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Butchering Beef #16932801 02/07/22
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,132 Timberville, Va J JMUPT OP Campfire Regular
OP JMUPT Campfire Regular J Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,132 Timberville, Va	My dad, brother, soon to be brother in law, and I butchered 2 Angus steers this weekend. The steers came off the family farm and weighed about 1250lbs each. We took them to the slaughter house 2 weeks ago and they killed, quartered, and hung them for 2 weeks. We then picked them up and processed them this weekend. Each half weighed about 360lbs. It took us 12 hours to cut everything up, grind the burger, vacuum seal it all and clean up. My brother used to work in a slaughter house so he pretty much does all the cutting except for the hamburger meat. It pretty much takes 2 of us cutting the burger to keep up with him. The other person (me this year) gets to vacuum seal and label everything. It's nice knowing exactly where your beef comes from, also you can't beat the price. Here are a few pics from the weekend.

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Re: Butchering Beef JMUPT #16932815 02/07/22
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,773 Likes: 39 Not In The City rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna
rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,773 Likes: 39 Not In The City	That's the way to do it! Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!

Re: Butchering Beef JMUPT #16932816 02/07/22
Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 19,093 Likes: 3 Central MS BigDave39355 Campfire Ranger
BigDave39355 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 19,093 Likes: 3 Central MS	Is that y’all’s setup? That’s nice. Dave �The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz

Re: Butchering Beef JMUPT #16932851 02/07/22
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,250 Likes: 2 Behind Enemy Lines Salmonella Campfire Outfitter
Salmonella Campfire Outfitter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,250 Likes: 2 Behind Enemy Lines	Well done!!!!! I cut a little meat myself yesterday.😁 T-Bones and Porterhouse. Top Sirloin.. Proud NRA Life Member

Re: Butchering Beef Salmonella #16932853 02/07/22
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,773 Likes: 39 Not In The City rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna
rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,773 Likes: 39 Not In The City	Originally Posted by Salmonella Well done!!!!! I cut a little meat myself yesterday.😁 T-Bones and Porterhouse. Top Sirloin.. You still doing that Sal? Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!

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Re: Butchering Beef JMUPT #16932858 02/07/22
Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 14,780 Likes: 5 Tyrone Campfire Outfitter
Tyrone Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 14,780 Likes: 5	That's what I need - a professional butchering set-up. Along with pro machining equipment, auto body & repair, brewing, woodworking, and a backhoe. Bet that feels great to have all that done & be set! Politics is War by Other Means

Re: Butchering Beef rockinbbar #16932861 02/07/22
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,250 Likes: 2 Behind Enemy Lines Salmonella Campfire Outfitter
Salmonella Campfire Outfitter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,250 Likes: 2 Behind Enemy Lines	Barry, I work when I want to. Pretty much on my terms...helps fund my hunting and fishing. Proud NRA Life Member

Re: Butchering Beef JMUPT #16932904 02/07/22
Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 22,026 Likes: 18 Anywhere people are Less Stupi... C CashisKing Campfire Ranger
CashisKing Campfire Ranger C Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 22,026 Likes: 18 Anywhere people are Less Stupi...	Super impressive operation... Really nice setup and gear... Pictures very helpful... ----------------------------------- Running the math... PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG. #1,250 beef = yield #720 @ #360 per half... Assuming kill at $100 and 4 men @ 12 hours each (assume $15/hour for a butcher at Krogers/Walmart). Plus $100 in bags, paper etc. Thus $820 on labor and supplies. $100 on the kill. Assuming $1,250 on live beef ($1 pound) = $2,170 per animal in actual costs. #720 pounds of yield is $3.01 a pound. Beef looked well grazed... if 20% of fat is discarded #720 goes to #576 at same $2,170 cost equals $3.77 a pound ----------------------------------- I was just running the math "out loud" to study the numbers. I am very impressed. ------------------------------------ I do realize the processing equipment is probably well north of $5k. Thanks for posting this. If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.

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Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 22,026 Likes: 18 Anywhere people are Less Stupi... C CashisKing Campfire Ranger
CashisKing Campfire Ranger C Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 22,026 Likes: 18 Anywhere people are Less Stupi...	Equally impressive Salmonella... Some really cool/talented folks on 24HC. Congrats to all. If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.

Re: Butchering Beef Salmonella #16932951 02/07/22
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,773 Likes: 39 Not In The City rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna
rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,773 Likes: 39 Not In The City	Originally Posted by Salmonella Barry, I work when I want to. Pretty much on my terms...helps fund my hunting and fishing. Heck ya! I tried to go back to meat cutting/kill floor a couple of times years ago, but growing up with family owned packing company, my heart just wasn't in it... You seem to enjoy it, and that's good! I enjoyed part of it, but not enough. Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!

