Have a Wonderful holiday this year I bought a cow and a half and gave the kids the meat as a Christmas present, feast for 3 families. The meat is definitely better than store bought. Great presentation very informative especially to newbie’s into the butchering process. Thanks for all you do. 💞
Another very useful video. Eric and i have talked about this often. We've considered many ways to get our beef and would really like to buy right here in our valley. Thank you so much for this helpful video.
This is a great video! I work with a farmer and have learned so much about hot carcass weight, processed weight, package weight, etc. If you have the freezer room, good beef from a farmer/rancher you know, is SUCH a deal. Great for humans. Great for pets. Just solid investment.
The place where I buy my grass fed grass finished beef from here locally costs $10 a pound. It is from a ranch here in Texas. The quality of meat is so much better.
As a consumer of grass-fed beef, much like yourself, I find it most economical to buy a quarter of a steer and freeze it. (Sometimes, Aldi's grocery chain also offer sales on grass-fed, grass-finished ground beef and I do stock up on that as well when it is available.)
Most EXCELLENT way to go. We did that when I was growing up…with a whole steer. Fresh grass fed beef is great. It took us less than a year to get through a steer…six kids, with friends. We usually kept 3-5 head. We started with maybe 8 acres of really good pasture, a barn and a big spring fed pond. We plowed the strawberries and got another two acres. It did the trick, easy peesy…from an old vet, retired in the east Tennessee foothills of the Smoky Mountains.
Totally makes sense to do this and my parents bought meat from an uncle who farms when we were growing up. We also have friends who buy half a steer (from a family member also, I think). Our household does not currently have the storage space, but we'd consider doing it if we did.
Thank you for the explanation. I've seen you cook a lot of elk in the past. It makes sense that with all the work hunting had to be postponed. You still managed to fill your freezer with good stuff.
Interesting to hear the breakdown. Thanks. I've never bought meat this way. To have a freezer, I'd also have to buy a generator. My electricity goes out too often. Hurricane Helene outages, people lost their freezer meat. 😢
When you get close to your food and start eating from the land it starts making sense why certain foods are associated with specific times of year and holidays. We started getting 1/2 side back in the early 2000s and standing rib roast was Christmas dinner henceforth! Back when I was raising my kids and we were a family of 7 a 1/2 side lasted a year. Now it's just me, a 1/4 very small beef lasted 3 years. Interesting to hear your prices. They are a little lower than my area - Kansas City!
Ya know, when I was single and living on my own, one of the first big purchases I made was a freezer - most of my friends thought I was nuts but wow, is it ever great to buy in bulk when items are on sale. I also like to batch cook For many years I would use the time between Christmas and when I went back to work to make between 15 - 20 entrees, which I would portion up and freeze. January to March is always a busy time, lots of late hours - so much easier to drive by a drive thru knowing I had a home cooked meal waiting for me 😄
Merry Christmas from Minnesota! This was a very good video. My son always says when they buy their beef and bulk from somebody, they know they know what meat they are actually eating. When you buy. Meat in the store , it could be Be from one cow and be from another. You don't know what you're actually eating. It's all getting ground together. Something forced. To actually think about it, especially when you're talking the pink slime.
I'd enjoy seeing a tour of the shop and how Clay keeps things organized and customized. I'm a new widow, and I've just built a three bay shop of my own for my farm.
Both my grandpas switched from being dairy farmers, to raising Angus as they got into their retirement years. Because I have always had access to great beef, and also chicken and fresh fish, I am pretty picky about getting the best stuff. I would not make a good vegan candidate! Enjoy every bite!
Its called live weight and hanging weight. Then at the end you have you processed weight. Most farmers will ask how you want it feed out, grass or corn. Only get cuts from your butcher that you eat. I am here in Wyoming also and you got a deal from your neighbor.
