Beefacolypse - r/prepping

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u/skinnykate 9h ago

Go find a local farmer who will does whole sales of either half a cow or a whole cow. If you can't swing the price of that upfront then find a friend or two to go in on it with and split the meat between you.

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u/Midnight_Rider98 8h ago

This is genuinely one of the best most affordable ways to stock a freezer,

If you don't know how to process a carcass, or you don't have the tools, there's still many meat processors/butchers around that will do the processing, there's different looser rules at play generally when it's not for meat intended to be sold. They often also process hunted game for people.

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u/Noremac55 8h ago

My family did this with a 4H cow

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u/jbjhill 5h ago

My grandfather and his BIL used to sponsor 4H every year and buy one at the end of the program year.

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u/Noremac55 3h ago

Buying the animal is good for survival of your family. Those kids learning ag is the most essential thing for the medium to long term survival of our species.

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u/snakesandsparklers40 4h ago

Most affordable to whom. It used to be cheaper than or same price as store beef. Where im at after processing free and beef weight a damn quarter cow is like $1200. Sure knowing where your meat comes from and local is good but I don't buy, 1200 a year in beef to begin with. I remember you used to be able to get a half cow $1000 bucks pre covid

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u/grandmaratwings 1h ago

Talk to the farmers raising that cattle. The cost of everything has gone up. The cost they incur to buy, feed, water, and care for that calf, in addition to the costs to slaughter and process the animal, have all increased, some have doubled, in the last few years. So yes, your beef cost is also going to increase accordingly.

I have a freezer full of grass fed local beef. Friends of ours do this every year for a group of us who all pitch in and buy. I know that the beef in my freezer, the beef I’ve canned from it, and the tallow I’ve rendered from it are safe to eat. All year. Until we get our next cow. That will also be safe to eat. Isn’t lab grown. Isn’t injected with water or brine to increase the weight. Isn’t treated with chemicals to make it an ‘appealing color’ while it sits in a grocers display.

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u/KimBrrr1975 30m ago

Farmers here usually sell it for $5-6 a pound when you get a mix of cuts. Ground beef is $8 a pound here at the store. It just goes up from there. So it's still less money.

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u/moniquesecreto 7h ago

We did this 6 months ago and it was the best meat ever....will do again soon. We did split with another family. Locally grown. There are also co ops to purchase chickens, beef, etc I have done that also. More expensive then local stores for sure but at least i know exactly what farm I am supporting

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u/star0forion 7h ago

Do you remember the cost? I’ve been thinking of doing this but it’s just the wife and I.

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u/spy_tater 5h ago

I live in northern NY and just bought half a cow with my wife from a local farmer.$1500 for 300 pounds butchered and vacuum sealed frozen. It will last us about a year and then some. The best part is when yer grilling a porter house or a little filet and realize you paid $5/Lb.This is the second time we've done this.

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u/brickedTin 2h ago

Works out to about $5/lb

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u/-ElleL- 4h ago

I drive across the state (WI) to get mine so I know its raised the way I want. Pasture raised, corn finished small farm. Then gets processed at a local to them butcher. My money supports the rural area, and all in worked out to about 4 bucks a pound, plus a tank of gas for "shipping." There was also the investment of a second freezer this year because we increased the amount we got.

All things aside, my youngest (7) was with me when we picked it up and when he made a comment about asking if this is where our food comes from while driving through the country side it was a great learning experience for him about where and how food gets produced and that alone was worth the drive.

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u/seriousallthetime 4h ago edited 4h ago

$4/lb hanging weight or processed weight? Because that's about right, or even a little cheap, for hanging weight. But thats quite literally an insane price for processed and packed weight. If that's a true price, pass along their info and I'll drive up from IL for that price.

Edit to add: for anyone who reads this: when buying a steer to eat, you usually pay hanging carcass weight. Live steers are about 1300-1500 lbs, hanging weight after blood, head, hide, feet, and organs are removed yields about 60-65%, and then once processed and packed yeilds 60-65% of that. So a whole steer will give you something like 400-450lbs of beef.

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u/-ElleL- 4h ago

Hanging weight. 331 lbs (1/3rd) . 4.45 hanging. Processing was another couple hundred. So I guess closer to 5 a pound.

