Ordering Bulk Beef
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That isn’t bad. Generally curing the hs and bacon will push you about $200, then about a similar price to process.
Another hot tip is to score those bags crossways. They will break apart into 1/4 lb burgers when they’re frozen ready to throw on the grill.
We just paid $3.60 all in for 1/4 of beef.
I know everyone can't do it, but, man, it save a lot of money and it's so much better product.
It makes meal planning so much easier.
Examples:
Buns to use up? Burgers
Bell peppers from the garden? Fajitas
Milk to use up? Hamburger Helper
Broccoli on sale? Chinese style beef and broccoli
what the hell hyvee was this? … furthermore reason to shop elsewhere … just paid 3.99/lb for 85/15 at their competitor
Start with a 1/4 and then go from there. If you're in the DSM metro area, follow the Milo Locker on facebook. They have a new facility with great products. You can buy 1/4, 1/2 or whole beefs for only $3.10/lb.
Milo Locker Meats – Retail | Custom Processing | Grocery | Wild Game Processing
www.milolockermeats.com
If you desire a great beef experience check out Champion Steaks Creston, Iowa. High quality. Scroll down and you will find their price sheet. They sell wholes, halves, quarters and various assorted bundles. The bundles give you a chance to sample different cuts without buying a part carcass where you will get some cuts that you don’t particularly care for or know what to do with. Farm raised and sold direct. Processed in Afton. One of the secrets to their success is how they feed the animals and the diet they are fed. It is old school and you can taste the difference.
Yikes. We do the 10 lb rolls from Sams and the 90/10 is 3.47 and the 80/20 is 2.93.
This is just me being ignorant and never having the need to do this. From the locker do they give it to you frozen or refrigerated?
Thanks.
And do these lockers have other meats? I assume hogs but I was wondering mainly on the poultry side of things. Chicken Turkey and Duck?
Most likely no. Some lockers will do goat, deer, bison but there probably isn't too many that do poultry.
The biggest problem is locker space a lot of them are out 6 months to a yr. Covid really kick started the small locker industry. It's always had it's place but they really got extended during the covid.
For beef that is incredibly cheap. Especially if it includes all butchering and processing costs as well as paying the farmer for the animal.
Is the per pound cost calculated on actual pounds of processed meat? Or is it calculated on hanging weight?
Farm Raised Beef is best. But generally you are going to get about 60% of the hanging weight in Processed Meat. That 600 lbs of hanging weight will yield about 360 lbs of meat in your freezer. Some of you might be over estimating how much processed meat you are actually getting.
What is hanging weight (and why you should avoid buying beef sold this way)
I’m a farmer who sells beef directly to consumers. And I’m about to tell you something that might make other beef farmers mad at me. You shouldn't buy beef by hanging weight. (Quick definition: hanging weight is the weight of the cow carcass after initial slaughter and processing. It’s the...www.heartstonefarm.me
Good article but that's some expensive beef.
