Steer Processed Today

[Walking W]

Well, today was the day! This guy went to the processor. He was so easy going that I had a hard time loading him. I got him in the alley going to the trailer and he just stood there. He looked around, licked the trailer, scratched on it a bit but just wouldn't step up and on in. I put some sweet feed at the front but he wasn't tempted. I finally put a bar behind his butt and with a big lever encouraged him and he went on in. If he hadn't done it on his own, it wouldn't have happened.

Anyway, here some pictures I took a few days ago. I didn't realize how wide he was. My alley leading up to the headgate is 32 inches and he was rubbing both sides.

The proof of the pudding will be in the tasting. Sure hope it's good!

 

[Travlr]

Well, today was the day! This guy went to the processor. He was so easy going that I had a hard time loading him. I got him in the alley going to the trailer and he just stood there. He looked around, licked the trailer, scratched on it a bit but just wouldn't step up and on in. I put some sweet feed at the front but he wasn't tempted. I finally put a bar behind his butt and with a big lever encouraged him and he went on in. If he hadn't done it on his own, it wouldn't have happened.

Anyway, here some pictures I took a few days ago. I didn't realize how wide he was. My alley leading up to the headgate is 32 inches and he was rubbing both sides.

The proof of the pudding will be in the tasting. Sure hope it's good!
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He's a chunk. Are you going to age him 21 days or what? I'd bet he has plenty of fat cover for aging.

 

[Mrcopier]

Nice looking

 

[SBMF 2015]

Well, today was the day! This guy went to the processor. He was so easy going that I had a hard time loading him. I got him in the alley going to the trailer and he just stood there. He looked around, licked the trailer, scratched on it a bit but just wouldn't step up and on in. I put some sweet feed at the front but he wasn't tempted. I finally put a bar behind his butt and with a big lever encouraged him and he went on in. If he hadn't done it on his own, it wouldn't have happened.

Anyway, here some pictures I took a few days ago. I didn't realize how wide he was. My alley leading up to the headgate is 32 inches and he was rubbing both sides.

The proof of the pudding will be in the tasting. Sure hope it's good!
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Good looking steer! Nice Job finishing him!

 

[MurraysMutts]

Yep! Good and fat!

 

[Little Joe]

Well, today was the day! This guy went to the processor. He was so easy going that I had a hard time loading him. I got him in the alley going to the trailer and he just stood there. He looked around, licked the trailer, scratched on it a bit but just wouldn't step up and on in. I put some sweet feed at the front but he wasn't tempted. I finally put a bar behind his butt and with a big lever encouraged him and he went on in. If he hadn't done it on his own, it wouldn't have happened.

Anyway, here some pictures I took a few days ago. I didn't realize how wide he was. My alley leading up to the headgate is 32 inches and he was rubbing both sides.

The proof of the pudding will be in the tasting. Sure hope it's good!
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Did you build that feeder set up yourself? How does it work? What components make it work?

 

[Walking W]

Yes, I built the feeder setup just using some reclaimed plywood and a few 2X4s. I used a 2-inch piece of PVC pipe about 16-inches long with a 1-ftX2-inch slot cut out and the ends plugged. The pipe rotates under the bin and measures feed out. It is driven by a 1-RPM geared motor and controlled by a programable timer. It's difficult to describe. I will move it into the shop and take it apart for the winter and post pictures of the parts, if it will help. Let me know.

 

[Walking W]

He's a chunk. Are you going to age him 21 days or what? I'd bet he has plenty of fat cover for aging.

The standard where I sent him ages 14 days. I think that will do. BTW- Hanging weight was 750 lbs. I picked up the tongue yesterday and and brining it right now for corned beef. I did that a few years ago and it varied from corned beef butter at one end to really good regular corned beef at the tip. We'll see.

 

[Travlr]

The standard where I sent him ages 14 days. I think that will do. BTW- Hanging weight was 750 lbs. I picked up the tongue yesterday and and brining it right now for corned beef. I did that a few years ago and it varied from corned beef butter at one end to really good regular corned beef at the tip. We'll see.

I love tongue but usually just boil it, skin it, and slice. Usually intended to be made into cold sandwiches but it's so good that a lot of it gets consumed before it cools. Never even knew it could be made into corned beef.

 

[SBMF 2015]

The standard where I sent him ages 14 days. I think that will do. BTW- Hanging weight was 750 lbs. I picked up the tongue yesterday and and brining it right now for corned beef. I did that a few years ago and it varied from corned beef butter at one end to really good regular corned beef at the tip. We'll see.

I thought he may even hang heavier than that.

 

[Walking W]

Well, we got the packaged meat back from the processor in Weatherford, TX today.
About 430 lbs back from 750 lb hanging weight. Just the ribeye and T-bone have bones and the steaks and roasts are trimmed well. Lots of chuck roasts, hamburger and stew meat. We tried the hamburger in a meatloaf tonight. It smelled great raw and tasted extremely mild cooked in the meatloaf. We are going to be spoiled compared to store bought hamburger. Will try the steaks later but they look pretty good.

 

[okiedokie59]

very nice.

 

[TheodicyJ]

Killing a sentient animal for food—one who’s probably smarter than half the people in this forum. I guess everyone needs to make a living.

 

[Travlr]

Killing a sentient animal for food—one who's probably smarter than half the people in this forum. I guess everyone needs to make a living.

Challenge accepted...

Tell me what you believe... we'll see if you know what you're talking about and whether you have the guts to stick around as we inform your ignorance.

 

[TheodicyJ]

What I believe is that neither you nor I nor anyone else in this room (or any other) has the faintest idea of what might be going on in your animals’ minds. But what we can discern is that they have them. And they feel pain and love and fear and all of the essential phenomenology of experience that we feel. Different but feeling and thinking, and that seems somehow less interesting to you than the (far baser) impulse for profit?

 

[kenny thomas]

Goodby to you .

 

[TheodicyJ]

Given all the rehearsed/well-prepped responses you all seem to have, I’m struck by the fatuousness of yours.

 

[Redgully]

What I believe is that neither you nor I nor anyone else in this room (or any other) has the faintest idea of what might be going on in your animals' minds. But what we can discern is that they have them. And they feel pain and love and fear and all of the essential phenomenology of experience that we feel. Different but feeling and thinking, and that seems somehow less interesting to you than the (far baser) impulse for profit?

What animals feel is evolution to survive, nothing more nothing less. They have no concious. For instance, a cow raises a calf, instincts make her call and care for it. That is evolution. Split those two up for a few weeks and put them back together and if it comes near her she'll kick it in the head. No idea it was her calf. Hell if she's in heat and its a bull they even going get their jiggy on together. A male cat will kill his own offspring just to keep himself top dog. Imagine humans carrying on like this, they be put in the electric chair.....yet somehow this is ok for animals.

 

[Silver]

What animals feel is evolution to survive, nothing more nothing less. They have no concious. For instance, a cow raises a calf, instincts make her call and care for it. That is evolution. Split those two up for a few weeks and put them back together and if it comes near her she'll kick it in the head. No idea it was her calf. Hell if she's in heat and its a bull they even going get their jiggy on together. A male cat will kill his own offspring just to keep himself top dog. Imagine humans carrying on like this, they be put in the electric chair.....yet somehow this is ok for animals.

People that are distanced from continual daily interactions and observations of animals tend to resort to anthropomorphism to rationalize what they don’t understand.

 

[Redgully]

People that are distanced from continual daily interactions and observations of animals tend to resort to anthropomorphism to rationalize what they don't understand.

So true