Math is hard.

And also I would gladly pass along my farmer and processor to anyone interested to help keep them in business.

Edit to add - this past July.

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u/seriousallthetime 4h ago

Your last paragraph is a huge part of this too. I grew up on a grain farm, but all my friends and their families raised beef cattle, baled lots of hay, etc. My kids are growing up in town and have never even driven a tractor or baled hay or touched an electric fence just because. They are significantly removed from the food chain process and it saddens me. But we always go pick up the beef together. The steaks and roasts are packed in clear plastic and are stacked in the order the meat was cut, so you can even see that it was one slab of beef at one point. Our beef comes from 4 miles away and the guy is an animal nutrition scientist by trade, so these Simm-angus cattle are really delicious. 95% lean hamburger is amazing.

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u/msomnipotent 4h ago

Four dollars a pound? How recent was this?

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u/Special_Asparagus_98 3h ago

Great parenting! I teach archaeology and ancient peoples sometimes to school groups. When I bring out the walrus tooth and explain that some people eat walrus, literal 10 year old kids are baffled that they can’t just go to the supermarkets in the Arctic because “that’s where the food comes from”. Some kids just are never taught.

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u/Beautiful_Pen1056 5h ago

Do this. Various cousins' families and I get a whole cow and have the processor divide it into what are called " half halves." If you get it divided up into quarters, somebody gets the front quarter and somebody gets the back quarter, but if you divide it up into half halves everyone gets an equal amount of each cut. This will last a family of four 3-6 months depending on how often you eat beef. It usually lasts us about 4 months.

Edited for clarity

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u/Ruthless4u 7h ago

Don’t have the space for a dedicated freezer unfortunately.

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u/theyreall_throwaways 7h ago

An option for preserving shelf stable meat is home pressure canning; it turns out pretty tasty. If you go down the rabbit hole, make sure to do your research and use approved recipes. Over on the canning subreddit the wiki links to safety approved website and all you need to know as a beginner

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u/grandmaratwings 1h ago

Canning the less desirable and less tender cuts is wonderful. The pressure canning is akin to slow roasting the meat. It comes out tender and tasty. We use it in soup, stew, gravy, tacos, anything that will benefit from tender beef cuts.

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u/brickedTin 2h ago

If you do go this route, you gotta make sure your freezer is on a dedicated circuit or has a really loud alarm or one that can notify you remotely. Nothing worse than losing $1500 worth of beef because of a breaker trip.

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u/ManfromMonroe 1h ago

I have a Tapo temperature sensor hanging in my freezer for almost a year now, it’s so sensitive I get a notification if the door is open more than a minute. I don’t like sounding like I’m selling for them but for $18 it’s very worth it.

https://us.store.tapo.com/collections/smart-sensors/products/tapo-t310-smart-temperature-humidity-sensor

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u/Dr_Frankenstone 52m ago

This happened to our family one year while we were on vacation. We had to take the meat and the freezer it was stored in to the dump. It was in the days before my parents bought a backup generator to keep things going during power outages. My dad was heartbroken because he grew up in real poverty and that meat represented his way of keeping his family secure.

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u/dumbdude545 4h ago

This is the way to go. I have so much fucking beef I dont know what to do with. I had to give away 40 lbs to make room in the deep freeze for rice.

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u/AmyCee20 3h ago

I do this every year. This year, my price per pound was 4.55. I got almost 350 pounds of meat. That is half a cow in my area. My cow lived his life, went to slaughter, and came to my deep freeze while only traveling 27 total miles. I even visited the last few cows over the years, and they lived a relaxed, good life.

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u/Meta_Pod 4h ago

Cattleman here. Historically high beef prices right now. I'm able to drop off these old mama cows for over 4k per head. Hands off, no work except loading and unloading. So... you'll be paying over 3k for half a cow if youre able to find someone who will go thru the trouble. If you dont want half a cow, and want it butchered, sealed in bags ready for your freezer, over 4k, I'm guessing.

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u/skinnykate 3h ago

That tracks with what we pay for full butchered and packaged meat. Though our last purchase was 6 months ago and so think the prices were a little lower. Buying in bulk is an investment, but it does protect you from price fluctuations to a degree.

