Thinking about purchasing a cow for meat? 

Here is some further info

We are a small family farm raising beef cattle and chickens. We typically have 10 momma cows on 50 acres. We mainly use our own hay that we cut and use local distributor for the supplemental feed and spent grain from a local brewery. The cows are well feed and taken care of. When we take a cow to butcher, here is what happens and cost breakdown.

The cow is weighed and tagged. That weight is called the live weight. Once humanely dispatched, it is aged over about 14 days which then creates the hanging weight of about 60%.  The cow usually dresses out at about 35-40% becoming packaged meat.  This percentage will increase if you get more bone in items.

We use H&R or Morgan’s for slaughter. We currently charge $1.85 a pound of the live weight, but this can fluctuate due to our costs. Then the butcher charges a percentage fee of $0.58 a pound plus fees.

So based on these 2 imaginary cows, this would be the approximate costs.

If you are interested in purchasing a cow or a cow share, please fill out the form in the link below:

I am ready to buy a cow!