I know a few people in georgia who do this where they all split a cow and its a few hundred bucks a piece and they get meat for months out of it. They also split a certain number of chickens and pork.
Can anyone shed some light on this for me?
cordrays is the only place around here that i would know doing this?
If you buy from an independent source your gonna pay an arm and leg for a steer. Market price on a 1000# steer will run ya $1.80+/- # But who knows what it was eating? 100$ kill fee and roughly 1$ to process after a min of 14 days aging you’ll yield about 620# of meat…That will put your meat at $4.00#
Dad and I still do one a year, i like mine a little bigger for the steak size but he likes them around 500-600# and still nursing. When you have the ability to raise the calf and know exactly the breed and what its been eating makes all the difference in this.
If i didn’t have Dad to rely on I’d wait for sales and buy in bulk. when you can get a whole ribeye on sale for $5.99# or a whole N.Y stripp for $4.99 jump on it and cut your own steaks. .
Id rather purchase a .270 round after Aug 15
If you live in an area where FFA kids raise calves, pigs, chickens, etc. for the livestock show, you can usually buy a “sifted” (didn’t make it to the final rounds) calf, pig, etc. for roughly the cost of the feed. It helps the kids and you get a quality animal at a good price. You just need to find someone to split it with you.
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