BUYING A WHOLE COW | HOW TO FILL OUT A BEEF CUT SHEET | FILL YOUR FREEZER WITH BEEF
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- #GRASSFEDBEEF #BUYAWHOLEBEEF #HOWTOFILLOUTABEEFCUTSHEET
THIS VIDEO WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO FILL OUT A BEEF CUT SHEET WHEN BUYING A HALF OR WHOLE BEEF IN BULK.
PLEASE WATCH PARTS 1 AND 2 TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BUYING BULK BEEF.
Part 1 • WHERE TO BUY LOCAL BEE...
Part 2 • HOW TO CALCULATE BEEF ...
FOR INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO FILL OUT A CUT SHEET SKIP TO:
06:28
In this video you will learn the step-by-step process from reserving your beef through beef in your freezer.
In the second half of the video I will teach you how to fill out a beef cut sheet. This series is for those of you new to buying beef in bulk and need some help.
For information about beef please go to this very informative website. You will learn all about the different cuts of beef and how to prepare them.
www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com...
If you need a great way to cook steak in cast iron please watch our video: • CAST IRON BUTTER STEAK...
Beef Tallow is my favorite, please watch how to render it here:
• THE EASIEST WAY TO REN...
Happy Homesteading,
Caren
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: Ecclesiastes 3:1
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Thank you so much for your video, This is my first year ordering a whole cow from a farmer and your video has helped tremendously. More people need to start supporting their local farmers, they are our friends and neighbors, we need to take care of each other more, and big corporations less. May God bless you and your family.
It is so wonderful you are ordering your first beef from a local farmer. A relationship between you and your farmer is so important right now and in the future. Thank you for watching and we are so glad this video helped you.
This is easily one of the most in depth videos on YT in regards to explaining the ins and outs of purchasing a half cow!
Thank you Gregg! I am glad it helped you.
Awesome information, excellent pace. I was looking for information about Beef Cut Sheets. I learned about a couple things I didn't know I needed to know about!! LOL Thank you!!!
I came across this video this morning as I was putting together my information sheets that go out to our own customers. This is a really well done video and as a rancher that sells beef and pork? I cant thank you enough for really explaining this process! There is so much involved when it comes to breaking down a full beef and understanding the cuts is crucial. We take so much pride in the meat we raise and HOW we raise them. We truly want the customer to have the very best end product possible. Your video will help them understand how to get the best results from their processors. Thanks you!!!
Hello RSP Ranch in Montana! I am so glad this video will help your customers. The learning curve can be scary for first time buyers. Hopefully this video helps customers know what to expect and feel comfortable. I love hearing passionate ranchers striving to provide the best beef raised using good ranching principles. In August we travelled to Montana to look at ranches and see the state. Montana is very beautiful and we hope to visit again next summer. What a wonderful place to live!
Thank you Caren. I was looking at my cut sheet with a blank stare until I watched and listened to this video. It is extremely helpful and I appreciate you sharing your knowledge! God Bless!
Thank you for watching and I am so glad this information helped you.
I grew up in the hill country and figured that’s where you were from when you showed the pasture! Thank you for the informative video!!!!
Thank you for watching Chris! Yes, we live in the Texas Hill Country and love it! I am happy you found this video informative and hope it helps you fill out your beef cut sheet.
3am in north carolina and I'm learning about buying whole cows. Caren thank you, this has convinced me even more thst this is the way we're going with buying meat. If we can find a butcher, couple farmers near us in Charlotte will only sell live steers as there is nowhere to process them right now
First time error embedded in disappointment but determined to learn for next year! Didn't get a cut sheet to the processor before harvest so I lost out on the heart, tongue, liver etc. That won't happen again! Thank you Caren for educating me on exactly how this is done. This processor seems to think we all want more ground beef than whole cuts. Grrr. Grass fed Black Angus is not meant for burgers! But I'm ready now. Thanks to you!!!! Hugs
Hello Lea and thank you for watching! So happy next year's harvest will include the extras and we are happy this video helped you. It took me a number of years to know what to ask for.
great information, thank you!