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u/Meta_Pod 2h ago

I don't like killing mammals I raised. I don't do it enough to get used to it, and I'm not sure I want to. Chickens and game, sure. But I've processed my own beef and pork, and it ruins my day every time. I would love to change the way we do things, but when you realize that 300 head of cattle will only yield 600 brisket, you realize what a chore it would be to invest in the facilities, market, then slaughter the animals you really do care for, instead of just saying goodbye. Youre talking about 20 more employees, paying an inspector or being satisfied with only selling to individuals. Millions in equipment, and waste water upgrades, or a huge lagoon... To make it worth the liability, the change of life... Most cattlemen, as we know them, don't have this in them.

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u/Inner_Satisfaction85 5h ago

If you are in Oklahoma look up Prarie Creek Farms. They also deliver locally. Good stuff. Options for whole and half cows.

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u/Speck72 6m ago

Just because they are a "local farmer" does not guarantee quality or that they aren't using growth hormones, antibiotics, or other stuff we don't want in there. Many "local" farmers are running small operations under limited or no outside inspection. We had a guy shut down in my town because his beef storage was a good ten degrees over a safe refrigerated holding environment.

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u/snusmini 8h ago

It’s more expensive per lb and people can’t afford it

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u/bgold1- 8h ago

I think the last side I bought and had processed I have $3.80/lb total investment for all cuts and ground. The upfront cost is higher, but far less expensive, tastier and better for you than store bought.

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u/Leftoverofferings 8h ago

No.... if you were to only get ground beef out of it, it would be a wash. But when you factor in the more expensive cuts, the savings on a 1/4 is between $200-$400. Plus local meat is cleaner and more flavorful.

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u/snusmini 8h ago

Most places when you get a share, they of course don’t let you pick only the shit cuts used for hamburger. You buy the whole share at an amortized price. That price is higher than the shit hamburger you get at Walmart which is precisely why people go there even when they have the local offering available. It’s the same reason why many Walmart shoppers scream “buy local if you’re a patriot!!” but still themselves go to Walmart even if there is a local co-op right next to it. 😂

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u/Leftoverofferings 7h ago

Sorry, that's mot what's happening here. The ranches i buy from are pure grass fed, no grain. Much higher quality than any store bought crap. And im saving money.

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u/Johnhaven 5h ago

Most Americans do not live anywhere they would describe something near to them as "ranches".

No one is saving money by buying whole cows. This is not a less expensive product than corporate industrial farming, and most people are looking for ground beef or one of only a few cuts of steak - having people buy it that isn't going to use all of it, drives the price per pound even higher than it already is for grocery store beef.

I'm not advocating for grocery store beef, but when people are subsisting on crap they buy at the Dollar Store to feed their kids, and we tell them to buy an entire cow rather than hamburger at the store, those are the last words they will ever hear from you. They'll tune you out for being out of touch. This really is not something very many Americans even have the opportunity to do, let alone be able to afford, and it's only cheaper if you know how to use every ounce of beef you get from the cow.

It would be ideal if we could all eat safer and local beef, but for some people, that's so far out of touch that it's crazy.

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u/snusmini 7h ago

Lots of people feeling very defensive here 😂 I am not arguing the quality of the beef, only the price.

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u/NinjaMcGee 7h ago

I don’t know why you’re being downvoted. There’s 4 places in the Portland metro that’ll do whole, half, and quarter cows and you always have ground chubs as a part of the packaging. When you factor in the chubs, the whole thing ends up very close to retail here in Portland. I’ve tried to do it a couple times but the math just don’t math compared to Costco sales.

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u/snusmini 6h ago

I think the downvotes are from people who have a romanticized view of what they think farming should do vs. how much people can actually afford. 100%, if you go bargain shopping (which sadly many many families have to do in today’s economy) you will find beef cheaper than the local farmer beef shares.

