What Does It Cost To Have A Whole Cow Butchered?

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What Does It Cost To Have A Whole Cow Butchered? Come along today as we talk to you about grass fed beef, raising cattle and the cost of butchering a whole cow. Hope ya'll learn and enjoy! Join the Beef Co-op to be notified of Availability at patreon.com/stoneyridgefarmer
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00:00 Introduction
00:53 How they are Raised
05:10 Cost To Butcher

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@chrisowen5497 10 ай бұрын

“You eat where you poop, you get sick.” Can’t say it any clearer than that. Great video with lots of information! Thank you for sharing!

@mourbonaventure7475 5 ай бұрын

Three cows. Harvested 1,891 lbs. of cow @ $2,935, $1.552 per pound to process. Not counting private label or any other input costs.

@nonnywinner5039 4 ай бұрын

$1.552 per pound for processing & packaging is unstainable. Have you considered ranch to plate by custom processing with live animal share?

@TheDexterFishbourne 10 ай бұрын

One day.... when I have the funds. I want to start a small scale USDA meat processing plant to support the smaller family farms.

@chrisfrench9257 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely. The idea is to spread community farms across the country that do things this way. I hope this sort of lifestyle really starts taking off.

@critical-thought 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Josh. This information is what every cattle producer should hear and take to heart.

@charlesperry1051 10 ай бұрын

Our beef is grass fed from a close relative. Our lamb comes from the farm across the road from us. He is a retired University of Tennessee meat professor. Our pork comes from a farm about 5 miles from us. I am strongly considering raising my own chickens. I have plenty of land for it.

@MP77USA 5 ай бұрын

That’s all awesome. Good luck to you!

@petermavus4131 10 ай бұрын

Shhhhh the cows are listening.😮

@thomasreto2997 10 ай бұрын

We are in Pittsburgh and found a local farm outside town and are buying a quarter (mixed cut)cow that will be proceed around late October. Our farmer has about 30 head of Murray grey on his 100+ acre farm.

@agtaytay1076 3 ай бұрын

I appreciate local, small family operations such as yours. You are correct meat comes from living things and death is a part of life. You can tell you respect that, and you respect your animals. They maybe raised for meat, but watching you with them and how the herd is with you shows how well you treat them. It is ethical ranchers/farmers such as yourself that I have mad respect for

@johnwinsemius4423 10 ай бұрын

well said Josh. Educate these people, the USA is so separated from how there food is raised and sourced. If they knew how chicken is raised, my god the most miss treated meat raised, 20 thousand birds in 1 building

@stevesoutdoorworld4340 10 ай бұрын

This is a great operation & so glad you are helping people with a carnivore way of life!😁

@megamattoutdoors4590 10 ай бұрын

Love it Josh. You explain how it's supposed to be and I greatly appreciate it. Keep it up man

@jdmac4049 6 ай бұрын

Loving all the info. Finally getting land and cattle in the spring. Been a long time coming. Following everything y'all are doing.

@tb7280 10 ай бұрын

I do appreciate your passion for the way you are raising your cattle Josh.

@AJayK610-18 6 ай бұрын

I absolutely LOVE the way you raise your beef.. 100% I buy from local and his meat is not much more than the store, it's aire packed, at 1st I thought the steak was thin but once I opened it up I was like, 'oh my gosh' Josh it was huge!! The steak cost me 13.00 FOR REAL BEEF

@kwantao69 10 ай бұрын

Nicely done Josh, and very informative, Thanks.

@ireneturner2944 10 ай бұрын

WHOO STONEY RIDGE!!!! What's for dinner-----BEEF-----!!!

@Saviour3 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the transparency Josh ... well done sir, looking forward to tasting that filet!

@dougdavis4439 10 ай бұрын

Always appreciate the bloopers at the end! Lol! Insightful video Josh, I really didn't have any idea of the costs to process. I truely appreciate what you're sharing both literally and figuratively. Would love to buy some briskets and flank steak in the coming years. Wooooo!

@gkiferonhs 10 ай бұрын

I know you're busting your hump with all of the things establishing a farm. I don't see many bird houses to help with the fly issue. You might see if a local shop teacher would work with you to have a class build bird houses for a donation to their school. Could benefit a lot of things. Also bat houses are cheap and easy to cut down on mosquitoes. Love your show.

@johnsieber6893 10 ай бұрын

Very nice and informative video. Keep up the good work!

@Vaseemm 10 ай бұрын

Yes true there is a lot of acreage just sitting around. People just need to get their own animals and do a co-op land or rent land.

@solomoncooper6491 3 ай бұрын

This was incredibly informative thanks!

