A side of beef can feed a family of four for close to a year.
1 2 side of beef.
Chuck and arm cuts you ll get between 16 and 18 pounds of chuck roast typically cut into two to three pound roasts.
It will fit inside a large chest freezer about 10 cubic feet such as this chest freezer.
Any and all cuts can be made.
You will receive approximately 70 lbs of ground beef.
Tenderloin 1 package.
We opted to get all of the whole cuts we could which meant a total of 7 roasts 3 packages of sirloin steaks 1 package of t bones 1 package of porterhouse steaks 1 package of ribeyes 2 packages of round steaks 1 package of skirt steaks 1 package of flank steak 3 packages of short ribs 1 large brisket 3 packages of stew beef 2.
The butcher will either charge by the hanging weight as explained above or they will charge by the meat it produces.
Ground beef in 1 lb.
Round steak on a quarter half are tenderized 8 10 steaks.
Cut any size sirloin tip roast total weight.
Extra options have 10 or more pounds of ground beef made into patties.
The larger side has the strip steak and the smaller side is the tenderloin.
Tenderized round steak 15 packages.
Roasts 12 packages approx.
Sirloin steaks 10.
This bundle gets you a full side of beef.
This example is for 1 2 beef with a hanging weight of 301 50 lbs.
1 4 1 2 or whole ordering info.
Short ribs 3 packages 3 4 in a package soup bones 5 packages.
The beef is packaged in 1 5 lb packages.
T bone steak 6 8 steaks depends on thickness porterhouse steak 6 8 steaks depends on thickness sirloin steak 6 8 steaks depends on thickness round steak 6 8 steaks depends on thickness rump roast total weight 6 8 lb.
Flank steak 2 steaks.
Usually a side of beef can weigh anywhere around 100 to 350 pounds.
You re probably familiar with a t bone steak with its famous t shaped bone in the center.
Plan on approximately one cubic foot of freezer space for every 15 20 pounds of meat.
You may also get your share of liver and bones how much freezer space will i need for my beef.
The weight as well can often be hard to estimate.
Brisket 1 package.
Ground meat 110 lbs.
A whole cow yields about a 600 pound carcass and one side of the carcass provides around 225 pounds of cut meat including approximately 30 pounds of ground beef.
For example if you decide to cut the bone out you would no longer have a t bone.
All short ribs stew meat and soup bones were cut out and ground into burger on this half.
Your side can be cut to your specifications but the cuts below are representative of what is generally included in the approximate 185 lbs of beef.
Each side of beef includes.
The half beef bundle is about 8 boxes see example in photo.