Price wise it's no cheaper actually may even be more only advantage is knowing where it comes from. An if make for sure you have every kind of backup necessary to recharge those freezers in case of emergency or blackouts
I would disagree, we buy half a steer and our bring home price is about $8 a pound all in price, but that includes all the steaks, roasts, etc. while I can get antibiotic free grass fed/grass finished for 6.00 a pound on sale I can’t get roasts, steaks, stew meat, brisket, tri tip, etc for that cheap a pound. If you add organs (dog food), tallow (which we render), and bones (for stock) well that reduces the prices. I know I can’t get a filet, ribeye, ny strip, for that cost. Worth the savings for a year to buy each November.
@kerryberry142 I guess everyone is different I'm up in age an my mom is 94 an there's just some things we can't eat an some things we don't really care anything about as far as cooking so I've priced several local farmers around us an it's just not feasible. Now that said if I could just get what we are interested in an some other family get the other stuff it be ok but I'm sure that's not going to happen. An I've checked some nationwide shippers ranchers an with transport it runs price up. So overall I guess it's just not for everyone. An thats why I said what I said I wasn't down playing the process but price just isn't feasible for everyone.
We have been buying directly from a farmer for around 30 years. The quality is so much better and when you figure the steaks at the average per pound cost. It is soooo much cheaper. The downside for some is Saving for the large sum up front. But I look at the money I don’t spend at the store for nasty beef. This last time we bought one full cow but when we bought half of cow we would actually order a half of a half is that what you do?
My husband suspects your pregnant 🤰 😍 lol 💛 not saying you are but i notice a Difference about you physically. Regardless I hope all is well. I think you got a real good deal on that beef. Thank you for breaking it down and sharing with us. We love both of you so much.God bless. PS i miss seeing Burley
So if you divide that meat by 12, you are only paying a little over $100 a month for maybe 4 beef meals a week, so $25 a week. One package of not so great steaks at Walmart for my family of three is $35. It's a tremendous savings, also on the gas to go 60 minutes round trip to town, and the time involved. And all the free tallow, bone broth, liver, etc. which we buy now. I have a chest freezer and I think it makes sense to fill it with beef.
The bottom line is how much does it cost per trimmed pound, no bones and fat. Your cost sounds pretty reasonable, especially if you know what's not in it.
It's not "half of a beef" it's half of an animal who was raised and killed and cut up into pieces. There are far too many people who see their food as something that comes neatly packaged in white paper. I'm sorry, but it's cruel and disgusting. People do NOT need to eat animals to be healthy, and the preference for doing so is not noble in any way.
For sure. It is sad how many people have no idea where any of their food comes from or how it is raised. Animal, mineral, or plant based. I have a pretty long discussion on that here - ruclips.net/video/W5TJlFH-sdc/видео.html
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Thank you so much for taking the time to explain this.
Thank you Ariel.
I’m all for supporting the people in my community. Lucky to know the people that process your meat. Thanks for sharing!
We bought a whole black angus steer this year. Quite an experience. I am hoping to stick with this from now on. The quality of meat is so much better.
The meat in my area is even higher in price. Thank you for sharing all this valuable information
Best wishes for the festive season. Love your kitchen Management skill's. Thanks.
Have a Wonderful holiday this year I bought a cow and a half and gave the kids the meat as a Christmas present, feast for 3 families. The meat is definitely better than store bought.
Great presentation very informative especially to newbie’s into the butchering process. Thanks for all you do. 💞
Another very useful video. Eric and i have talked about this often. We've considered many ways to get our beef and would really like to buy right here in our valley. Thank you so much for this helpful video.
This is a great video! I work with a farmer and have learned so much about hot carcass weight, processed weight, package weight, etc. If you have the freezer room, good beef from a farmer/rancher you know, is SUCH a deal. Great for humans. Great for pets. Just solid investment.
Very helpful to see, thanks. I am curious to see how you prepare / feed the organs / bones for the dogs too.
Fascinating Lesson!!! 👍🏿
Love this type of video. Love the details of the process. Merry Christmas 🎄
Thank you.
I am so fascinated by your energy! Sky is the limit for you, Ariel, and Clay! Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas from Georgia!
