If you are taking a cow to the slaughterhouse, it is quite common to think about the number of steaks you will get, the required freezer space, and the kind of cuts. Several other factors come into play to determine how many steaks you can get from a cow.
One can not give an exact number as to how many steaks because it varies for several reasons. Every time a customer asks how many steaks, how much hamburger, and how much beef comes out, the answer varies for each animal. On average, a person can get lbs of steaks from a whole cow assuming its weight is anywhere between to lbs. There are different types of steaks one can get from a cow. We will elaborate the steak yield from a whole cow further with the following breakdown.
This totals for about to steaks. This is an estimated number assuming a certain average weight. It is hard to conclude the exact number as each cow weighs differently. The beef calculation can be done in two stages. Not all pounds of beef is used for steaks only, a lot of trimmings end up going to ground beef for burgers. Till now, we have been telling you about the number of steaks a whole cow will provide.
Once the cow is slaughtered, it is often divided into four ways for buyers. So, that people who can not buy a whole cow can settle for the Quarter Cow. Innovative Foods in Evans accepts cash, checks and debit cards no credit cards.
What kind of cuts will I get? In a half of a beef, there are approximately 12 roasts, 14 t-bone steaks, 5 sirloin steaks, 5 sirloin tip steaks, 14 rib-eye steaks, and 6 round steaks. There are also short ribs, flank steak, stew meat, brisket and approximately 75 of ground beef.
You can choose to have any of the cuts made into ground beef. Working with your processor, you can customize your packaging for your convenience. Please Note a Change in our Order Processing for Quarters: When you order a quarter of beef, you are getting a half of a half, which means the half of beef is cut the same for each quarter, with steak thickness, roast size, and either T-bone steaks OR New York Strip steaks plus Filet Mignon Steaks.
How much beef will I get? An average hanging weight for a half of a beef is pounds. Also, if you have a lot of your beef de-boned, you will have less packaged meat than average. How much freezer space do I need? For each 25 pounds of packaged beef you will need about 1 cubic foot of freezer space.
What breed of beef do you sell? We hand select Holstein steers that will be under 2 years of age when they are processed. In the five generations that we have been feeding cattle, we have tried all kinds of breeds of beef: Angus, Charolais, Hereford, mixed breeds, and Holstein. We have personally eaten all of these kinds of beef and prefer Holstein above all others. Why do you feed Holstein beef?
Holsteins are a particularly hardy breed of animal, an important factor, since we do not give our animals any antibiotics, hormones or steroids. Plus, the Holstein is a larger-framed animal and the steaks are bigger than with other breeds. In addition, Holsteins produce a leaner meat than other breeds.
They store a majority of their fat in the muscle, which causes exceptional marbling. Depending on the calf and the feeding regime, calves are best slaughtered between three and 16 weeks of age.
You may have heard a rule-of-thumb is that it takes 1. That means we should be able to have 10 to 13 cows. It looks like our rule-of-thumb held up pretty good, 11 cows on 20 acres, is 1. High beef production in and , which increased poundage due to COVID, leading to heavy cattle in and , is projected to lower retail beef prices in and But after that, lower beef production is projected by FAPRI to generate increasing retail beef prices from through In other words, from a pound steer, you can expect a — pound carcass.
But from that carcass there is another significant portion that will not end up in your freezer or in the meat case for consumers. With a whole cow you would get approximately pounds of beef. It will be approximately pounds of ground beef, and the other pounds are in cuts like steaks, roasts, ribs, brisket, tenderloin, etc.
Last of all, buying meat from the butcher can be just as affordable as buying from the grocery store. Your butcher might be able to suggest alternative cuts of meat that can save you money without sacrificing flavor.
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