@debralarosa353 10 ай бұрын

Awesome ! Looking forward to ordering.

@gwgrote5 10 ай бұрын

I enjoyed this video very much. I always wanted to know the process and the cost involved with the beef raising and butchering process but didn't know how to ask.

@vidaudink3044 10 ай бұрын

This is so exciting!! It's happening!!! 🎉🎉🎉❤

@randyc754 10 ай бұрын

Great process thanks for the education.

@bcgrittner8076 10 ай бұрын

Generally, Mrs. Suburbanite and I buy meat in smaller portions. Occasionally we join up wither in-laws and buy a large section of a cow. Meanwhile, we had no idea of the processing costs. Now we do have a clearer picture of the butchering process. Wait a minute…no bratwurst?

@adrockey 10 ай бұрын

Great video! I love your pasture rotation process. Completely makes sense. I'm from Iowa and I like the grain finished cattle. I believe there's a lot more marbling in the meat.

@MP77USA 5 ай бұрын

My Dad was a lifelong beef rancher, degree in animal husbandry from SMSU Spfd Missouri (now MSU?) and he thought so too until I convinced him to try this grass finished beef out here in WA state where I moved to. He couldn’t believe it. He was 67. Blew him away he loved it. It’s beefier. It’s really in how the finishing beef are handled and the good forage it’s on as well as the breed. Marbling is just the usda’s current grading - the tenderness actually comes from microscopic fat. There’s several breeds one is - sorry I can’t remember exactly but - Piedmont(?) - animal never really marbles but is top shelf tender. Looking into finding some weaned calves with that breed in the mix as I get back into raising our own again not just buying neighbor’s grass fed. Try a really good grass finished out!

@bobbyfisher6343 10 ай бұрын

I can’t wait to buy some Stoney Ridge Farms Beef, been a fan since the beginning, even got a shirt

@phyllisclark3896 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! A very informative video. 🙏🙏🙏

@lilahnewton7940 10 ай бұрын

Your quite a guy Josh. It's wonderful to watch an intelligent person!! Good luck with beef sales. I'd be honored to order your beef. And I don't normally eat beef. I just can't stand genetically grown beef. Cows here never walk in the grass, never breath fresh air and live there lives on concrete!!! Crap I made myself cry. Bye Josh.

@eweandmeranch4024 10 ай бұрын

Lambs sometimes have the same confusion going through a gate. This morning I just had to pick one of them up and bring him through. Then the others followed lol.

@Uncle_Buzz 10 ай бұрын

Love your food rant... so true. We started buying locally grass raised / grass finished beeves last year. Amazing meat... this year's steer will come out to around $5.50/lb. Last year was about $4.25/lb.

@mikemosley4865 10 ай бұрын

Great video !!

@alan2112drums 10 ай бұрын

I've been on a carnivore diet for over one year and I appreciate your "politics". My health has improved in so many ways eating fatty beef and food that comes from animals that owning a private farm is very appealing. Thanks for sharing your insight.

@living-wellon-less5669 10 ай бұрын

I went on a carnivore diet and I felt great but I looked horrible because I am 67 and a little fat fills out those wrinkles! I have never weighed over 170 and I am 5"11' then one year ago my wife came to America and boy can those Ukrainian women cook and there went the carnivore diet!

@157-40_T 10 ай бұрын

All you said makes a lot of sense.

@taurota1554 10 ай бұрын

awesome as always

@terresiagregg9326 10 ай бұрын

Great video Josh

@earlyriser8998 10 ай бұрын

Loved this and the clarification that this was a dressed weight at the end. We lease grass fed cows that do not have to eat where they poo. We like having them on the property and learning about the business side.

@geoffl Ай бұрын

how did you find the rancher to lease from you?

@charleswalters5284 23 күн бұрын

@@geofflask around at the sale barn. People know people and maybe there's even a bulletin board

@bendigr 10 ай бұрын

This was a very good video !!

@marlenewilliamson4005 Ай бұрын

I am so glad that you said what I have for decades. The highways have tens of thousands of acres that could be used for food production . Some say , that takes labor, well we have tens of thousands in jails etc that could and should do the job. There would be a lot less problems in jails if the inmates have a job, are tired and have a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day . Yes it can and should be done .

@StoneyRidgeFarmer Ай бұрын

I don't want my gov't subsidizing cheap food with labor from prison, but I would like to see prisons grow their own food and do highway trimming an litter pickup. I agree...it should help with rehabilitation for sure! Give a man a purpose and he won't have time for mischief!

@balkos 10 ай бұрын

It is very inspiring. Thank you.

