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.
1 2 side of beef.
Extra options have 10 or more pounds of ground beef made into patties.
Plan on approximately one cubic foot of freezer space for every 15 20 pounds of meat.
You may also get your share of liver and bones how much freezer space will i need for my beef.
Short ribs 3 packages 3 4 in a package soup bones 5 packages.
1 4 1 2 or whole ordering info.
The half beef bundle is about 8 boxes see example in photo.
It will fit inside a large chest freezer about 10 cubic feet such as this chest freezer.
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.
Chuck and arm cuts you ll get between 16 and 18 pounds of chuck roast typically cut into two to three pound roasts.
Brisket 1 package.
Any and all cuts can be made.
You re probably familiar with a t bone steak with its famous t shaped bone in the center.
This bundle gets you a full side of beef.
Stew meat 8 0 5 lb packages.
Round steak on a quarter half are tenderized 8 10 steaks.
The beef is packaged in 1 5 lb packages.
Ground beef in 1 lb.
You will receive approximately 70 lbs of ground beef.
A side of beef can feed a family of four for close to a year.
This example is for 1 2 beef with a hanging weight of 301 50 lbs.
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.
Flank steak 2 steaks.
For example if you decide to cut the bone out you would no longer have a t bone.
2 4 round roasts.
The butcher will either charge by the hanging weight as explained above or they will charge by the meat it produces.
Each side of beef includes.
Usually a side of beef can weigh anywhere around 100 to 350 pounds.
Cut any size sirloin tip roast total weight.
The larger side has the strip steak and the smaller side is the tenderloin.
The weight as well can often be hard to estimate.
Tenderized round steak 15 packages.
Ground meat 110 lbs.
All short ribs stew meat and soup bones were cut out and ground into burger on this half.