Comments on: Buying Half a Cow

By: Debbie

Debbie — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 01:24:32 +0000

Thanks for the info! It’s 2015 and they are sellng ground sirloin ( very lean ) for $5.39?a pound; up from $3.29! Neighbor’s brother raises cows & she was generous enough to share half with us! It’s coming soon! I knew it would be better, but I didn’t know HOW MUCH better! You’ve helped me out a lot.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 04:05:07 +0000

Can they ship the meat?? I live in Florida and have been wanting to do this. Thank you for the post! Most helpful one I’ve read so far!!!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 02:39:31 +0000

We just bought a 1/4 for our family of 5 and we are excited. But we just didn’t know what kind of cuts to even think of. So thanks for posting this, it really helped us get ready and know where to start.

By: Sofy

Sofy — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:51:20 +0000

I totally agree with everything Jessy wrote. My husband and I made the bold decision to move from city life to country life 4 years ago. It has been challenging but fun for us and the kids to adjust to this life.

Two years ago we decided to purchase a cow. After we fatened her up by free ranging on grass, fresh cut hay and alfalfa pellets, we took her to the slaughter house. Two weeks later, we had a whole cow in our freezer! We gave away a lot of meet to family and still took a whole year before we finished eating the meat and we are a family of 8.

Now we have, 6 heads of cattle (a bull, 3 cows and two calves that were born in our ranch). We enjoy interacting with them by petting them, bathing them and just having them around us when we are doing our landscaping/gardening outside.

We are getting ready to take one of the cows to the slaughter house in November and we have placed an ad in the paper to find three people that are willing to buy 1/4 cow each.

I don’t buy beef from the store anymore

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:24:43 +0000

Thank you so much for the information I have recently watched food inc and can’t believe our own government would allow us to be poisoned by the food companies, Im so disgusted, i have been considering buying 1/2 a cow but didn’t know where to begin and now I think I have a good idea

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:49:19 +0000

Thank you for posting this! I had been looking at a few local places to purchase a cow, but couldn’t read any reviews on them. I am planning on calling Lori first thing Monday! It is wonderful for someone who is new to this to be able to read how it worked!

By: steven noble

steven noble — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:30:07 +0000

can you please give me a price for a large side of beef

By: Karin Keplinger

Karin Keplinger — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:59:54 +0000

How big of a freezer do I need to keep a half a cow? How much space will it take?

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:15:31 +0000

Thanks so much for explaining this all. I am considering doing this and your article was a big help.

By: Jessy

Jessy — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:17:19 +0000

We currently have 5 roasts, 3 packages of steaks, and 10 lbs of ground beef remaining and it is just the beginning of grill season. I am dreading having to buy regular store steaks or pay for organic steaks until we get our next cow order at the end of summer. This year we will buy 1/2 a cow and not split it. I believe that will last us through the whole season until we get our next 1/2 cow.