Butcher Price Eastern Ontario

[Fox]

Here north of the gta, I inquired about getting some beef and pork from local farms. They also told me there are significant backlogs to have meat butchered.

As a cost comparison to your own, I have this price list from a local organic beef place by me.

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200lbs of beef for over $2100, makes raising that 6 month old red veal that much more appealing in future years.

[Fox]

It closed, few years ago

I think that one burned down, hence why it is so hard to get in around here.

[greatwhite]

Wow 2000 for 200 pounds. I can buy a 1000 pound cow for about 750 from one of my friends.

Getting a cow is not the problem.

I wonder if Hendersons is booked up? I guess I could clean out the Garage and butcher it there but hanging it for 3 weeks would be quite annoying.

[MikePal]

When I located here 25 yds ago there were at least 6 butchers within a 30 minute drive....thru the years, one by one they closed down due to changing health regs that would have costs $100,000's to upgrade to requirements from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs ( OMAFRA ).

Now there are few within an hours drive and they are all drowning with business.

The Ministry never looked kindly on small scale butchers...they wanted better control over the meat supply in Ontario.

[MikePal]

I wonder if Hendersons is booked up?

Last I heard it was months..they had a fire there in Mar 2020..but were open for at least Wild game processing this year.

But you realize you'll pay over double the price of the cow to have him butcher it. His fees are exorbitant.

[greatwhite]

Looks like Desormeaux Meats in Chrysler is still in Business.

Legally am I allowed to Butcher my own cow?

[werner.reiche]

Here north of the gta, I inquired about getting some beef and pork from local farms. They also told me there are significant backlogs to have meat butchered.

As a cost comparison to your own, I have this price list from a local organic beef place by me.

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Well - that's Toronto, and it's "organic".

If you look in some of the facebook groups (Ontario Beef Cattle for example), guys are selling beef sides for about $5.50 lb and up cut and wrapped.
This is for good 18-24 month old beef. If you look through discussions there, there is quite a variance on price.

A 1000 lb (live steer) at 2.00/lb should come in about 600 lb on the rail - so about 3.30/lb. Add about 1.25 for cutting and wrapping puts it a 4.55. Then there's trucking and a fee for killing. That will get you up above $5/lb in a hurry.

A $750 2000 pound cow is a bit tough to understand.
The bottom end price of the cow market is around 0.70 - so it should be worth about $1400.
And that sort of cow is hamburger only beef.

https://www.ontariobeef.com/markets/...frew-tues.aspx

[Fox]

Looks like Desormeaux Meats in Chrysler is still in Business.

Legally am I allowed to Butcher my own cow?

You can self slaughter but it cannot be given away, leave your property or fed to anyone not living there. You have to also kill it on your own property.

[Fox]

Last I heard it was months..they had a fire there in Mar 2020..but were open for at least Wild game processing this year.

But you realize you'll pay over double the price of the cow to have him butcher it. His fees are exorbitant.

I did not think Hendersons had a fire, that was the place up near the 417.

Hendersons was bought by Ottawa Valley Meats now.

[greatwhite]

These are Dairy Cross I have purchased a few over the years and were quite good. Although I don't know if my friend has any ready and not spoken for.

Well - that's Toronto, and it's "organic".

If you look in some of the facebook groups (Ontario Beef Cattle for example), guys are selling beef sides for about $5.50 lb and up cut and wrapped.
This is for good 18-24 month old beef. If you look through discussions there, there is quite a variance on price.

A 1000 lb (live steer) at 2.00/lb should come in about 600 lb on the rail - so about 3.30/lb. Add about 1.25 for cutting and wrapping puts it a 4.55. Then there's trucking and a fee for killing. That will get you up above $5/lb in a hurry.

A $750 2000 pound cow is a bit tough to understand.
The bottom end price of the cow market is around 0.70 - so it should be worth about $1400.
And that sort of cow is hamburger only beef.

https://www.ontariobeef.com/markets/...frew-tues.aspx