Beef
Beef Processing
Full, half, and quarter beef, cut and wrapped to your specs. You’ll love how much take-home USDA Choice beef you get. Call for current pricing.
What a Steer Yields
About 500 lbs of take-home beef
A typical steer yields about 62.2% of its live weight as a hanging carcass. After fat and bone, you take home roughly 65 to 70% of that hanging weight.
1,225 lbs
Average live weight
762 lbs
Hanging weight (62.2%)
495–533
Lbs of take-home beef (65–70%)
Whole
Every cut from the animal.
Half
Feeds a family of four for about a year.
Quarter
A smaller freezer fill. Call for pricing.
Half Beef
What half a beef looks like
A typical half beef yield from our shop. Your numbers will vary with the animal and your cut sheet.
| Cut | Approx. yield |
|---|---|
| Chuck roast | 20 lbs |
| Rump roast | 4 lbs |
| Arm roast | 5 lbs |
| Heel of round roast | 3 lbs |
| Sirloin tip roast | 7 lbs |
| T-bone steak | 10 lbs |
| Porterhouse steak | 5 lbs |
| Sirloin steak | 19 lbs |
| Ribeye steak | 14 lbs |
| Round steak | 16 lbs |
| Ground beef, 90% lean | 148 lbs |
| Total | 251 lbs |
Beef cut sheet
Fill it out and bring it with your beef.