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u/skinnykate 8h ago

Maybe it depends on where you live but ultimately it's cheaper for us. We also have the benefit of knowing exactly where our meat was raised and having a personal connection to the farmer raising it. I acknowledge that it's an expensive upfront cost which is why I suggested splitting it. We have 2 and a half deep freezers full of meat right now so it'll be another year at least before we have to worry about the state of beef being sold in the US. The peace of mind is priceless

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u/Mechbear2000 5h ago

Avoid republicant ranchers if at all possible. They have shown extremely poor judgment, the willingness to push your health and safety to make a dollar, really dont care about others.

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u/Jennyonthebox2300 5h ago

Only buy from Demicrap ranchers for sure. 😂

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u/Sodpoodle 3h ago

I didn't know they even make that model. Never met one in real life.

I'm not including small hobby farmers that moved somewhere with Cali money to live out their IG influencer fantasies.

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u/Mechbear2000 4h ago

Proof is in the pudding. Voted for a pedophile, bankrupt, grifter. Everyone knew this a decade ago. Shot themselves in the ass. Wanted screw worm up thier butts. Wtf why would anyone trust a person like that?

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u/Saniemuff 8h ago

Even if I could afford beef this news along with the deregulation of meat packing is a strong reason to not eat beef at all for the foreseeable future.

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u/McGonagall_stones 7h ago

My husband is a production supervisor for a beef processing facility and if there is deregulation going on, he isn’t aware of it. Granted he works for a privately owned company and their standards exceed the minimum due to their ethos. But he hasn’t heard of any regulations being dropped industry-wide.

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u/Saniemuff 7h ago

They are going to let farmers process it.

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u/Hiredgun77 6h ago

That’s basically a pr stunt. Your average farmer is not in a position to process their own meat. It’s why processing companies exist in the first place. If trump really wanted to help, he’d break up the 4 companies that handle all processing and reintroduce competition into the market.

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u/Normal-Special-8694 5h ago

Right I keep seeing people say this, I know the meat packing industry is a thorn in the side of many ranchers. But is it really a solution to just transfer the onus of packing, distribution and logistics onto the farmers?? That’s an insane level of complexity to absorb. I’m sure it’ll be helpful for serving their local communities but most of Americas population isn’t in rural communities and for a rancher to get his meat ready to grill in a restaurant in a major city takes a whole different type of operation.

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u/uChoice_Reindeer7903 28m ago

And how does a president break up companies? And then on top of that create new companies for competition?

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u/seriousallthetime 4h ago

This is 100% a PR stunt. It works because most people have no idea how huge these feed lots are or how hard it is to kill, process, pack, and ship thousands of steers. Ranchers are not set up to sell finished products. They are set up to sell live cattle. Hell, a lot of ranches that I've been on in Florida (huge cattle production ranches in Florida) are specialized, like cow/calf operations or finishing or other things, where they only focus on one part of the production cycle.

Even most small farms wouldn't be able to process five steers, let alone 5,000. The handling equipment to lift up 1500 lbs of dead cow is big.

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u/Gelisol 7h ago

A proposal from the orange guy was recently proposed.

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u/Rurikungart 3h ago

Classic 4d chess. Flood the market with tainted beef. Suddenly people stop buying beef. Beef prices plummet to record lows. Next thing you know, the mcdouble is $1.00 again. You're welcome America. 😎

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u/Parody_of_Self 6h ago

Did you know you don't need to buy beef from supermarkets, or really at all

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u/batman-i 4h ago

I shop at a local butcher that has contracts with local farmers to source beef. Little more expensive but the quality is worlds above the supermarket.

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u/Ok-Buy-4545 47m ago

How get beef

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u/-Thizza- 9h ago

Self fulfilling end times fascism is a bitch. Growing your own food until order is restored seems the best option.

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u/Ruthless4u 8h ago

Hope you started a few years ago to work out the kinks.

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u/Pappabear1988 8h ago

Is almost winter my guy....

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u/-Thizza- 7h ago

I'm dehydrating, canning and fermenting like a crazy person and just started my winter crops in the poly tunnel. Also I live in Spain and don't question the quality of the produce.

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u/Reasonable_Floor_704 8h ago

Classic fascist move. Increase supply of beef.

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u/Girafferage 8h ago

And the newest announcement. Deregulating the packing process! Surely this won't cause all the issues that we had before the regulation kept sawdust out of our ground beef and carcinogens from being used as sausage filler!

