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Is Butchering a Steer Worth It?
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<blockquote data-quote="Double E" data-source="post: 942600" data-attributes="member: 17697"><p>There are a lot of variables to figure in, and they change from year to year. My butcher charges 50 cents a pound having weight, plus $50 kill fee. For an 1100 lb steer, that puts it right at $500. I fern my steers out for 100 days, during which time they will eat right at a ton of feed and three round bales each. Depending on the price that year, there is another $400 to $500, so I have about a grand in each one, without considering the cost/value of the steer. Using your value of $875, that is $1875, but you will receive over $600 pounds of beef, putting the price right at $3 a pound.</p><p></p><p>It is just my wife and I, but we will use up half a beef in a year, it depends on how many you are feeding and how often you eat beef. There are many different ways of splitting the costs, and for me it depends on if I am splitting with family. For anyone else, I want a little extra income for my troubles and fuel. </p><p></p><p>For me, the cost is well worth it because I know what my steer has been eating, I know he has not had hormones or antibiotics, and the flavor and tenderness is better than I can buy. Dollars and cents, and less work, it might be better to sell them, but I like doing it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Double E, post: 942600, member: 17697"] There are a lot of variables to figure in, and they change from year to year. My butcher charges 50 cents a pound having weight, plus $50 kill fee. For an 1100 lb steer, that puts it right at $500. I fern my steers out for 100 days, during which time they will eat right at a ton of feed and three round bales each. Depending on the price that year, there is another $400 to $500, so I have about a grand in each one, without considering the cost/value of the steer. Using your value of $875, that is $1875, but you will receive over $600 pounds of beef, putting the price right at $3 a pound. It is just my wife and I, but we will use up half a beef in a year, it depends on how many you are feeding and how often you eat beef. There are many different ways of splitting the costs, and for me it depends on if I am splitting with family. For anyone else, I want a little extra income for my troubles and fuel. For me, the cost is well worth it because I know what my steer has been eating, I know he has not had hormones or antibiotics, and the flavor and tenderness is better than I can buy. Dollars and cents, and less work, it might be better to sell them, but I like doing it. [/QUOTE]
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