The place where I buy my grass fed grass finished beef from here locally costs $10 a pound. It is from a ranch here in Texas. The quality of meat is so much better.
As a consumer of grass-fed beef, much like yourself, I find it most economical to buy a quarter of a steer and freeze it. (Sometimes, Aldi's grocery chain also offer sales on grass-fed, grass-finished ground beef and I do stock up on that as well when it is available.)
Aldi's is great, especially if you don't have the storage space to keep that much all at once.
Most EXCELLENT way to go. We did that when I was growing up…with a whole steer. Fresh grass fed beef is great. It took us less than a year to get through a steer…six kids, with friends. We usually kept 3-5 head. We started with maybe 8 acres of really good pasture, a barn and a big spring fed pond. We plowed the strawberries and got another two acres. It did the trick, easy peesy…from an old vet, retired in the east Tennessee foothills of the Smoky Mountains.
Merry Christmas & A Very Blessed New Year ! 🎄
We do this, for the quality, and having choice, and needing to use all the animal parts and making my freezer determine the menu!
Totally makes sense to do this and my parents bought meat from an uncle who farms when we were growing up. We also have friends who buy half a steer (from a family member also, I think). Our household does not currently have the storage space, but we'd consider doing it if we did.
God bless you both and have a wonderful Christmas!💙💙💙💙💙🙏
Happy Christmas from Ireland 🎄🎄
I have bought local grass fed beef, chickens since 2015. Is so much better quality of meat. Better for your health! God bless Ariel & Clay.
Merry Christmas from Minnesota! 🎅🤶🏻🎄
Thanks for all the information. Merry Christmas and Happy Trails in the new year. Onward!
Wishing you Merry Christmas and a healthy New Year
Thank you for the explanation. I've seen you cook a lot of elk in the past. It makes sense that with all the work hunting had to be postponed. You still managed to fill your freezer with good stuff.
Interesting to hear the breakdown. Thanks. I've never bought meat this way. To have a freezer, I'd also have to buy a generator. My electricity goes out too often. Hurricane Helene outages, people lost their freezer meat. 😢
Great info❤
When you get close to your food and start eating from the land it starts making sense why certain foods are associated with specific times of year and holidays. We started getting 1/2 side back in the early 2000s and standing rib roast was Christmas dinner henceforth! Back when I was raising my kids and we were a family of 7 a 1/2 side lasted a year. Now it's just me, a 1/4 very small beef lasted 3 years. Interesting to hear your prices. They are a little lower than my area - Kansas City!
Our family always did every year.
Ya know, when I was single and living on my own, one of the first big purchases I made was a freezer - most of my friends thought I was nuts but wow, is it ever great to buy in bulk when items are on sale. I also like to batch cook For many years I would use the time between Christmas and when I went back to work to make between 15 - 20 entrees, which I would portion up and freeze. January to March is always a busy time, lots of late hours - so much easier to drive by a drive thru knowing I had a home cooked meal waiting for me 😄
Merry Christmas from Minnesota! This was a very good video. My son always says when they buy their beef and bulk from somebody, they know they know what meat they are actually eating. When you buy.
Meat in the store , it could be Be from one cow and be from another. You don't know what you're actually eating. It's all getting ground together. Something forced. To actually think about it, especially when you're talking the pink slime.
We get our half a beef in MN, grass fed and finished. It is $1/# hang weight cheaper. And delicious. 🙂
Could you tell me where you get it in Minnesota? We are looking to buy some beef My other son and I.@@jenniferr2057
I'd enjoy seeing a tour of the shop and how Clay keeps things organized and customized. I'm a new widow, and I've just built a three bay shop of my own for my farm.
Sorry for your loss. ❤
Both my grandpas switched from being dairy farmers, to raising Angus as they got into their retirement years. Because I have always had access to great beef, and also chicken and fresh fish, I am pretty picky about getting the best stuff. I would not make a good vegan candidate! Enjoy every bite!