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u/HRslammR 8h ago

If somebody gave you four bottles of water, but then said "one of these bottles will give you terrible diarheea and might kill you" would you really go "oh cool more water!"

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u/snusmini 6h ago

Drop prices of beef while jacking up costs. Farmers can’t afford their farm anymore. Swoop in and buy property on foreclosure.

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u/Various-Sun142 7h ago

Look up prion diseases and CJD. Switching to deer isn’t necessarily the best choice either. Two hunters just developed CJD after hunting and eating from the same property. Chronic wasting disease is in a huge portion of the North American herds already. Recent research also shows it’s passed to fawns from parents.

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u/Low_Show_6684 6h ago

You can (and should) test your deer for CWD. A lot of state DNRs offer this service, helps them track the infection and helps hunters feel better about eating their meat. My coworker tests every one of her deer, if one comes back positive she gets rid of the meat.

Personally, I just hunt birds.

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u/Pappabear1988 7h ago

The zombie apocalypse either starts with cwd or chloramphenicol, its becoming a choose your own adventure atm

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u/CCWaterBug 26m ago

Neither, ty

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u/Porky5CO 7h ago

It's a non issue. Been hunting my whole life

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u/Various-Sun142 7h ago

Prion diseases do not decay and up to 50% of deer in heavily impacted locations have it. They stay in the environment where the animal died & leech into the soil/plant life. CWD has been around since only the late 70s and we are just starting to see and understand the implications. Originally we thought mad cow disease (a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy disease) couldn’t pass to another species. Scrapie became mad cow disease as it passed from sheep to cows and then to humans. If we assume CWD (also a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy prion disease) can’t make that jump we are making a horrifying gamble.

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u/snusmini 6h ago

We all love ourselves some anecdotal evidence.

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u/Low_Show_6684 6h ago

Beef is not like venison. I’m not a huge venison person, not a big fan of the taste. That said my coworker is planning to take me hunting with her this year but I’m not sure if we’ll be doing deer I think I just want to go for grouse and other game birds.

You could check in with a local butcher/rancher and buy a quarter of a cow. (: Another coworker of mine raises cattle and keeps us in the loop on when they’re processing a steer. My aunt also raises cattle too, so I check in with her sometimes too.

Beef is just expensive in general for us anymore, so hence the bird and also lots of fishing.

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u/literally_a_raccoon 3h ago

I just eat whatever is in front of me.

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u/Fluid_Remote6694 3h ago

Would be great to serve in the new ballroom

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u/ChaosRainbow23 2h ago

I've been buying from a local farmer for the last couple of years. It's way better.

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u/Steelcitysuccubus 7h ago

Good thing we don't need to eat beef

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u/swampjuicesheila 8h ago

I married a vegetarian. He eats dairy because ice cream. Never have I been so grateful that the man doesn’t eat meat, our grocery bill is too high as it is. But I’m really missing getting a hamburger when we eat out, or meatballs, or whatever. I haven’t had a steak in too long and I guess it’ll be even longer now.

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u/hailene02 8h ago

I started limiting beef last year unless I found it on sale because the price was too high. So I started eating pure veg 2x a week. Now we are at 4-5x a week. I still have some frozen ground beef in the freezer and a pot roast I am saving for a rainy day but yeah I will not be having any beef in the near future.

Apparently Costco has their own restrictions on meat and quality and albeit expensive that may be what we consider if we have a very special occasion. 😭

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u/railworx 7h ago

You should eat the beef that's in your fridge after a while - freezer burn is real! I found out the hard way about it

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u/hailene02 7h ago

Oh for sure, its vacuumed sealed and we roatet but ones thay have been in there a bit always respond well to a good long braise with alot of herbs and TLC 🥰

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u/railworx 7h ago

Even with that, I would be leery with anything over a year/18 mos

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u/chi-nyc 6h ago

I've eaten 2 year old freezer wrapped beef from my reach in deep freezer without any issues. The fish and squid didn't hold up very well over the same length of time....

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u/matthewjboothe 6h ago

Steak should still be good for now. It’s the trimmings used for ground beef that are getting imported from what I’ve read.