Very good info!!! Thank you!
Ya'll comes back now yah hears!
This was so helpful, thank you!
Thank you so much. You answerec all the questions that I wanted to know!
Thank you for taking the time to make this wonderful video. We are supporting a local rancher and processor!
Wonderful Michael! So great to build these relationships now. We are lifetime friends with our customers. Glad this video helped you!
Thank you for sharing very helpful! Sharing is caring!
We have an old, sad upright freezer story. . .
Never again.
Thanks for all the information, much appreciated. We finally found a local rancher raising pastured cattle (in a non-ranching area) and a local processor/butcher. All the information seems overwhelming, but I am determined to learn. Thank you again for your explanations.
Thank you for watching and feel free to ask me any questions that you might have. The learning is steep but you will get this figured out.
@@texasfarmsteadliving-caren9517 That is kind of you, thank you. Our butcher's cut sheet doesn't have the options yours did, of course. My husband printed it out for me. I'm going to poke around on their website a bit, and probably give them a call, too. Having you as a resource makes me feel a bit less overwhelmed, thank you, ma'am!
Thank you so very much!
These videos were so helpful. Thanks for sharing.
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much! I really needed this tutorial!
Glad it was helpful! The learning curve can be steep when starting to buy your beef in bulk but definitely worth it.
You are very thorough. I’m in the process of buying meat this way for the first time. Your reference to the website” What’s for Beef” will be invaluable. Great information New subscriber. Thank you!
New subscriber and I absolutely love your channel! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for watching John, so glad you like our channel.
Wonderful video! So so helpful 💕
Thank you Shani and thank you for watching!
Thank you for an amazing video! I am finally in a position to have enough money to order my half a cow. Having been part of a farm family I have missed the superior grade meat when I lived with my parents… but never knew how much I didn’t know about ordering a whole cow. With the cut form in my hand, this video made a huge difference in my confidence that I will actually get what I want. Thank you!
That is so great you are finally in a position to order a half beef. I agree once you have had superior beef there is no turning back. So happy this video helped you fill out your cut sheet and thank you for watching.
This is wonderful! I'm going to share, I love how you go through the order sheet. I always have questions on mine but I don't want to keep the person on the phone forever explaining it all to me. I have a list of questions to research and try to figure out on my own. This answered so many questions and saves me tons of time. I'll be a pro on my next order! And this reminded me I need to render my beef tallow for the first time...the nutrition in tallow is amazing and probably a great idea in the winter here in the Midwest. I will watch your video on that. Thank you!!🤗 Happy new year to you and Mr. Rueffer!
Happy New Year to you and your beautiful family! I am so happy you have your own beef. You will love beef tallow. My absolute favorite! I am making tallow lip balm and tallow salve and hope to video a how-to soon. Beef tallow lipids are the very best moisturizer for human skin. Thank you for watching!
@@texasfarmsteadliving-caren9517 Please-Please do! 🤗😍
Wow yummy I want that freezer full of great tasting cow
amazing info thank you
Thank you for watching! Hope it helped!
Thank you so much you really helped us. This is our first time buying a whole Angus. God bless
Thank you for watching Daniel. I am glad this video helped, I know there is a big learning curve on your first time buying a whole beef.
Best video I've watched concerning buying beef. New subscriber
Thank you so much and I hope the video helps.
Thank you for taking the time to explain this process, it's super helpful!!
Great! Thank you for watching!
I love.going with ribeyes and the beef back ribs. Doing beef back ribs for the Superbowl this year!
I am sure your beef back ribs will be delicious! Thank you for watching!
Thank you ma’am.
You are welcome! Thank you for watching!
Where did you get your freezer baskets?
Thank you for this video! Very helpful!
