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How to get angus ready for butcher
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<blockquote data-quote="GoodValley" data-source="post: 396603" data-attributes="member: 1437"><p>Hello friends at Cattletoday,</p><p></p><p>Thanks in particular to the person who IM'd me with good local info.</p><p></p><p>I have an update to report. Keep in mind I live in an area where most homes are fairly expensive and very few people are doing farming of any type.</p><p></p><p>I got in contact with a butcher, he said he has 40 years experience and in addition to offering services slaughtering he has a storefront meat shop. He said grass fed angus, without grain, is getting $2.95/lb these days. That is $2.95 after the hyde and guts are removed, and it's the hanging weight of what's left. He said if I choose to grain the animals and fatten them up over the course of a month or so, they will gain about 100 lbs (I think he said 100) and they will be a bit heavier on the scale as a percentage of what they weighed before the hyde and guts are removed. He said $2.50/lb is market these days for grain-fed. He said grass-fed beef is desired by naturalists who want the beef for it's omega-3 quality more than the fatty taste of grain fed.</p><p></p><p>So I put out a sign on the main road. It said Grass Fed 100% Natural Black Angus, 3 Available. By the end of the day I had a lady come look at the cows and verbally commit to both steer, and today she said she believes she wants the third cow as well. $2.95 is not a problem she said. She was raised with beef cattle (farmer girl) and liked what she saw. I had a few other calls, one guy wanted to wheel and deal and offered $2.40/lb.</p><p></p><p>How do those prices sound to you all?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoodValley, post: 396603, member: 1437"] Hello friends at Cattletoday, Thanks in particular to the person who IM'd me with good local info. I have an update to report. Keep in mind I live in an area where most homes are fairly expensive and very few people are doing farming of any type. I got in contact with a butcher, he said he has 40 years experience and in addition to offering services slaughtering he has a storefront meat shop. He said grass fed angus, without grain, is getting $2.95/lb these days. That is $2.95 after the hyde and guts are removed, and it's the hanging weight of what's left. He said if I choose to grain the animals and fatten them up over the course of a month or so, they will gain about 100 lbs (I think he said 100) and they will be a bit heavier on the scale as a percentage of what they weighed before the hyde and guts are removed. He said $2.50/lb is market these days for grain-fed. He said grass-fed beef is desired by naturalists who want the beef for it's omega-3 quality more than the fatty taste of grain fed. So I put out a sign on the main road. It said Grass Fed 100% Natural Black Angus, 3 Available. By the end of the day I had a lady come look at the cows and verbally commit to both steer, and today she said she believes she wants the third cow as well. $2.95 is not a problem she said. She was raised with beef cattle (farmer girl) and liked what she saw. I had a few other calls, one guy wanted to wheel and deal and offered $2.40/lb. How do those prices sound to you all? [/QUOTE]
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