i agree. $6.99 is typically costco choice strip steak price.I really doubt it was 5 and 7 last year
Screw prime meat. I get a side of beef that is grass feed from my local farmer for $3.50/lb.
thats the hanging weight price, what was the delivery weight?
I almost got ripped off last year by buying a 1/4. hanging weight was like 207 pounds, when i went to pick it up it was just in 2 boxes. took it home and weighed each piece and i had 103 pounds. so it was 50% loss from hanging which made my $3.35 per pound meat to almost 7.00 a pound. I called the butcher up and said WTF. he bought it back from me that afternoon.
thats the hanging weight price, what was the delivery weight?
I almost got ripped off last year by buying a 1/4. hanging weight was like 207 pounds, when i went to pick it up it was just in 2 boxes. took it home and weighed each piece and i had 103 pounds. so it was 50% loss from hanging which made my $3.35 per pound meat to almost 7.00 a pound. I called the butcher up and said WTF. he bought it back from me that afternoon.
I just got 1/4 three weeks ago and will be getting another in the second week in June when it's ready for $2.08 a pound. Butchering and packing is $1.00 a pound also making it $3.08lb hanging out the door.
I also like the bonus of the liver and soup bones for us, bones and hart for the dog and suit for the birds.
He did say he would have to raise his prices next year because of fuel and seed costs this year.
I do not know. I would have to add up all the packages as they have the weight printed on them.....
The side of beef was 6 boxes. It took two 100 quart marine coolers to take home the entire side. One cooler was mine.
I have been buying "beef sides" for a long time which is 1/8 a cow. My half of the side was a better breakdown of the meat and appeared to be more in general but I have done nothing scientific to determine it. It also allowed me to get it cut like I want. With the "beef sides" I have no choice in how it is cut.
The farmer I go to is a smaller farm where all his business comes from word of mouth. So he could be ripping people off but it would only hurt his business in the long run.
My biggest issue is the amount of ground beef you end up with. I like ground beef as much as the next guy but it far outlasts the other parts of the side.
hanging weight and deliver weight are two entirely different things. I guarantee you paid more than $3.08 per pound for your meat, why? because you did not get the full weight of what it was when it was weighed on the hook. you have loss, like bones and the fat the butcher trims off, and that can be a significant change in weight. like 25% at the most.
I don't think my costco sells prime cuts, only choice.
hanging weight and deliver weight are two entirely different things. I guarantee you paid more than $3.08 per pound for your meat, why? because you did not get the full weight of what it was when it was weighed on the hook. you have loss, like bones and the fat the butcher trims off, and that can be a significant change in weight. like 25% at the most.
I agree with this, I was about to post the same.
It's going to be really hard to save an extreme ton over most big box companies meat departments.
You will get a healthier fed meat AT TIMES. There are a lot of farmers advertising organic meats when they are guilting of the antibiotics and steroids themselves. Meat packers are regulated heavily, small farms not so much.
I have been on the farms that I by beef from and see how they raise the beef.... I come from a family that used to raise beef and milkers but they have gone into retirement. Dam I miss the days of $1.08 hanging weight a lb only 6 years ago ... from family.
Main thing is know who you are getting your beef from! Ive been buying 1/4's to halfs for about 20yrs now....
You should try to find it in bulk pack, say alternator sized. You would probably get it cheaper.