Beef Processing 2024

 We just finished having our beef processed and have filled our freezer.  We started with three feeder calves about 19 months ago and finished with approximately 1,600 lbs of beef.

We're taking a little break from growing out more calves for now, as we have some fence work needed, and worrying about cows getting out of the pasture isn't fun.  We're also shifting more of our attention to working with and riding our horses, and that also takes pasture space, and they're a bit easier to keep fenced in--generally.

As usual, we hired Farmers' Helper for handling the mobile slaughter and cut-n-wrap processing of our beef, they simply do the best work around. They're great to work with, but getting on their schedule is the only problem as they're always booked out so you have to get on their schedule as soon as you get your feeder calves started. 

The cost of growing out your own beef doesn't really pan out unless you can produce some of your own hay, the cost of feeder calves, processing, and care will put the cost per pound into a price range that's not affordable for most, so the real benefit of growing out your own beef is knowing how your cows were cared for and having customers that appreciate well cared for grass fed beef.

We'll likely regret not getting more feeder calves now by the end of this year as our beef supply runs out, so our focus will be fencing so we can get back to growing out more beef.