If you roast the bones in a hot oven before you make the broth, you will increase the flavor in the broth.

That's is just amazing that the butcher allowed you to come in and film and ask questions. Having a band saw to quickly cut through the bones is a huge time saver. Thanks for sharing this process.

What other "modern day" parent can say that their kids know how to butcher a steer! Now THAT is some fantastic parenting! God bless all y'all from the Northwest corner of North Carolina!

Look at Penelope go! Fantastic! ❤

Family interaction is priceless. Loved watching you all work together. ❤

Those beef shanks are used for osso bucco. That's an expensive cut at the butcher shop! I rarely see it at the grocery meat counter.

Having a bandsaw for all those cuts is definitely a bonus - our neighbors here have one just like that one, it makes it so easy for doing shanks, ribs and tbone steaks and whatnot. Another thing you can do to make it easier is use a reciprocating saw like your saws-all do a lot of the bigger bones. You can get meat blades for them, but they are expensive. But even a cheap wood cutting blade can easily do the spine cut, that's what I learned when I processed my deer last fall.

I love seeing your daughter handling the meat 🍖 😊

The skills that you are teaching your daughter are priceless!

Watching the professionals butcher was like a lesson. It was like a classroom with information and techniques that could be used for the future. And It’s always interesting watching you all as a family work together. It was a great video.

Thanks for sharing this video and thanks to the butchers who allowed us to see how they do it. Having that saw really saves a lot of time, or maybe not if you added in the time it takes to clean that saw when your finished. It probably takes a steam pressure hose to clean that equipment. It was great comparing the two. Y'all have a Blessed day.

I don’t get tired watching y’all ❤your family is awesome specially your daughter helping she’s adorable 🥰 👏 👏👏👏God keep you safe and protect you and your family 😊we live in Mississippi ❤

That was fun seeing the comparison! You should be very proud of yourself because there really wasn't that big of a difference considering he had 45 years of experience versus your two!

I can just imagine the broth you will make with those big bones! What a nice feeling it must be having the beefy boys, the chickens, and soon some pigs in your freezer! Great job. Hope the piglets are all still doing well. Best wishes!

Thanks for showing us the different ways to butcher! Thanks to your commercial butchers for letting us watch! It was fascinating!

The beef shanks we find it in the supermarket as Ossobuco, there are great Italian recipes on KZfaq !!

Lorraine your parents are so very sweet. You are so lucky. I love you guys. Great channel and videos.

Love how your family all jumps in and helps. That's how our family always helped one an other.

Great video, kudos to the butcher company who allowed you to film everything.

This is a great video. I'm sure it will be referenced for many years to come. I would certainly use that processor if I lived there.

I love that you did the comparisons between the both , maybe some people older aren’t able to do the packing themselves. Great video to show an alternative. I think you guys did an amazing job !

Living the American Dream. Understanding where your food comes from is very important.

Loved this, watching you guys working together as a family is awesome. Great job!! Thanks for sharing with us. 👍🏻🙌🏻😇🙏🏻

As a custom exempt butcher I appreciate you doing this. I am for both ways! We do make it look easier from daily doing and equipment. However both ways are great ways!

This was interesting and to see the difference between your home cuts and the pros. Way to go. You all have learned a lot. 💕

Great video Jason! The butcher is such a good sport, thank you! He must be really passionate about his profession to do it for over 40 years! ❤🤗

I think what you did is a great idea that’s how we learn. You all did a super job as well. How satisfying being able to harvest your own animal.

Thanks for doing a side-by-side comparison! Your second go-round looked like it went much smoother than the first. Nice work!

Thanks for doing this; really interesting comparison. Those butchers were amazing, both their skill and equipment.

