef.

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

Around here it goes $5.65/# hanging wt cut and wrap included

 

[southalberta]

I've sold grass finished for 6.50/lb cut and wrapped lots.
Longhorn is 8.50 and I can't keep up

 

[Nesikep]

I've sold grass finished for 6.50/lb cut and wrapped lots.
Longhorn is 8.50 and I can't keep up

I've been selling cut and wrapped for over $10 CAD for the last 5 years

 

[ClinchValley86]

I didn't realize longhorn beef was in such demand. I've never tried them.

Got a place down from me that do LH's. They seem to run through them.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

Remember - some of these prices are Canadian - although ever at that, they are pretty high.
I get $4/HCW - they pay butcher fees.

 

[Little Joe]

I've been selling cut and wrapped for over $10 CAD for the last 5 years

Retail or HCW?

 

[Little Joe]

I've sold grass finished for 6.50/lb cut and wrapped lots.
Longhorn is 8.50 and I can't keep up

Retail or HCW?

 

[mwj]

Look at the British longhorn and it is an eye opener to say the least.

 

[Nesikep]

Retail or HCW?

cut and wrapped, by the quarter (usually about 150lbs in the freezer per quarter)