We had 2 families help us butcher "Hamburger", our steer. The butcher shop here charges a $250 butcher fee plus 64 cents a pound. He weighed 1200 lbs after he was skinned and gutted. So, needless to say, even after splitting him with others, we still have a freezer full of meat. And, we had fun doing it.
Our costs were under $100. We paid for the ammuniation to shoot him, and freezer bags. Our friends had a meat grinder that we used for what we ground into hamburger (about 203 lbs worth). I have listed the hide for sale to try and recoup some of our feed and such.
butchered a steer and saved big time
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My mom grew up on a goat farm. Her parents tried to discourage her from naming the goats, but she persisted. There were many times where her mom would send her out to the freezer to get a particular part of 'Sally' or 'Tinker' etc. My mom won't eat goat meat now.
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My little niece used to think that her pig went to town (was being sent to butcher) and came back as a baby (new piglet purchased), as every pig was named "Hambone." She thought it was the same pig each time.
When I was a kid, the family behind us used to butcher their cow in their carport. OMG, they had the greenest grass on that end of the house from the hosing down they had to do!
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This steer rarely would come into the feed lot. We tried to finish him out on corn, but he wouldn't eat it. So, I had around $120 in feed costs for feed that went to other stock.
We had some of the meat already. It tastes great, and he was classified as an all organic, grass fed beef.
I can't wait till DH does some of the ribs in the smoker or we BBQ the steaks.
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