Beef is too fricken expensive now.

[OutHouse]

we normally buy half a cow and have it cut up the way we want it. last year we paid $1.70 a pound, i called our butcher to get a price on another half and the price is now $2.30/pound. A half is normally around 500 pounds (average) so at the current prices the half we paid 850 for last year is now $1,150 bucks. :|

looks like we are going to stuff our deep freeze with pork.

 

[FoBoT]

but cows are very tasty
pigs are tasty too

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Ever go cow tipping? Do the same thing, but extreme cow tipping. Cut him up and do it yourself.

 

[FrustratedUser]

How long does 500lbs of beef last? $2.30/lbs is still cheap.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
How long does 500lbs of beef last? $2.30/lbs is still cheap.

it its wrapped good it can last a year. at least ours does, no freezer burn on the last ground beef we used last night.

$2.30/pound for a half is cheaper than paying 50 bucks at costco for 4 tbones.

 

[TitanDiddly]

Ask him if he can butcher a cow that you bring. Then go cow 'shopping'.

 

[Xyclone]

Half a cow?!?!? Doesn't it look weird taking that thing home??!?!

:Q

...

 

[Leper Messiah]

all that mad cow disease man...still a good deal though.

 

[waggy]

yeah we do that. it shot up over the year. but $1150 is still cheaper then i paid.


if properly frozen it should last a year. i didnt get it this year. the guy i usually buy from was out =(

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: Xyclone
Half a cow?!?!? Doesn't it look weird taking that thing home??!?!

:Q

...

its cut up and wrapped indivdually of steak, roast, 2lbs groundbeef packages. the butcher gives it to us in heavy duty paper bags, there are normally about a dozen bags.

 

[Baked]

That's a lot of cow. What do you think about bringing a road killed elk to the butcher?

 

[Looney]

I use to know somebody that would go out with just truck and hit a cow, load it up, and take it to a butcher and sold it. $2k each time (maybe beef is more expensive up here in Canada?)

 

[shilala]

Originally posted by: Xyclone
Half a cow?!?!? Doesn't it look weird taking that thing home??!?!

:Q

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You have to snap the legs off at the knees to get it in the minivan.
It's a bitch.

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: shilala

Originally posted by: Xyclone
Half a cow?!?!? Doesn't it look weird taking that thing home??!?!

:Q

...

You have to snap the legs off at the knees to get it in the minivan.
It's a bitch.

You're... kidding.......... right? :Q

 

[bonkers325]

shoot a deer and have venison instead

 

[Pepsei]

wow, napolean dynamite...

 

[harobikes333]

Originally posted by: Citrix
we normally buy half a cow and have it cut up the way we want it. last year we paid $1.70 a pound, i called our butcher to get a price on another half and the price is now $2.30/pound. A half is normally around 500 pounds (average) so at the current prices the half we paid 850 for last year is now $1,150 bucks. :|

looks like we are going to stuff our deep freeze with pork.

We buy a whole cow from my uncle that raises cattle and split it with a neighbor. =good deal

but also =eating alooooooot of beef

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: Xyclone

Originally posted by: shilala

Originally posted by: Xyclone
Half a cow?!?!? Doesn't it look weird taking that thing home??!?!

:Q

...

You have to snap the legs off at the knees to get it in the minivan.
It's a bitch.

You're... kidding.......... right? :Q

Bwhahahahahah

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: bonkers325
shoot a deer and have venison instead

I dont like venison.

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: Citrix
we normally buy half a cow and have it cut up the way we want it. last year we paid $1.70 a pound, i called our butcher to get a price on another half and the price is now $2.30/pound. A half is normally around 500 pounds (average) so at the current prices the half we paid 850 for last year is now $1,150 bucks. :|

How many people and how long would that last?

 

[JDrake]

mix in some sawdust

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

yeah, I've noticed the price of ground beef has skyrocketed around here to over $2 a pound

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Looney
I use to know somebody that would go out with just truck and hit a cow, load it up, and take it to a butcher and sold it. $2k each time (maybe beef is more expensive up here in Canada?)

I think your friend was lying. That's the most ridiculous thing I've heard!!
I don't even know where to start.

Let's see... First... he hit a cow with "just truck" enough, apparently, to kill it?
That's $4k in damage to the truck for an alleged $2k

"load it up" - with what? Did he pick up the 1000 pound cow from the road?? Or, did he hit the cow, the cow flew into the air, and he drove under it before it landed. Heck, I have enough trouble getting a deer into the back end, and that's never above 200 pounds.

 

[DrPizza]

I'm thinking about getting a couple of cows this spring... MMmmmmm beef.

 

[AdamSnow]

Originally posted by: bonkers325
shoot a deer and have venison instead