What's a good online source for buying bulk beef?

[iluvtruenos]

Just a cut of meat, like 10-20lbs.

Looking to spend at most $50 shipped.

Live in Illinois, so going to a farm isn't out of the question. I may even go to a farm since I'm going to go to UIUC, and pick it up there, what is a good price to ask a farmer?

 

[Bozono]

Whatever happened to peoplez going to teh butcher?? Online beef??

 

[screw3d]

lmfao! moooooooooooooooo.. oh noes moooooo

 

[Slew Foot]

is www.manbeef.com still around?

 

[iluvtruenos]

Originally posted by: Bozono
Whatever happened to peoplez going to teh butcher?? Online beef??

Yea, I'm thinking of going to the butcher, but why put in an unnecessary middleman? I'm seriously thinking about going straight to the farmer, but don't know what prices would be. Would they be less than a dollar, more, what?

 

[RichardE]

GO kill a cow yourself?

 

[hjo3]

10 lbs. isn't bulk.

 

[iluvtruenos]

Originally posted by: RichardE
GO kill a cow yourself?

I don't need a quarter of a ton of beef, I just need like 10-15lbs.

That's like half a leg of a cow.

 

[mchammer]

lol

 

[FoBoT]

10 pounds is not bulk

bulk is a half steer or whole steer, several hundred pounds

if you want 10 pounds, go to the grocery store and get two large roasts
roasts go for about $2 to $4 per pound depending on the cut and if its on sale

 

[iluvtruenos]

Is it possible to just get a 'cube' of beef so that I can make my own cuts off it?

 

[D1gger]

Originally posted by: iluvtruenos
Is it possible to just get a 'cube' of beef so that I can make my own cuts off it?

Cow Meat

 

[RichardE]

Example ? Heritage Beef

Whole Steer Half Steer
Live weight:. 600 lbs.
1,200 lbss
Total primal weight:
325 lbs. 163 lbs.

Total Cost:
$4,868.50 $2,441.74


:Q thats a whole lotta cow

 

[Slew Foot]

Originally posted by: D1gger

Originally posted by: iluvtruenos
Is it possible to just get a 'cube' of beef so that I can make my own cuts off it?

Cow Meat

Haha, that's like the Ultimate Redneck Hermit website.

 

[everman]

Beef doesn't come in 10lb cubes... Your best bet is to go to a butcher and buy some roasts.

 

[dxkj]

10lbs isnt bulk.....

 

[iluvtruenos]

Originally posted by: dxkj
10lbs isnt bulk.....

I get it.

 

[dxkj]

Originally posted by: iluvtruenos
Is it possible to just get a 'cube' of beef so that I can make my own cuts off it?

It isnt really that easy. Each muscle in a cow is setup in a certain way so you can get certain cuts off of it. Thats why they have all these weird names for the different parts and how/where they are cut from that muscle...

 

[dxkj]

Originally posted by: iluvtruenos

Originally posted by: dxkj
10lbs isnt bulk.....

I get it.

10lbs isnt bulk....

 

[iluvtruenos]

Originally posted by: everman
Beef doesn't come in 10lb cubes... Your best bet is to go to a butcher and buy some roasts.

I know it doesn't.

But I've bought big packages of pork about the size of an alternator at the store.

I'm looking for something like that.

 

[dxkj]

Originally posted by: iluvtruenos

Originally posted by: everman
Beef doesn't come in 10lb cubes... Your best bet is to go to a butcher and buy some roasts.

I know it doesn't.

But I've bought big packages of pork about the size of an alternator at the store.

I'm looking for something like that.

So just go to the same store and ask for an alternator sized piece of beef?

 

[hypn0tik]

10 lbs isn't bulk dude.

 

[iluvtruenos]

Originally posted by: dxkj

Originally posted by: iluvtruenos

Originally posted by: everman
Beef doesn't come in 10lb cubes... Your best bet is to go to a butcher and buy some roasts.

I know it doesn't.

But I've bought big packages of pork about the size of an alternator at the store.

I'm looking for something like that.

So just go to the same store and ask for an alternator sized piece of beef?

Tried. Didn't work out as well, they just carry pork in those amounts, and I'm not buying like 4 packages of meat, I want just one cut about the size of an alternator.

 

[everman]

What exactly do you mean to do with this meat? One large event or enough to last you for 6 months? And depending on price, you could go for what are basically porterhouse cuts or much cheaper roasts.

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: iluvtruenos

Originally posted by: dxkj

Originally posted by: iluvtruenos

Originally posted by: everman
Beef doesn't come in 10lb cubes... Your best bet is to go to a butcher and buy some roasts.

I know it doesn't.

But I've bought big packages of pork about the size of an alternator at the store.

I'm looking for something like that.

So just go to the same store and ask for an alternator sized piece of beef?

Tried. Didn't work out as well, they just carry pork in those amounts, and I'm not buying like 4 packages of meat, I want just one cut about the size of an alternator.

Your seeming disassociation from the entire process of where your food comes from is fascinating. Psychologists should be researching this stuff...