FREEZER TIME - Beef Back from the Locker

Ed S. · Jan 26, 2018

Brought home ¾ of the beef in the trunk of my car (I'd already unloaded some in the pic).

My cow was moping around for a week or so after I took the heifer to the locker - I had to move the stock trailer where she couldn't see it, 'cause that was the last place she saw Ruthie.

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Bob · Jan 27, 2018

IMHO, never NAME something you plan to EAT. YAMMV.

Greg (2N) TX · Jan 27, 2018

Just curious,
Can you let us know the different cuts of meat you
opted for?
Thanks,
Greg

Jim WI · Jan 27, 2018

Gee. That's one fine looking heifer!

Wish I had one that nice...

GB in MT. · Jan 27, 2018

(quoted from post at 21:22:45 01/26/18)

Brought home ¾ of the beef in the trunk of my car (I'd already unloaded some in the pic).

My cow was moping around for a week or so after I took the heifer to the locker - I had to move the stock trailer where she couldn't see it, 'cause that was the last place she saw Ruthie.

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Ed;
Your picture, reminds me of hearing about a woman that wrote to a newspaper, that she was TOTALLY against Hunters, and Slaughter houses.
She thought that it should be MANDATORY, for everyone, to buy their meat at the store like she does!!!!!
That way there could be a law passed against, Hunting
and Slaughter houses!!!????????????
Guess she didn't have a clue, where the store got Their Meat????

DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!
:?

GB :roll: [/i:d5f675036d][/b:d5f675036d]

pikewi · Jan 27, 2018

Sooo much better than store bought!

L.Fure · Jan 27, 2018

(quoted from post at 20:16:15 01/27/18) Sooo much better than store bought!

The meat you buy at the store comes from somebody's farm. Only it's not as fresh as you get from a local locker plant. It spoils a person when you produce your own meat and get it fresh from the butcher. Old meat from the store is just not as good.

Ed S. · Jan 27, 2018

Can you let us know the different cuts of meat you opted for?

Sure thing (this is for ½):

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Ed S. · Jan 27, 2018

The meat you buy at the store comes from somebody's farm. Only it's not as fresh as you get from a local locker plant. It spoils a person when you produce your own meat and get it fresh from the butcher. Old meat from the store is just not as good.

The other difference is that unless you're buying organic grass-fed from the store, it was raised using mass production "better farming through chemistry" processes…

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Ed S. · Jan 27, 2018

(quoted from post at 23:55:52 01/26/18) IMHO, never NAME something you plan to EAT. YAMMV.

I used to agree with this, but our boys named everything anyway. We're past getting emotional about slaughtering a "pet" animal. That's why we raised it in the first place! :lol:

(BTW - I was born in Atlanta and lived in the city or suburbs my whole life until we bought our farm 16+ years ago. We provided a lot of entertainment to the 'real' farmers for the first five years or so!)

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ScoutB · Jan 27, 2018

Wow, that brings back memories. I used to buy beef by the half when my kids were home. Better meat at a better price. Now that the kids are grown and gone my wife and I are back to supermarket beef. It's certainly not the same.

Greg (2N) TX · Jan 28, 2018

Thanks Ed,
Good info for those who are not familiar with cattle
ranching.
I miss my late father-in-law's lean Red Limousine
calves he would butcher.
Fresh meat!
He would always let me sample the most tender
pieces of steak off the grill before going in to the
Ladies at the dinner table.
Man those were the days!

Colin King · Jan 29, 2018

You should find someone to split a half with you. Some of the local farmers in our area are now offering quarters, which works great for us. We mostly eat the lamb and chicken we raise, barter a lamb for half a hog from a friend up the road, and buy a quarter of beef from one of two other farmers we know.

Colin

Colin King · Jan 29, 2018

Ed - I got a good, sympathetic, laugh over your story about loading the stock trailer. I had six ewes I needed to move off of our farm to take over to the neighboring farm that I rent back in October so that I could get them in with the ram. I brought the trailer in, built a cattle panel coral, and tried coaxing them in with hay and oats. Those girls wouldn't have anything to do with the coral or the treats. I tried this for 10 days. After a few days I could get them into the coral, but once I walked close enough to close the gate, they'd race out and if I wasn't careful, they'd throw me on my keister. I was starting to get a little frustrated. I found an old roll of 30" woven wire that we had from our goose days. Not high enough to keep a sheep in, but I thought that if I unrolled it and used step-in posts, I could slowly move the wire fence towards the coral, backing the ewes into it. It took about an hour of work, and I was careful not to spook them. But it worked, and I got those ewes in with the ram. All but one is starting to show and we expect to start lambing mid March.

Enjoy that good food!
Colin

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