Thank u for the video, it's informative and to the point... I love that. I feel super confident now in ordering my half beef. With the increase of meat prices this information is so helpful, I won't be buying cuts of meat that my family doesn't use or enjoy. I'm in Cape Town , South Africa, far from meat farmers. Now just watching ur video I know exactly what I want, know what questions to ask and how total cost is calculated. Thank u🙏🇿🇦
Wow! Learned so much from this. The processor called me last week to ask how we wanted everything. Some things I knew - others - not so much. She was super nice though and helped me through the order. I do wish I would have known more at the time, that is for sure!
I made this series to help those new to buying beef!
Hi Karen, I'm a new subscriber thanks for the very information its very helpful. I'm thinking of buying my first side of beef. I live in Texas too. Do you by any chance sell your beef ? I'm doing this to improve my diet and reverse my diabetes.
I would definitely parallel your cut sheet. I just can't see wasting a roast for trim. If I need hamburger I will buy it in a grocery store. Don't forget to ask for the Tri-tip steak roast. There's only one per animal qnd usually the butcher keeps it for himself.
Thank you for watching!
I hope you learned how to order bulk beef from a local rancher and feel more confident going through the process. In this video you will see an example of how to fill out a beef cut sheet.
This video was so helpful. You also have one of those voices that would be perfect for audiobooks or storybooks for kids. No matter how stressed I’ve been today your voice calmed me right away. I do have a question what if you don’t want the beef 🥩 aged at all? Is that possible?
Hello and thank you for watching. Glad you enjoyed the video. Yes it is definitely possible to not have your beef aged at all. When we have smaller beef animals harvested they usually just chill the carcass then butcher. They probably would have to chill the. carcass first but you can ask your processor. When you are keeping the organs and fat they are removed immediately and frozen. Hope this helps and good luck.
Good to know how to do this just wish I can find a freezer 🤠
We had almost given up on finding a freezer! We had been on a waiting list and on Friday they finally called and delivered on Monday. Just in time because our animals go to processor in two weeks! Hope you find a freezer!
I am so excited to find this video. We will be sending our beef to slaughter beginning of October and we got lucky getting an appointment. I didn’t know anything about the tallow so I’m excited to watch your other videos. Can you tell me if I were to have a 450 lb hanging weight and got all the roasts and steaks, approximately how many lbs of ground beef do you think I’d get?
Yesterday we picked up our beef order with a hanging weight of 422 lbs. I got all the roast except rump and pike's peak and had half of the round ground. We got about 100 lb. of ground beef. Hope this helps. Yes, you are fortunate to get an appointment. Our processor is booking 2022.
@@texasfarmsteadliving-caren9517 with the shortages coming and beef prices skyrocketing we decided that we better get a jump on it but hadn’t realized there was an issue getting an appointment. God was really looking out for us. We are getting the cow at cost from a family member and he found a processor that he trusts. I may book an appointment for next year at the same time just to be ahead of things. Now I just need to learn to garden. I planted green beans, strawberries, a pepper plant and a tomato plant. I’m seeing a possible pepper and the tomato’s have hope. The others may not make it. I have to use raised beds but hopefully I can figure it out.
By the way, you are totally rocking that t-shirt, my beautiful friend!! 😍
You are so kind to say that! I am 54 now so I am grateful for all compliments.
Caren, thank you for this video. My husband and I are considering buying our first 1/4 cow and are really looking forward to it. What rancher do you get your cow from? I saw in a different comment you are in the hill country. We are nearby as well and are interested in finding a rancher to buy our first bulk beef from.
Hello, we are beef ranchers so we use our own cattle. I think at the Dripping Springs farmers market there is a vendor who will sell 1/4 beef. Hope you find a great match for your family.
I'm subscribed and enjoy your videos.
Love your voice but can you do a short video on the amount of the cuts to expect. For instance you do a nice job explaining if you choose a you don't get b but how many ? 6 Tbones 16?
