[deleted] t1_iscud9r wrote on October 14, 2022 at 11:58 PM

Reply to comment by halfNelson89 in Half a cow by wyluda

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Perain t1_iseapvd wrote on October 15, 2022 at 9:08 AM

With a whole cow ~avg weight of 400lbs you are going to get roughly

Steaks (~1-1.5lb cuts):

20 sirloin

20 strip

20 ribeye

16 filet mignon

4 skirt

2 flank

Roasts:

16# sirloin tip

25# Rump

20# Chuck

12# Shoulder

Ground: 60#

Others:

20# short ribs

15# brisket

12# shank

4# oxtail

8# suet

20-30# of bone for soap making

The roasts, ground, and others will be in 2-5lb packs.

phoenix_age t1_isf5glj wrote on October 15, 2022 at 2:38 PM

Didn’t know you could make soap with bones!

Had to ;)

colonelmuddypaws t1_isd1qnz wrote on October 15, 2022 at 12:57 AM

I'm not op but I bought half a pig from Footprints a few months ago. They call you to arrange the cut sheet before taking it to the butcher

halfNelson89 t1_isejf8d wrote on October 15, 2022 at 11:10 AM

I don't, they did it all over the phone with me. about 160lbs of it was ground beef. They did grind up the liver with the stuff they made ground beef. I have probably 80 lbs of steaks (Strip, Ribeye, Filet, etc.)

I'm super happy with it. It's a custom butcher, you can get whatever cuts you want.