[AT] price of beef

[Frank Vantacich]

DITTO!!!!!! We're getting our first taste of home grown beef, much more tender and tastier than store bought.  The neighbor and I are rasing two more, they'll be ready for slaughter come this Sept. 

carl gogol <cgogol at twcny.rr.com> wrote:  I paid $1.60/Lb. hanging to our local farmer. Costs an additional $.44/Lb. 
to cut, grind and vacuum pack. Had anything less than the best cuts or 
roast or steak ground. Havn't had beef this good since leaving the farm 
about 40 years ago. You can't believe how much better it tastes than the 
supermarket meats. We took half of one the steers we grazed for him last 
summer. When this is gone, we will certainly do it again.
Carl Gogol - Manlius, NY
Tasty grazing in the Oran valley of Central NY
AC D14, 914H
JD 5320 MFWD
Kubota F-2400, B7300HST
Simplicity 7116H, 3112H
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From: "Ralph Goff" 
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Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 1:55 AM
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> From: "CEE VILL" 
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> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 8:40 PM
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> While at the market today I noticed sirloin at $7.99 /lb. I saw no
> porterhouse at all in the display case. Must have been too expensive to 
> put
> out there. It makes me glad I only rarely eat beef.
>
> Charlie V in WNY.
>
> Hi Charlie
> That price is about $7 a pound more than the rancher got for that beef on
> the hoof. Too many people in between making money off that beef before the
> consumer gets it. Eliminate the middleman and there is quite a saving. I 
> buy
> mine locally. Usually get together with a neighbour who is butchering a 
> beef
> and agree on a price we can both live with. We have a friend with his own
> meat cutting operation on the farm which helps too. Cut, wrapped and in 
> the
> freezer for way less than store price.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
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