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Re: Butchering Beef CashisKing #16932994 02/07/22
Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 17,528 Likes: 37 OldmanoftheSea Campfire Ranger
OldmanoftheSea Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 17,528 Likes: 37	Originally Posted by CashisKing Super impressive operation... Really nice setup and gear... Pictures very helpful... ----------------------------------- Running the math... PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG. #1,250 beef = yield #720 @ #360 per half... Assuming kill at $100 and 4 men @ 12 hours each (assume $15/hour for a butcher at Krogers/Walmart). Plus $100 in bags, paper etc. Thus $820 on labor and supplies. $100 on the kill. Assuming $1,250 on live beef ($1 pound) = $2,170 per animal in actual costs. #720 pounds of yield is $3.01 a pound. Beef looked well grazed... if 20% of fat is discarded #720 goes to #576 at same $2,170 cost equals $3.77 a pound ----------------------------------- I was just running the math "out loud" to study the numbers. I am very impressed. ------------------------------------ I do realize the processing equipment is probably well north of $5k. Thanks for posting this. you couldn't get supermarked ground beef for near that pre scamdemic... -OMotS "If memory serves fails me..." Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay " Television and radio are most effective when people question little and think even less.

Re: Butchering Beef JMUPT #16933009 02/07/22
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 1,913 Likes: 2 Pearland, Texas A asheepdog Campfire Regular
asheepdog Campfire Regular A Joined: May 2008 Posts: 1,913 Likes: 2 Pearland, Texas	Man, that’s awesome. Makes my mouth water seeing those steaks. NRA Endowment Member

Re: Butchering Beef JMUPT #16933041 02/07/22
Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 21,962 Likes: 11 Clinging to our God and Guns Dillonbuck Campfire Ranger
Dillonbuck Campfire Ranger Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 21,962 Likes: 11 Clinging to our God and Guns	Cash, some acquaintances are selling Orgasmic Burger. $7 a pound. Unlike most, I trust the Orgasmic part. But, I'm not buying. Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!

Re: Butchering Beef JMUPT #16933049 02/07/22
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 10,068 High Desert SockPuppet Campfire Outfitter
SockPuppet Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 10,068 High Desert	Man, 12 hours? That's fast. We've done a few and it takes us a good bit longer. Nice work! Mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice. -Brent Weeks ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Butchering Beef asheepdog #16933053 02/07/22
Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 22,026 Likes: 18 Anywhere people are Less Stupi... C CashisKing Campfire Ranger
CashisKing Campfire Ranger C Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 22,026 Likes: 18 Anywhere people are Less Stupi...	Originally Posted by asheepdog Man, that’s awesome. Makes my mouth water seeing those steaks. LOL... 100% agree. I get fish/shrimp/oysters fresh off the boat down here (Commercial Fisherman friends). NEVER has my mouth watered over fish/shrimp/oysters. Very cool stuff... particularity at the Master Level of operation with 4 men and proper gear... and Samonilla also. Real talent. Great post. If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.

Re: Butchering Beef JMUPT #16933078 02/07/22
Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8,346 Likes: 2 Northern USA P pete53 Campfire Outfitter
pete53 Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 8,346 Likes: 2 Northern USA	nice pictures and that beef was raised right cornfed with some fat on the halves , that picture with all those steaks made my mouth water. thanks for the pictures,Pete53 LIFE NRA , we vote Red up here, Norseman

Re: Butchering Beef JMUPT #16933141 02/07/22
Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,194 Likes: 1 Nipigon,ON,Ca K kkahmann Campfire Regular
kkahmann Campfire Regular K Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 2,194 Likes: 1 Nipigon,ON,Ca	You guys need a rail system and anything other than a Biro meat saw. 2 cutters plus a boner and a wrapper should be able to knock out 2 beeves a day—clean-up could run into a little overtime.

Re: Butchering Beef JMUPT #16933158 02/07/22
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,005 Likes: 2 SD R ruffcutt Campfire Tracker
ruffcutt Campfire Tracker R Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,005 Likes: 2 SD	Nice setup, makes it actually look like fun. Last edited by ruffcutt; 02/07/22. "I was born in the log cabin I helped my grandfather build"

Re: Butchering Beef JMUPT #16933267 02/07/22
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 12,167 Likes: 4 Okanagan Falls, BC BC30cal Campfire Outfitter
BC30cal Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2007 Posts: 12,167 Likes: 4 Okanagan Falls, BC	JMUPT; Good morning to you sir, I hope you're rested up okay after that workout! Thanks so much for sharing the photos with us, I really appreciate seeing the setup as well as seeing a family working together like that - especially making so many wonderful meals. That - I believe - is such an important aspect of life that we don't always have anymore - that is the clan or family coming together to cook or prepare future meals in this case. Whether it's butchering an animal or processing the garden produce, there is something way down deep inside us that gets fulfilled by such activities. It's like a good bonfire in that way, filling a very, very primal niche inside us whether we're conscious of it always or not. Thanks again and all the best. Dwayne The most important stuff in life isn't "stuff"

Re: Butchering Beef kkahmann #16933423 02/07/22
Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 14,780 Likes: 5 Tyrone Campfire Outfitter
Tyrone Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2015 Posts: 14,780 Likes: 5	Originally Posted by kkahmann You guys need a rail system and anything other than a Biro meat saw. 2 cutters plus a boner and a wrapper should be able to knock out 2 beeves a day—clean-up could run into a little overtime. What kind of equipment are you suggesting? Politics is War by Other Means

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