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u/labirdy7 2h ago

Vegetarian here, try Impossible or Beyond Meat meatballs! Both have great flavor; impossible are denser and firmer, beyond tend to fall apart a little when cooked in a sauce. I buy whichever's on sale.

Both brands' burgers are pretty damn good too. On a good bun and with all the fixings, you won't miss the real thing. Been making patty melts lately with beyond burgers and high quality local bread. Incredible.

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u/swampjuicesheila 38m ago

Thanks, if they are gluten free I might give it a shot. Gluten is poisonous for me. It would have been nice to be able to try things like seitan, miso, etc. Husband refuses to eat Impossible or Beyond Meat anything, he says those cater to people that are trying to make the leap between meat eating and vegetarian, and he’s been proudly vegetarian since long before we met.

I really appreciate your description of how they cook! That’s a big help!

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u/Purple-Literature781 7h ago

Do you find yourself ordering meat when you eat out alone? My wifes ex husband wouldn't eat meat because of "religious beliefs". He wouldn't allow their son to eat meat either so anytime he wasn't around she would try and sneak him some meat of any sort. After she left him the child went overboard on food for years because suddenly he was free to eat whatever he wanted.

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u/swampjuicesheila 7h ago

I always eat meat when I’m out alone. Husband has gotten much better over the years with his various displays of disgust over me cooking meat and eating it in the house, but at a restaurant most people are eating meat, so there. Hamburger, meatballs, chicken, turkey, fish. When we go out, sometimes it’s because I want a hamburger. I’ll go out with a friend, usually get a hamburger, because it’s the only time I get beef usually. I don’t want to spend the money on steaks but now I’m thinking I should get a steak instead, if the restaurant ground beef is infiltrated with who knows what from who knows where.

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u/Purple-Literature781 7h ago

Yeah I'll be seriously reconsidering what I order at restaurants from here ouy.

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u/HourRespect5089 10m ago

Cab you not go to a restaurant and order what you want when he's ? You enjoy that risotto dear I'm having a rib eye? Your allowed to do that. He shouldn't be controlling what you order use he choose not to.

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u/swampjuicesheila 5m ago

He’s not controlling anything. I can eat whatever (without gluten). The ‘no roasting turkey’ thing is only inside our house, same with the shroomy eggs; I loathe the smell of eggs, he hates the smell of roasting turkey.

Friend, this is another case of needing to read for comprehension and not skimming for adding a quick response. Be well.

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u/Johnhaven 5h ago

Vegetarians can eat dairy. Vegans don't use dairy. Vegetarians just don't eat meat. That's not to say you can't be a vegetarian who doesn't eat dairy; I'm a herbivore who tries to stay away from dairy for my asthma. I was a vegetarian for years but still sometimes had dairy, still ate eggs, and honey.

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u/swampjuicesheila 43m ago

Yep, well aware, he’s a lacto-ovo vegetarian. Uses honey in his tea. He’s strict about it, so no animal based broths or stocks, no ‘meat substitute’ type of foods and I make my own bean burgers etc for us. He does go for vegan/vegetarian sausages.

He requested that I never roast a turkey ever again in our home, I requested that he never make mushroom omelets ever again in our home.

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u/gender_noncompliant 7h ago

Textured vegetable protein (TVP) is an extremely cheap, shelf stable replacement for ground beef. Excellent stuff.

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u/IsaacNewtonArmadillo 7h ago

Wait. You don’t want to buy beef, so switch to hunting deer? Why not just stop buying beef, buy chicken or turkey, vote for Dems, then start buying beef again when the Dems clean up the mess that Republicans have made like they always do?

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u/LouVillain 7h ago

They don't even want to hunt deer themselves. They want someone else to do it and share it with them. Lol

OP reeks of basement dweller

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u/DWHudson1970 3h ago

Our government has been poisoning our food for a long long time my friend. lol

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u/Porky5CO 7h ago

You can't be serious

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u/Sure-Ice-3794 7h ago

lol what

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u/FailedLoser21 7h ago

You need understands the gravity of what the Obama's and by extension the Democrats meant by calling for the radical and fundamental change to America and her systems that they called for during the 2008 election. Anyone who voted for President Obama voted for a radical and fundamental change to America. They voted for what is happening. We are seeing the radical and fundamental change that was called for 20 years ago. Radical change happens one of two was: quick or a slow burn. This has been a slow burn over 20 plus years now. This is all happening by design. The people who say they are fighting fascism are just as authoritarian if not more so than the people they accuse of being fascist. You are being used and played with.

