You re probably familiar with a t bone steak with its famous t shaped bone in the center.
1 2 side of beef.
T bone steak 6 8 steaks depends on thickness porterhouse steak 6 8 steaks depends on thickness sirloin steak 6 8 steaks depends on thickness round steak 6 8 steaks depends on thickness rump roast total weight 6 8 lb.
Any and all cuts can be made.
The half beef bundle is about 8 boxes see example in photo.
Your side can be cut to your specifications but the cuts below are representative of what is generally included in the approximate 185 lbs of beef.
Flank steak 2 steaks.
The beef is packaged in 1 5 lb packages.
Tenderloin 1 package.
For example if you decide to cut the bone out you would no longer have a t bone.
Short ribs 3 packages 3 4 in a package soup bones 5 packages.
A whole cow yields about a 600 pound carcass and one side of the carcass provides around 225 pounds of cut meat including approximately 30 pounds of ground beef.
Roasts 12 packages approx.
Sirloin steaks 10.
You may also get your share of liver and bones how much freezer space will i need for my beef.
Ground meat 110 lbs.
2 4 round roasts.
Ground beef in 1 lb.
Cut any size sirloin tip roast total weight.
Stew meat 8 0 5 lb packages.
The weight as well can often be hard to estimate.
All short ribs stew meat and soup bones were cut out and ground into burger on this half.
1 4 1 2 or whole ordering info.
The butcher will either charge by the hanging weight as explained above or they will charge by the meat it produces.
Depending on how you cut the t bone and the size of it it can have many different names.
Each side of beef includes.
This bundle gets you a full side of beef.
Plan on approximately one cubic foot of freezer space for every 15 20 pounds of meat.
The larger side has the strip steak and the smaller side is the tenderloin.
Brisket 1 package.
This example is for 1 2 beef with a hanging weight of 301 50 lbs.
Round steak on a quarter half are tenderized 8 10 steaks.
Usually a side of beef can weigh anywhere around 100 to 350 pounds.
A side of beef can feed a family of four for close to a year.
Tenderized round steak 15 packages.
We opted to get all of the whole cuts we could which meant a total of 7 roasts 3 packages of sirloin steaks 1 package of t bones 1 package of porterhouse steaks 1 package of ribeyes 2 packages of round steaks 1 package of skirt steaks 1 package of flank steak 3 packages of short ribs 1 large brisket 3 packages of stew beef 2.
Chuck and arm cuts you ll get between 16 and 18 pounds of chuck roast typically cut into two to three pound roasts.