Yes, I sure can . We are working on one now. We will be showing the animal on harvest day and plan to share all the data so people will be able to estimate the weights and cuts based on the animal live weight and hanging weight. In the meantime please feel free to ask us any questions you might have. We have years of data of the animals we have had processed. For instance, if you want to know how many t-bones cut 1.5 inches you will receive from an 800 pound live weight beef.
Do you have any videos on how to approach a rancher? Anyone you recommend or know of close to South Texas?? I’ve been asking around and find it very hard to get information.
Hello Trae. You can go to American Grassfed Association.com and find ranchers in Texas. Maybe there is someone close to you. We are in the hill country and I don't really know many ranchers south of here. We have a video that may help you find beef and suggest questions to ask the rancher you are considering buying beef from. The site eatwild.com may help you find someone.
@@texasfarmsteadliving-caren9517 rn thank you. Coincidentally I ended up coming across that video you’re speaking of and I already went to the website. Unfortunately it seems the website is a bit outdated because the closest rancher to me, Nancy Klein from Harlingen, neither her email or her phone number works. However, since then, I have spoken with a local rancher through word of mouth and he’s answered all my questions. Thank you so much for your willingness to help 🙏🏽
New to your channel. For the First time, two brothers and I are getting ready to purchase a cow. I am so glad I saw your video. The person that was recommended by the slaughterhouse to purchase the cow from recommended that we get a 1400 lb cow. Is it possible to evenly divide the cow between the three of us? He also said that the cow (after slaughter) will hang approximately 20 days, is that too long?
So happy to hear you are planning on purchasing a cow to harvest. We harvest 700-1000 pound animals that are anywhere from 10 months to 15 months in age. Our cattle are grass-fed and that makes a difference. It probably is not possible to have the processor divide the meat in thirds, but you could have the beef processed in halves then take from both halves to divide it in thirds equally. Hope this makes sense. The length of aging in my opinion is determined by the age and size of the animal. We do not age over 14 days. For instance our 10 month old calves are aged only one week because the carcass is smaller and the younger the animal the more tender the meat so it is not necessary. Usually the butchers are good at giving advice after they have seen the carcass. Maybe your butcher will give an opinion after harvest during the dry aging period. Thank you for watching!
@@texasfarmsteadliving-caren9517 thank you for responding. If you don’t mind answering, how much do you charge for your steer per pound. I live in florida and the rate I was 1.85 for the rancher price and 1.00 for the slaughterhouse.
Hello, I have another question for you. The rancher has taken the cow to the slaughterhouse. The live weight was 1595. I am not sure of the age of the animal. I am waiting for the processor to call me with hanging weight. They emailed me a cut sheet on yesterday. I know this is asking a lot from you, but is it possible for me to send my cut sheet to you to review because mine looks shorter than yours. Can you give recommendation on how to fill it out.
@@mygrannysgarden Sure
@@texasfarmsteadliving-caren9517 thank you so much. What is the best way to send it to you? I really appreciate you allowing me to do this.
What is the general area you are in?maybe the closest city
Austin, Texas
@@texasfarmsteadliving-caren9517 so do you sell directly to customers? I live in Kyle and would love to try some of the meat
@@nelsoninman3678 Thank you! We sell halves and wholes only, not individual cuts.
Geez our processor gives us nowhere near these options.
Sometimes they only give you options if you ask. I just found out our butcher has an extended cut sheet with items such as tomahawk steaks. Also seems they are always adding things so we have to ask often. Thank you for watching!
There is someone selling beef from Home is thus real?
There are 2 options for individuals selling beef.
1.They sell you a whole, half or quarter and deliver it to a custom processor with no inspection. You get your beef back for your consumption only. You cannot sell it if it has not been inspected.
2.They have the animal processed at a USDA inspected plant and get back the beef which can then be sold as individual cuts to stores, restaurants or individuals.
So yes, a person may have USDA inspected beef that they are selling from their home. The packaging will have the USDA label with the plant number.