That was great to see Miss P. working on cutting up the side of beef! I think you guys are awesome doing your own processing! I'm glad that this steer was easier to cut up since he was smaller! Wow, you guys are getting fast at this! That bone saw you have is awesome. You guys are making some very delicious hamburger patties! My mom always washed the bone sawdust off the meat before she would cook it. My husband asked me why I was rinsing off our pork chops from our home raised hog we had processed for us. I told him I was getting the bone sawdust off. He'd never seen anyone do that before. I don't know if anyone else does that. That was great that your processor let you film them cutting up your side of beef! It did look easier to make the first cuts on the side of beef when it was hanging up! When we first took our hog into be processed it was only 50 cents per pound but now it costs a dollar per pound. They have better facilities than us and they will freeze it before you pick it up down to zero degrees Fahrenheit. Our processor uses butcher paper to wrap our meat with. This was fun to watch Contreras family!

This is one of my favorite videos that you have done. I’ve always wanted to see the professional processed beef next to hand processed beef. Really cool that you used the same cow but two halves and then laid it all out next to each other for the wrap up. Super super neat idea and something I have always wanted to see. Thank you!

Oh my those shanks in the roaster makes a fantastic OSSO BUCO!

What an absolutely fantastic episode! Great from start to finish. Thank you.

It was so cool watching them blaze through that. Thank you all for sharing this❤

Nice comparison! We fill out a cut sheet. Each processor varies a bit with certain cuts of meat. The last one we used will do your ribeye steaks with or without bone in each steak. The last place we went to also allowed you to order your steaks cut 1 inch or 3/4 inch think. The ground beef you had a choice of 1 pound or 1 1/2 pound as standard packing of ground beef. They'll do the cuts however you'd like beyond their normal cuts with a fee. I will say the processors make it look easy. Our friends who own the cattle we purchase haul the cattle in, and the processor handles the dispatching, cleaning, aging, processing, and packing.

You will love the soup bones!! from the shanks. Cost more here per lb. for processing!!

Nice side-by-side comparison. Awesome!

As you said it took 3 1/2 hours times 5 people equals 17 1/2 hours of labor. If you value your time at say $10, (remember McDonalds now pay $14) equals $175. Next add the cost of cooler, bags and electricity you are above $200 and have better cuts which are better frozen. labeled and vacuum sealed. They charged $160. On the positive side you are certain you get your own meat because it never left your possession plus you get the "scrap" even if it only goes to the pigs and chickens. I use a battery powered Sawzall with a metal blade to cut bones. I feel I get better control and cleaner cuts that way. As you see I do my own butchering in spite of the fact that it is not terribly efficient.

Everyone works so well together.

Fascinating to watch the professionals. Thank You !!!

Thank you for the tour of the processor. I found it to be very interesting. Your videos are always so educational. It was awesome that the processors let you film and stuff.

Thank you very much. That was an enjoyable video to see your family together.

Awesome video! Great job as always! Blessings on all 3 generations of family Kiddos! 🥰🌻🐛💕

This is a good one, Jason. You guys put a lot of time and effort into breaking down your half. And that is dedication. Seeing the difference was neat. Good job!

YES,. Glad to see this. I love you and your family. Thank you for HELPING BRI and family. GOD BLESS EACH of YOU Hi RANDY. I love seeing you learning so many new things. Like butchery. L.O.L. Thank you Beefy Boy's. They were the Sweetest.

The butcher did a great job and it was very nice if him to let you film it.

Being home butchers ourselves, we REALLY enjoyed your video and seeing you learn this art..One hint I wanted to give you is, when we take a slaughtered pig or cow to be cut up at the butcher shop, we dont have everything wrapped.. we ask them to leave the hamburger meat unfrozen and just in a big bag.. we than bring it home and put it in patties and some in lb packages ourselves.. it doesn't take that long to do just that yourself with them wrapping everything else and frozen.. we do the same with the sausage meat.. they grind it for us and we bring it home and put our own seasonings in it and make patties and seal it.. it saves us money and we can have it just like we want it... hope this helps a little.. thanks again for such a great video.. Farm on!!

I think you guys will love those cross cut shanks. They are a wonderful braise cut.

First ground is great for chili.

YOU are doing a fantastic job as amateurs and at the end of the day it all goes to the stomach 🙂

I used to deliver shaved ice to a meat processing facility because the mixed it with their ground meat to prevent deterioration from the heat within the meat.

