Living entirely off of game meat.

[MikePal]

It's now 3.5/pound for cut and wrap??? Wow. Where I went there was also a kill charge of 50.00. Wonder if that went up?

So sorry GW..a bit misleading....that is if they supplied the beef and is a few years old....(old list from my file folder)

I just called my butcher and she says the basic cost is between $60 -$80 for the slaughter and $0.53 a pound (hanging weight) to cut and wrap.

The average cost of beef at the sale barns in Ont this year so far is about $120 (per 100 lbs) so a 1,000 lb steer will cost you $1200.

If you look at the cart below is is the average cost to buy a cow at the sales barn in Ont for the past few years....note: the cost shown is per 100 lbs....

Big difference to even 4 yrs ago (2010) when it was only $70 per/100 lbs

http://aimis-simia.agr.gc.ca/rp/inde...nDownload=View

[MikePal]

and just in case your doing a cost ratio.....That 1,000 lb steer will yield about 400lb (or 40% of live weight) of cut and wrapped meat.

So the $1200 for the steer and $495 ($70 for slaughter and $425 (800 (approx) x $.053) for cut and wrap)
that 400 lbs of beef will cost you $1695 or $4.25 lb.

this link explains the weight process...

The packaged beef take home weight is approximately 40 percent of the animal’s live weight

http://www.shutersunsetfarms.com/PDF...%20Carcass.pdf

[wolfhunter]

you can still kill it and butcher it yourself if it is for your own consumption. Hang it 28 days....Also you may want to hang your deer at least 26 days

[fishy steve]

So sorry GW..a bit misleading....that is if they supplied the beef and is a few years old....(old list from my file folder)

I just called my butcher and she says the basic cost is between $60 -$80 for the slaughter and $0.53 a pound (hanging weight) to cut and wrap.

The average cost of beef at the sale barns in Ont this year so far is about $120 (per 100 lbs) so a 1,000 lb steer will cost you $1200.

If you look at the cart below is is the average cost to buy a cow at the sales barn in Ont for the past few years....note: the cost shown is per 100 lbs....

Big difference to even 4 yrs ago (2010) when it was only $70 per/100 lbs

http://aimis-simia.agr.gc.ca/rp/inde...nDownload=View

up here i believe the cost is $65 to kill, and 65 cents/lb hanging weight to cut and wrap

[Sudsee]

Price of beef is highest it has been in a while. Lots of guys getting back into raising it because corn and feed is getting cheap and getting paid a good price. They will likely flood the market eventually and prices will go back down. The reason there is a demand for it now is due to high feed prices the past year. High feed prices and low beef prices mean less beef.

[greatwhite]

I usually bought a Bull off spring from a dairy cow. Is there a specific name for that (Sorry I don't know all of the types of cows). I use to buy it from a friend down the road last time was in 2005 thing I paid him 45 cents a pound. What the price for one of these now as there are not "True" beef cows.

and just in case your doing a cost ratio.....That 1,000 lb steer will yield about 400lb (or 40% of live weight) of cut and wrapped meat.

So the $1200 for the steer and $495 ($70 for slaughter and $425 (800 (approx) x $.053) for cut and wrap)
that 400 lbs of beef will cost you $1695 or $4.25 lb.

this link explains the weight process...

[fishy steve]

A few years ago a farmer near me had his buffalo escape.. Had a free buffalo that year.

my buddy moose hunts up north somewhere, when he got back a few years ago, i asked if they got anything, he said, a cow and 2 cows... im like huh? apparently a transport carrying cattle tipped over near where they were hunting, and the cows got out and into the bush, the mnr went around telling all the hunters in the area if they saw them to shoot them, and they could keep them, well the lucky buggars managed to get 2 of the cows, plus filled their cow moose tag...

[fishy steve]

I usually bought a Bull off spring from a dairy cow. Is there a specific name for that (Sorry I don't know all of the types of cows). I use to buy it from a friend down the road last time was in 2005 thing I paid him 45 cents a pound. What the price for one of these now as there are not "True" beef cows.

typically a dairy calf (ussually holstein or jersey) is what is used for for veal. down in the ottawa area and over towards london where there is big dairy farms, you can ussually pic up a jersey (smaller sized) bull calf anywhere from $20 to $60 at a week old, would need to bottle feed them tough. holsteins which are a big bigger can ussually be found in the $100-$300 range as calfs.

[greatwhite]

These bull were usually 2 - 3 years old (I think) and weighed between 850 - 1200

typically a dairy calf (ussually holstein or jersey) is what is used for for veal. down in the ottawa area and over towards london where there is big dairy farms, you can ussually pic up a jersey (smaller sized) bull calf anywhere from $20 to $60 at a week old, would need to bottle feed them tough. holsteins which are a big bigger can ussually be found in the $100-$300 range as calfs.

[fishy steve]

yeah full size ones might sell a little cheaper than beef breeds but not really much less... most large dairy farms sell off there bull calfs right away as they are worth nothing to them, and dont wanna be bothered with them... i see jerseys on kijiji in the $800-$1500 range and they'd likely be in the 800-1000 lb range...