badaxemoo
Well-known member
We could really use some meat for the farmer's market right now.
We've been butchering in the summer after they've been on grass for a few months. They usually run about 950-1050 pound liveweight.
Would the meat quality be signifacntly different if I sent a steer now? I've got one that might weighs about 800 lbs. He has some fat on him - but he doesn't look as finished as the ones we've sent in the past.
If he isn't gaining at a high rate, could the meat be tougher? We really just want to be able to have some meat - even ground beef and stew meat - to sell along with our pork, to give people something to try that might want a quarter next summer. But I would certainly want it to be good or nearly as good as our summer beef.
Thanks.
We've been butchering in the summer after they've been on grass for a few months. They usually run about 950-1050 pound liveweight.
Would the meat quality be signifacntly different if I sent a steer now? I've got one that might weighs about 800 lbs. He has some fat on him - but he doesn't look as finished as the ones we've sent in the past.
If he isn't gaining at a high rate, could the meat be tougher? We really just want to be able to have some meat - even ground beef and stew meat - to sell along with our pork, to give people something to try that might want a quarter next summer. But I would certainly want it to be good or nearly as good as our summer beef.
Thanks.