@zagzill 29 күн бұрын

always good info thanks

@gkiferonhs 10 ай бұрын

I think the single most important thing for ruminant animals is as a way of healing the land. The meat is a bonus. We need a lot more ruminants on land (and not in feed lots) following regenerative procedures.

@jennypalmer331 3 ай бұрын

Great info so thank you again from OZ

@bryanbrasche785 10 ай бұрын

Reminds me of Just A Few Acres System Nice

@doylemarkham1010 10 ай бұрын

Love the education. Can’t wait to eat some excellent beef.

@randyc754 10 ай бұрын

Just set up small monthly donation! Stay strong!!

@trinityacandhtg5543 2 ай бұрын

Great information 👍👆

@mikesimpson6757 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video. When i get back from my deployment i am going to contact you for beef!

@philwhite5815 10 ай бұрын

Donnie looks great. Big beefy boy. Great muscle tone.

@digimom82 Ай бұрын

Currently I would have to pay my dad and butcher/processing approximately $10/ lb FINISHED. Dad is 85 yrs old now so feeding calves for meat has stopped for now. Now just too much cost to raise and time and processing costs at the butcher

@StoneyRidgeFarmer Ай бұрын

You're paying your dad $10 per lb finished? Cost me about $1-1.50 per lb at the butcher

@bodaciousfarmranch1154 10 ай бұрын

Great vid

@jwrappuhn71 10 ай бұрын

Excellent.

@Reallifeonthefarm-sf6el 10 ай бұрын

We have 13 heifers on weaned and on feed now , market is so good we have several options with them 🙏

@brandonburdette7895 9 ай бұрын

I can't wait to be able to buy grass fed beef from the stoney ridge farm it will be worth every penny to me to know where my food came from 🇺🇸🇺🇸

@tokencivilian8507 10 ай бұрын

Great stuff SRF. Good to know what a ballpark number is for getting a cow processed.

@ShortbusMooner 10 ай бұрын

Well, time to log on & check into some yumminess!! 😋

@anthonywolfe8279 10 ай бұрын

Love ur channel. My wife and I are subscribers. We have 15 acres with sheep. We process.our sheep.for meat.

@MissingLinkMTB 9 ай бұрын

Everybody says grain finished tastes the best until they actually try grass finished. Looking at starting my own first generation farm in the next couple years. Definitely like your methods. I'm in WNC.

@scottsmith6846 10 ай бұрын

Hey Josh thank you for the video because I was curious about how much is a cost to do this woo

@boontbear 8 ай бұрын

Hey, just got sone land , 100 acers with a 5 acer pond, trying to start a homestead. Been watching your videos for advice would love to have one of your cattle

@robertlathe2165 10 ай бұрын

Manufactured meat sounds like Soylent Green. LOL!

@jeffsmith7840 10 ай бұрын

Love to hear the cost breakdown with profit after sale. Maybe cost if you sell it by piece or whole and half cows

@ameliamyburgh1680 10 ай бұрын

Josh, do try the coconut oil rub on cows faces, my grandpa in South Africa use to let us rub them with coconut oil to insure no flies on their faces

@StoneyRidgeFarmer 10 ай бұрын

My cows will not let me rub all over their face. Even the tamer ones

@bigloads3600 10 ай бұрын

@@JamesG1126lmao

@xtrem3climber 10 ай бұрын

Josh - comment disappeared. Would be interested in a couple of cows. First gen farmer in Georgia!

@michaelmiller6552 10 ай бұрын

Pretty good video other than painting a bad picture on beef producers that aren’t grass fed saying about giving antibiotics and growth hormones those products are also used in grass fed operations but again a very informative video on how buying halves and quarters works

@geoffl Ай бұрын

do you disagree that his method leads to healthier cows?

@charleswalters5284 23 күн бұрын

Accurate picture. If you make people fat, sick, and have heart attacks, does that make you a bad person?

@karlsening7726 10 ай бұрын

Josh, curious about the number of cattle that your property can sustain. With the new pasture you just finished fencing, do you plan to increase your herd? Or is the 50 head that you currently have going to range on the additional pasture?

@TheBeaker59 10 ай бұрын

Very interesting thank you, I just started on the journey, this city boy just bought 4 dairy calves (steers now) and a big hat, still 3 or 4 weeks of feeding them before they are weaned but still its just for the fun right. Here in my country its not legally practical to sell beef from the farm, we can have it killed for our own consumption however. Luckily I have a big family :) I did get some good information though particularly around stock movement and your thoughts around castration (I was advised to for ease of handling reasons. I intend to kill and do all my own butchering.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer 10 ай бұрын

I'd re-think the butchering yourself...beef needs to hang and age...butchering a 1200lb animal is a major undertaking

@TheBeaker59 10 ай бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer its not my first rodeo :) I do know the challenges and have a chiller big enough I butcher a few animals already just not on that scale deer sheep etc. Like I said I have a big family so it won't be an issue what I would like to do though is try well aged hung beef which isn't so available these days.

