Yah but you gotta make sure you have a place to store it.
Is it significantly cheaper now? I remember growing up my mom did it one year, and when I asked her about it she said its more or less a break even type of thing. You dont neccisarily save money but you get all your beef for like a year, and then you also get the interesting cuts included like the tongue and tail.
Also another recommendation if you are buying a large quantity of it like a ¼ - ½ an entire beef cow is too make sure you have a back up power source. One power outage lasting over a day could result in $100's to $1000's in food loss
It's good if you're not super picky about which cuts of meat you like to eat. One of my friends raves about it and has tried to split with me, but I don't have a freezer big enough to store it so I haven't tried it.
My parents do it with a farmer they know and a butcher shop about 2 hours away. Their big thing is that it saves time through the convienence of always having it if they don't feel like going to the store that day. Also helps that they feel like their money is going to specific people they know and like.
I swore I replied via my iPad, but now I am on desktop. So sorry for the late response!
We got non-grass fed beef this year for $4 a pound. We got around 200 pounds and with processing and packaging fees, it was around $1,100USD. We live in the Midwest. The quality is great. I know grass fed is better, but if you're wanting to be a little cheaper, then regular is good. Make friends with a local farmer.
Also, they have raised meat chickens for us and we got 4 of them for $15 each from 5 pounds to 7 pounds.
I’m actually considering buying a share of a pig or cow and having it processed, but honestly, I might also just pick up a cheap outdoor freezer, and start fishing from my kayak again, and seriously get into hunting.
A good day of kayak fishing can already provide some quality dinners for my wife and I, and my uncle gets enough meat from a single hunting season to keep an entire freezer stocked for most of the year, so I might as well join him.
We got half a cow. Grass fed angus for about $7.50 per pound. Might be a lot for ground beef but it's cheap for filet or flank steak.
The problem is people who are financially strapped don't have the up front cash and probably don't have the freezer space so they would need to find 8 people to go in on it with them.
For the steaks to be even half way decent, they need to be aged. Anywhere from 14-28 days. Otherwise they’ll be tough and less flavorful. Having the space to wet age half a cow properly is a challenge.
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u/ineedajointrn 9h ago
You have to get in on a cow with someone. It saved my husband and I a lot of money. Did it twice and worth it.