Have you ever considered buying your beef from a local farmer instead of the grocery? It might surprise you the cost and quality. We personally only buy our meat from locally sourced farmers and we couldn’t be happier…..well maybe if we raised them ourselves, but you never know what the future holds!
**link to our whole hog video w/price   • How much For A Whole Hog / Pig  //  I...  

Website for our local farmer
www.farmerswife.farm

Cost breakdown of beef
1325 live weight
794 hanging weight
421 bring home packaged weight (not inlcuding soup bones, tallow, organs and ox tail)
$3000 for whole beef, averages out to $7.10 per lb for everything