@homesteadingsailor5604 10 ай бұрын

I thought you couldn’t sell cuts without USDA but you could sell 1/4 , 1/2, and wholes without USDA?

@timcastle6996 9 ай бұрын

You can. 1/4, 1/2, or whole doesn't require government interference.

@timcastle6996 9 ай бұрын

Personally , I would never trust the USDA, FDa, or CDC. As of April 30th this year, all pork and beef will recieves an MNRA vaccine before butchering.

@geoffl Ай бұрын

the way it works is: - you buy a live animal from the rancher - you give your cut instructions to the butcher - you get steaks/ground beef/etc. in packages labelled "not for sale" in this way you can get around the usda requirement

@dougzabierek2309 10 ай бұрын

Stoney how are you today

@mauida7746 10 ай бұрын

Love to purchase a whole cow for the fall harvest if possible

@kylewilliams1329 10 ай бұрын

Born and raised in small town in north eastern north carolina when i was younger people growning there own was thw norm cows pigs vegtables and it sewmed like they were in alpt better health

@noahsizemore1275 10 ай бұрын

The price I got for my calfs I just did on my nurse jersey. I had a jersey Angus cross born March 3 got 2.50 a pound he weight 580 with. The Holsteins horns and balls still on 1.50 at 480 pounds born February

@user-ie7uy6ud5n 10 ай бұрын

You missed out on the market price of the beef that was butchered and added that in on the processing fee .

@paulweller7908 10 ай бұрын

How do you pick which animal is to be dispatched next?

@StoneyRidgeFarmer 10 ай бұрын

When a steer is about 1000 lbs, at around 18-26 months. We don’t have any steers that size right now but by October we probably will

@RentersHomestead 10 ай бұрын

Appreciate the cost side info. What about the sales side? What does your market support for grass fed, grass finished beef?

@drewdaskievige754 10 ай бұрын

Yeah i was figuring he was going to go thru the cost from buying, feeding the hay during winter, water supply, total cost for 18 to 32 months. How would you add land cost or grass seed cost into it. So now we know processing is going to run around $700. Yeah what would be your avg sales cost? Then you can figure what your profit is for 2 years, or per cow. How does the cost for equipment figure into it? Depreciation, cost to run or maintain/ fix.

@kinleyjackson4405 10 ай бұрын

Great video! I also agree with your “politics” 😂

@jvin248 10 ай бұрын

SRF: You should get a few professional butchers out to your place and do an episode of home processing. Make steaks and roasts from everything possible and hamburger the rest including rendering the tallow and curing the hide. Go at it like the apocalypse. I grew up on a farm where we did our own butchering. No fancy store-shaped steaks, just meat cut in slabs to cook as steaks, but we ate very well -- and an education as a kid. We raised cows, pigs, and chickens. Timing the processing is seasonally dependent (after frost so no flies to worry about).

@SongwritersAndPoets 10 ай бұрын

Skill, a chain saw and a good set of knives is about it

@Userxyz-z2d 10 ай бұрын

Ban saw works great

@shelicherry8771 10 ай бұрын

Makes me want to cancel my long time butcher box subscription and go through you! :-)

@anoldmannameddave7455 10 ай бұрын

I live in NW Oklahoma, where our native grasses are shorter, and unless irrigated, are not as lush as what you have. I’m curious if feeding supplemental black oil sunflower might give extra fat and protein? I don’t think it’s considered a grain, but also don’t think it’d be near as bad as corn or other actual grains. What do you think? Also, what age/weight do you castrate your young bulls, and do you band or actually cut them? This was a good and informative video. 👍😊

@nimnow8060 10 ай бұрын

NO BULL '*;* HERE Nice Drawing ;) THX

@noahsizemore1275 10 ай бұрын

35 dollars and 50cents hanging weight here in southern Virginia miller's butching

@neilfelsbourg170 10 ай бұрын

I live in Canada on a small beef farm. I move my cows 2-3 times a day depending on the grass but I harvest in the early winter. I can just pick up the meat in my truck because in December it is below zero. My abattoir is a couple hours away so I picking up 600lbs of meat in the summer would be a lot of coolers and ice.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer 10 ай бұрын

2-3 times a day.....interesting. We move 2 times per day in summer and keep them on a paddock for 2-3 days in winter. if you're moving 3 times per day, you may wanna consider larger paddocks to save you that time, just a thought buddy...but your climate is much different from mine I'm sure

@neilfelsbourg170 10 ай бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer We originally used huge paddocks and moved them every 2 or 3 days but I got fat and lazy. Moving the cows is the only exercise I get so moving them is more for my health then theirs. In the winter they are in the same paddock until thaw because clearing 4' to 8' snow to bring them hay daily would be impossible.