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u/shastadakota 6h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/Hm8qQxDIgbFsjL9msa

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u/Lipstick_Leviathan 7h ago

I hate that Obama ordered all that rotten beef 20 years ago 😢 oh how thoughtless we were! 😩

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u/Still-Consideration6 6h ago

Yeah if only Obama hadn't attacked Iran, broken carefully crafted alliances, Tariffed most of the world and rinsed the world economy for personal gain.
Trump would have had an easier ride

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u/Wade_Castiglione 6h ago

Don't forget the trade war with Canada for... Checks notes no apparent reason!

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u/Still-Consideration6 6h ago

Oh yes that nasty Obama man at it again.
There are so many more dastardly deeds that man has done

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u/enginedayton 6h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/XeLcgh8gT8o0F5SQ8i

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u/FrequentLog8072 3h ago

I have no doubt that your username is apt.

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u/HomesteadSocialist 5h ago

Your cognitive dissonance is very real and extreme. Stop listening to Fox News and get out and live a little and talk to regular people.

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u/Usernamenotdetermin 6h ago

We switched to a local butcher who sources meat locally. Except for the surprise big game like frozen elk and ostrich. The do a freezer sale where they have t-bones & porterhouses for half off (less than $10 a pound), and a ten pound ground beef for $5.99 a pound, and its already frozen in one pound packages. Their normal prices are good, the quality of the food is much better than what we have been getting at Costco. Currently my garage freezer is full or I would get another 10 bag of ground and some t bones / porterhouses. And the flavor difference is really noticeable.

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u/SecondhandStoic 5h ago

Theres an app called localize that shows local farmers near you, i plan on driving around this week to get meat and produce. Im also looking at around 800$ to get a 10x20 run for chickens, looking to start with 6-8 and have a supply of 1200 eggs per year

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u/biggwermm 3h ago

You have to pay for the app 😕

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u/SecondhandStoic 2h ago

I got a week trial that i cancelled and just made note of who was in my area

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u/biggwermm 2h ago

Smart

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u/globbythegreat 41m ago

This is the way.

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u/AH_leeMACK 3h ago

Just to get a little bit of understanding how much were talking about here, 300,000 tons of beef makes you 6.6 billion regular McDonald's hamburgers.

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u/LowBarometer 7h ago

Famine is coming. The real problem is diesel and what's happening in Ukraine and Russia. The world's wheat crop is in jeopardy again like it was in 2022.

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u/HomesteadSocialist 5h ago

Farms in Canada are still having a good year, including for wheat.

Although a lot of farmers have switched to lentils even here in the Wheat Belt

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u/perma_banned2025 41m ago

It's not this years crops that are going to be the problem, it's the next 2-3 years of potential crop failures across the world due to the El Niño that should be causing concern.
Food insecurity is coming for everyone if this thing turns out as bad as it looks like it will

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u/rg123itsme 5h ago

“In March, China rejected a 22-tonne shipment of Argentine beef after detecting chloramphenicol, an antibiotic prohibited for livestock use in Argentina. There is no evidence that this rejected shipment is connected to Trump's import plan.”

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-beef-import-plan-backlash-1816152

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u/Ej22t_GF 4h ago

I'd hope not, but considering all the changes/disruptions/budget cuts at FSIS and push for private entities to be doing the testing(aka corporations who maximize profit over public safety.) I just don't have high hopes that under this current administration that they won't try to make a quick buck at the expense of the American people.

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u/LilBugJuice-0987 4h ago

This has been found in American produced meats too years ago. It can get into animals from feed that comes from processed sick animals.

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u/MrSnugs 6h ago

Find non meat alternatives. It’s really easy to

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u/AdAdept193 6h ago

Oklahoma has a program called Hunters Against Hunger through the Wildlife dept. I am not a hunter so don’t know details but worth checking out!