Its called live weight and hanging weight. Then at the end you have you processed weight. Most farmers will ask how you want it feed out, grass or corn. Only get cuts from your butcher that you eat. I am here in Wyoming also and you got a deal from your neighbor.
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Have a Merry Christmas!!!!
If you see this, I'd love to know what size chest freezer you showed. Thank you!!
It's 32"x22"x24" inside, according to Ariel.
Probably 5 cubic feet based on the dimensions of my 7cf chest freezer.
Aldi's has grass fed ground beef $6.50 but does have sales for $5 and Walmart also has grass fed ground beef for $7 to $8
Price wise it's no cheaper actually may even be more only advantage is knowing where it comes from. An if make for sure you have every kind of backup necessary to recharge those freezers in case of emergency or blackouts
I would disagree, we buy half a steer and our bring home price is about $8 a pound all in price, but that includes all the steaks, roasts, etc. while I can get antibiotic free grass fed/grass finished for 6.00 a pound on sale I can’t get roasts, steaks, stew meat, brisket, tri tip, etc for that cheap a pound. If you add organs (dog food), tallow (which we render), and bones (for stock) well that reduces the prices.
I know I can’t get a filet, ribeye, ny strip, for that cost. Worth the savings for a year to buy each November.
@kerryberry142 I guess everyone is different I'm up in age an my mom is 94 an there's just some things we can't eat an some things we don't really care anything about as far as cooking so I've priced several local farmers around us an it's just not feasible. Now that said if I could just get what we are interested in an some other family get the other stuff it be ok but I'm sure that's not going to happen. An I've checked some nationwide shippers ranchers an with transport it runs price up. So overall I guess it's just not for everyone. An thats why I said what I said I wasn't down playing the process but price just isn't feasible for everyone.
We have been buying directly from a farmer for around 30 years. The quality is so much better and when you figure the steaks at the average per pound cost. It is soooo much cheaper. The downside for some is Saving for the large sum up front. But I look at the money I don’t spend at the store for nasty beef. This last time we bought one full cow but when we bought half of cow we would actually order a half of a half is that what you do?
How often do you defrost your freezers, how and when do you defrost them, with that much meat and other food?
My husband suspects your pregnant 🤰 😍 lol 💛 not saying you are but i notice a Difference about you physically. Regardless I hope all is well. I think you got a real good deal on that beef. Thank you for breaking it down and sharing with us. We love both of you so much.God bless. PS i miss seeing Burley
So if you divide that meat by 12, you are only paying a little over $100 a month for maybe 4 beef meals a week, so $25 a week. One package of not so great steaks at Walmart for my family of three is $35. It's a tremendous savings, also on the gas to go 60 minutes round trip to town, and the time involved. And all the free tallow, bone broth, liver, etc. which we buy now. I have a chest freezer and I think it makes sense to fill it with beef.
I might have some salmon or tilapia on occasion but no more meat for me.
The bottom line is how much does it cost per trimmed pound, no bones and fat. Your cost sounds pretty reasonable, especially if you know what's not in it.
Only buy local organic free of all the chemicals
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Buy the best when buying beef or any meat.
There’s tax on food where you are?
It's not "half of a beef" it's half of an animal who was raised and killed and cut up into pieces. There are far too many people who see their food as something that comes neatly packaged in white paper. I'm sorry, but it's cruel and disgusting. People do NOT need to eat animals to be healthy, and the preference for doing so is not noble in any way.
Going to enjoy my Prime Rib Choice for $$6.97 pound at Publix
For sure. It is sad how many people have no idea where any of their food comes from or how it is raised. Animal, mineral, or plant based. I have a pretty long discussion on that here - ruclips.net/video/W5TJlFH-sdc/видео.html
@@sirtedricwalker2979 Good for you. I wish you and your clogging arteries all the best.
Sigh. Scolding people for their food choices has Never been an effective method for change.
@@tolowreading6807 I'm not scolding - just expressing a truth. Sorry if that offends your sensibilities.