@allswildmmi6228 10 ай бұрын

“Factory” made meat is of the devil or the evil of the earth. Josh, your way of raising meat is in alignment with natural order of life, Much preferred by myself

@halporter8637 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. Been thinking about getting a couple of calves and doing this myself. Pretty scared of the lab grown meat that they are probably going to force on us before long.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer 10 ай бұрын

don't buy it and you won't have to eat it my friend...nobody is gonna force lab raised meat on you.....this I can guarantee!

@charleswalters5284 23 күн бұрын

Scary stories bad guys tell children. Look up "straw man argument"

@frankmoore4067 10 ай бұрын

Grass-fed beef and wild animals it's what's for dinner

@shephusted2714 10 ай бұрын

diy and save 1000 bucks per cow - it doesn't take that long to process a cow but you do need the space and gear - minimal costs considering how much they charge plus you get assurance it was done correctly, you can also wholesale direct and sell quarters or halves which lightens butchering labor significantly

@StoneyRidgeFarmer 10 ай бұрын

My friend....you are talking about butchering an 1200lb animal.....you need to hang and age the beef...you need meat cutting band saws, vacuum sealers, freezers, walk in coolers, a hoist or tractor to raise the animal....we're talking about $40k worth of infrastructure.....and you can't sell the beef legally because it's not USDA inspected. Anybody can butcher a cow....but buddy...it takes alot of equipment to get it done right.

@shephusted2714 10 ай бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer it takes pros only a few hours to dismantle and cut up beef from nose to tail with surgical precision - it is a skill but not worth 200/hr

@bronkbuster1981 10 ай бұрын

For me the with the cost of butching a calf being that high I'm glad I learned to do it my self years ago

@StoneyRidgeFarmer 10 ай бұрын

Calf? My friend....I can and will butcher beef on the channel at some point, however if I sell my beef I have to process the animal in a USDA inspected facility....99% of folks wouldn't take this on....aging the beef 15 days or so in a walk in cooler is the costly part of this

@geoffl Ай бұрын

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer do you also sell 1/4, 1/2, whole custom exempt? You sell to customer, customer gives cut instructions to butcher, and customer receives steaks/ground/etc. in packaging labelled "not for sale".

@logangilley3643 10 ай бұрын

Josh, have you thought of getting a few south polls to add to your herd?

@StoneyRidgeFarmer 10 ай бұрын

lol...yessir. That thumbnail is a south polled bull....we're breeding them into the herd now

@diceportz7107 10 ай бұрын

$1.15 is a pretty good rate, I think our local locker is up to $1.35/ lb.

@chriskendall8274 10 ай бұрын

Great informative video, one question. No need for antibiotics for your cows due to not standing in their poop opposed to a food lot. Do the chickens need antibiotics because they're scratching the cow manure?

@MP77USA 5 ай бұрын

No that’s the beauty of it if done properly. Cornell Extension has some good general articles. Parasites not bacteria are commonly the real issues with small scale livestock. A healthy immune system can usually balance good and bad bacteria which is normal on healthy pasture in low stress environments. Rotational grazing with alternative species breaks the parasites’ life cycle. Just read up to be sure on what animals follow which (the leaders) and healthy timelines, for best regenerative practices for follow up sowing etc - also very specific to your area is important. You might reach out to your local university extension for their specific recommendations. Good luck!

@charleswalters5284 23 күн бұрын

No antibiotics approved for chickens

@ryeckley7267 6 ай бұрын

Damn I was happy with regular ole grass fed, now I have to know how log the cow ate the grass, is it poop grass and what state and month was the cow processed.

@erockhefleyjr6852 10 ай бұрын

WooooooooHeeeeeeeeeeHeeeeeeeee!!!!Alright!!!🤗 0:18

@ralphwoodard609 10 ай бұрын

Well, Josh. There’s a new thing in the world offood. They now have grown chicken in the lab. on another note, when are you gonna sell those fox burgers from the foxes you got rid of several weeks back?

@paultruman369 10 ай бұрын

I would be interested to see your who provides your market. is it driven by the content you create or are you generating a customer base locally at farmers markets. I feel bad for those people that are stuck in a city that can't access local grown protein. The 1.15 a pound is a good price I pay 1.25 for mine.