I want to know where to buy a cow for meet that has been grass fed and hasnt been on antibotics or stairoids.?

Question

I want to know what size you butcher a cow and whats the going rate for a cow.

Answer 1

First of all you are NOT looking for a cow. You want a steer. You are looking to buy on the "hoof" is the term. You don't ask your butcher. You need to go the a Rancher who has cattle. They will accommodate you. They usually will kill a steer around 800 to 1000 lbs. He should know someone who will do the kill and take it to a butcher who will hang it for 2 or 3 weeks and that guy will cut it up to your specifications. All tough meat, I suggest, you get ground into ground beef. Stew meat, and steaks are great. All depends on how big your family and how big your freezer is if you will want a whole steer. If not you will have to find someone a couple of someone’s to go in with you, which is the best way anyway. Then you can get a pig too. I use to get a quarter steer and a half a pig. I had a medium freezer. I like the ones that open at the top. You lose less of the cold. Don't go in it all the time. Move your meat into your refrigerator. Cost? It has been a while. Meat is high in the market. But it will be less. The meat will be marked "not for sale" You understand that it is not USDA. Personally I believe that is why it is better meat!!

I had a mass in my breast for two years. Got tired of the doctors hassling me. So I gave up USDA meat, you know with the hormones. Got my meat on the hoof and the mass, which was as big as a baby’s fist, disappeared. It is the healthiest way to go. I don’t know where you live but Foster Farm Chicken claims they don’t use hormones either if you are looking for chicken. There are butcher shops that sell meat which they claim is hormone free but it is very expensive. Buffalo meat is an option also!! No hormones. That is sold in the super markets.

Just before the kill the steer they will take some time to put some fat on the steer so the meat will have some marble in it. This is good. Makes the meat tasty. I have always found the meat to taste so good you hardly have to season it. Much different than commercial, USDA meat!!

The importance of having a relationship with the rancher you are going to purchase the Steer from is that you want to know it will not be feed hormones or steroids. A lot cattle ranchers are raising their meat for commercial sale and only raise a few for personal use. So that which is going to go USDA will not be what you will be wanting.

Answer 2

You should have wrote where you live . Look in the phone book under locker plants .If you can't find any then look for butchers If you find a locker plant which mainly is a place that butchers meat for stores or custom butchering for farmers and ranchers . If you find one where you live .Many times you can buy half a beef from them .Or then you can buy a steer and they will process it for you .The way you want . If you have a truck or can borrow a horse trailer you can go to a cattle auction and buy one cheap .Or you can drive out in the country until you see a farm or ranch that has some .Stop and ask if they are cattle ranchers or farmers if they don't have one .They probably will be able to tell you some one that does .Here again the locker plant does custom butchering and probably will know some one .The price will depend on how big of one you want to buy .The locker plant can give you that information .Like I said not knowing where you live its kind of hard to say . But that's what I would try first . You also might look under meat processing

Answer 3

While there are always cows around to give you free milk and pigs around to give you free sausage, if you buy one, you may just get a quality one and never have to worry about inferior products again. On the other hand, if you seem to have a hard time finding the quality cow or pig to purchase, it's wise to just dabble a bit here and there and use your money to buy a house or some nice kitty toys and some catnip.

Answer 4

as a butcher about organically raised animals and where you can get that butchered meat. you could also check with your local health food store or even the yellow pages or google search your area. If you have amish residents in your area, you may even be able to speak with them too.... they are a good source of info. good luck.

Answer 5

Whole Foods Market, or Wild Oats Market.

Answer 6

Try Super Target. They have many organic/hormone free foods.

Answer 7

call your butcher, they'll know who to send you to.

learn to spell.

Answer 8

hen house