How much Beef do you get from 1/2 Dexter Steer ?
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2022
- In this video we show how much beef was harvested from a 26 month old Dexter Steer. The hanging weight was 500lbs. We show the yield from a half of the beef.
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Great info thank you
Porterhouse will always be my very, very favorite. I used to able to eat a whole one all by myself, but in my old age, I can’t eat that much anymore.😊
A Dexter porterhouse would be perfect for you then! Much smaller cut.
Dexter are a premium meat, even though they are small. They have a gentle temperament.
Absolutely! the best beef!
Good Morning
Love your vids bro
I’m curious about how you like living in Michigan?
I’m currently looking for land to start a homestead and see land up that way but I worry about the winters….
Really, how are they?
Depends on where in Michigan you are looking. The farther north the colder it will get. Gaylord area can be the snowiest and coldest in northern lower. There are areas on the west side of the state that get a lot of snow too due to lake effect snow. Southern Michigan will get snow but usually their average temperatures are quite warmer than ours here. For us in west branch we usually get cold with a moderate amount of snow. For the most part we like winter but every year is different we have had Decembers that averaged in the 40s.
I think the worst part about winter honestly is the shortened daylight.
If you are going to have livestock make sure you have an easy way for watering, this is something I am working on this summer.
Being from gaylord and currently still here yes the winter weather can and is pretty brutal.
@@stevemench786 beautiful area though!
I just this past Saturday got back the processed beef this past Saturday.
That was a stag and he was 1/2 dexter and 1/2 hereford.
I am very eased with the yield from him also..
Even though it was still young only about 15 months..
I'm thinking the smaller bone of the dexter allowed for a higher carcass yield..
What was the hanging weight?
@@SweetBriarFarmMichigan 202/206 halves @15 months old no grain just grass..
Truly needed probably 6 months to finish,but he still had 1 testicle and needed him out of the herd,my mini hereford bull was missing cows on the first cycle because he had to run off this little dink.
@@stevemench786 nice.
What was the overall weight of the cuts you got back?
I didn’t weigh out each cut since it would vary how the animal is cut. In general you take home 60-65% of the hanging weight. So for this half it would have been about 155lbs of meat.
I have a 1 year old steer... How long age wise do you plan to butcher? 17 months or more closer to 24?
If spring born steer then we can get them to 400lbs plus hanging weight at 2 years.
Fall born calves we found need longer. If you grain the fall born you can probably get them to 400lbs plus at 2 years. We are in northern Michigan so the fall born going right into winter slows there growth if you are just feeding hay. The last 2 we butchered last fall were fall born and 2 years old they only had hanging weights of 320lbs. Which is still in the average for a Dexter and the beef is still excellent. I like to get them to 400lbs hanging though.
@@SweetBriarFarmMichigan good to know. My steers a spring born, just couldn't decide if I wanted to butcher this late fall before winter. Or stretch him to spring
@@HighRangeHunting the genetics play a role too. If he comes from a more “beefy” line then might be ready sooner.
Every cow will be different weight.
Yup
A Dexter half the yield you'd get from an Angus.
And 1/3 of the feed bill, less manure easier on the land, better marbling on 99.9% grass diet
With a premium price on the meat