Great comparison. I enjoy watching you and your family. Great job, guys!

Excellent video on beef processing. You will be eating well. 🤗

We butchered our six steers recently over a few weeks, and it’s very hard work, but loved it now our freezers are full. Good job. My hubby wrote Beef on some packets meat on others and steak on some lol it’s a lucky dip in our freezer. Lol

Interesting between the two. God bless.

cutting meat is an art form fur sure...great skill to have

Great video it's funny is 9 out of 10 meat personnel in stores nowadays you give them a hand quarter and they look at you like huh. I enjoy watching guys breakdown beef like I used to have to do I started in 71 and I just retired in 2016 being a chef and a master butcher. I love watching your home videos when you do the butchering God bless which one✌

The video was great to know . I don’t mind doing the work myself but the difference in some of the cuts is good to know. Thank you for the video

I look forward to these videos so much! Thank You!

You guys did a great job on your beef!👍💖👍

I wonder how long did it take the pros vs the family’s 3.5 hours. Y’all had some nice help! 3 generations working together is so lovely.

Funny , I was going back thru your videos last night questioning myself. I thought I must have missed the steer video. And then , SURPRISE, it’s on tonight. My mouth was watering seeing all that delish beef 🥩

Yes, enjoyed. Thank you.

i really enjoyed seeing the process thank you. ❤

This was so interesting. Thanks for doing this!

Such an awesome experience for all

Great job. You did really good with these two steers.

Thank you for posting this it was very helpful to see the difference.

Thank you

What an excellent video. Thank you😊

You can buy blank labels at the stationary store then you can just write on them

Great video again , Enjoyed this

You guys did a great job - saved a bunch of money - got diy ideas -

I love osso bucco!

The fat is the best part of the beef. It is the healthiest fat for cooking and should be turned into tallow

Great video, it's probably easier to get it done by someone else but cheaper and you get everything if u do it yourself

enjoyed the video of the comparison of the butcher with the home cutting. have a great week!

your trailer needs a rail that takes roller hooks so you can push and pull the meat without climbing into the trailer.

Fantastic video!

Very educational....that meat looks soooo good!

Thanks Jason! That Was Pretty Cool To See How They Actually Do It, At A Butcher! Great Job Yall Much♥️Love♥️ & God 🙏Bless🙏 Yall🥰 @Sow The Land

Great video. Thank you.

Great information.

Fantastic team work! Way to go! We just got a side of beef from our niece’s family but a butcher processes it. However, I ask for the fresh liver, soup bones, dog bones & beef fat (to make tallow). The fresh liver was tricky cutting for me & rendering the tallow took me a few hours yesterday. Blessings to all 🤗💜🇨🇦

This is a family business 3 generations on camera 😊

Really enjoyed that! Whew! Lots of work. 😮

Homegrown beef! The best, thanks for sharing!

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Thanks this helps me out 😊

Another great video! Keep up the good work!

Great video 🤩.. thank you for sharing

We prefer lean and love how our locker cuts our beef, the hamburger is excellent and as a family of five we've found that 1.5 lb packages works perfect for us 💜

If someone is thinking of using a processor, please check with them first. Here in Nebraska there are actually not as many as you might expect, and they are ALL backed up - you might have to wait months to get a date to bring in your meat! I know I purchased half a lamb, and it was 4-1/2 months before I got the meat - because it took that long to get the animal in to the processor.

Great video. I'm surprised the butcher let you film. That was very interesting.

that butchery place is awesome!

Wow they really are pros. So a couple of saws in your future😊

Very interesting video!!! Great comparison pro versus pro!!!

Great idea!!!!

I bought a meat band saw and grinder combo from harbor freight years ago it makes light work to process all the hogs I do. Something to look into if you’re going to process your own meat. The less it seems like a job the more you enjoy doing it.

I'd just assume doing it yourself also ensures no 1 added anything in that you may not have wanted, only real way to make sure is doing it yourself.