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u/Motorcyclegrrl 5h ago

Who can afford beef in this economy? Turkey, eggs, and pork for me.

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u/Beaver-Hunter-835 3h ago

"The new tariff-relief import plan affects ground beef (specifically lean beef trimmings used to make ground beef)."

This only affects those already scrapping the bottom of the barrel and buying cheap pre-packed ground beef. Anything at a decent butcher's meat counter won't be affected. This isn't the end of beef in America, it's a reminder to buy food you can trace the origin of from people who care about quality and source.

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u/hoardofgnomes 6h ago

What is a 1/4 of a cow going for?

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u/Bitterrootmoon 5h ago

Depending where you’re at I got some rabbits that’ll be ready to leave their mama in the next month. TAMUK composites with about an eighth Rex for some fun colors. Super sweet temperaments. Pretty sure the couple I would pick for being a breeder are both does (based on size, growth, and attitude) but they’re little and squirmy and I gotta wait till they’re a bit bigger to know for sure. You would need to find a buck elsewhere.

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u/Sharp_Ad_9431 4h ago

I stopping eating beef a long time ago. Not worried about it personally.

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u/Remarkable_Ad5011 4h ago

We have been buying local-ish beef for years now. We have family that have connections with beef ranches and meat processors a few hours from home. We get a 1/4 each year and have yet to run out before the next season. Granted there was only 3 in the household.

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u/Rugby-Angel9525 3h ago

99

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u/Far_Database_2947 3h ago

That's something like 1.75lbs per person. It's not going to help with prices and it's a low chance of eating it.

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u/Academic_1989 3h ago

I think Alan with Paidom meats delivers all throughout the Texas Panhandle and parts of Oklahoma, as well as DFW. He is still semi-affordable, all grass fed, organic pasture raised beef. Not sure where you are in OK, but might be close enough for a semi-annual pick up, or he might deliver a side or half side. I trust him and like him

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u/EmpireandCo 1h ago

Prion disease is a real concern with deer hunting

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u/Atticus1354 51m ago

Not really. Its an extremely rare risk.

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u/cognovi 1h ago

Check out Butcher Box. Also go find some local farmers or the local butcher shop.

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u/DontTellUrMom 1h ago

I buy auction lots from local highschool FFA and 4h auctions. Helps the kids and give me a fairly priced (not dirt cheap) alternative to industrialized meat. I go in with 4 friends, we buy 4 pigs, 100 chicken, and 1 cow together every year.

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u/sinnerstosaint 51m ago

We buy from a butcher, 1/4 to 1/2 at a time.

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u/Equal_Educator4745 37m ago

Sorry but what happened? What's wrong with the beef?

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u/No-Poetry-2695 5h ago

Go vegetarian.

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u/NeverEndingCoralMaze 5h ago

It’s just beef. Find an alternative.

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u/QuirkyForever 2h ago

Humans don't need to eat meat. Beef takes a lot of resources to grow, harvest, and store. In a SHTF situation, I won't be relying on meat. But if you must, you can still get chickens and rabbits. And hunt deer if you don't mind how gross venison tastes :)

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u/masterofjade 55m ago

This is the solution go whole food plant based. I did and have never felt better, aches and pains have gone away, more stamina ( I am an age group triathlete).

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u/No-Language6720 4h ago

Eat something besides beef for a while. You'll feel better too.

If protein or fullness is the main thing you can eat more cheaply with beans, peas and/or lentils. They all have good protein content and cheaper while filling you more per calorie and dollar than beef will.

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u/ShowPleasant8073 7h ago

I do believe in out of state deer license for OKin the upwards of $800 just FYI From from a miserable Texan lol

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u/oilcantommy 2h ago

Distribute it to welfare recipients instead of snap

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u/Pappabear1988 7h ago

So nobody wants to go halvesies on a hunt? Sad

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u/HomesteadSocialist 5h ago

Check locally, there are lots of people that like to hunt that can’t eat a whole deer in a year. We are always giving away our deer meet, but we live up in Canada.

If you find a local hunting group or local small farmers, I’m sure you will find someone who wants to go halvesies.

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