Plan on approximately one cubic foot of freezer space for every 15 20 pounds of meat.
1 2 side of beef.
Tenderized round steak 15 packages.
The half beef bundle is about 8 boxes see example in photo.
Short ribs 3 packages 3 4 in a package soup bones 5 packages.
Brisket 1 package.
We opted to get all of the whole cuts we could which meant a total of 7 roasts 3 packages of sirloin steaks 1 package of t bones 1 package of porterhouse steaks 1 package of ribeyes 2 packages of round steaks 1 package of skirt steaks 1 package of flank steak 3 packages of short ribs 1 large brisket 3 packages of stew beef 2.
You re probably familiar with a t bone steak with its famous t shaped bone in the center.
Your side can be cut to your specifications but the cuts below are representative of what is generally included in the approximate 185 lbs of beef.
The beef is packaged in 1 5 lb packages.
You will receive approximately 70 lbs of ground beef.
1 4 1 2 or whole ordering info.
It will fit inside a large chest freezer about 10 cubic feet such as this chest freezer.
Stew meat 8 0 5 lb packages.
Ground meat 110 lbs.
Chuck and arm cuts you ll get between 16 and 18 pounds of chuck roast typically cut into two to three pound roasts.
This bundle gets you a full side of beef.
Cut any size sirloin tip roast total weight.
All short ribs stew meat and soup bones were cut out and ground into burger on this half.
Tenderloin 1 package.
This example is for 1 2 beef with a hanging weight of 301 50 lbs.
Flank steak 2 steaks.
A whole cow yields about a 600 pound carcass and one side of the carcass provides around 225 pounds of cut meat including approximately 30 pounds of ground beef.
The larger side has the strip steak and the smaller side is the tenderloin.
T bone steak 6 8 steaks depends on thickness porterhouse steak 6 8 steaks depends on thickness sirloin steak 6 8 steaks depends on thickness round steak 6 8 steaks depends on thickness rump roast total weight 6 8 lb.
Round steak on a quarter half are tenderized 8 10 steaks.
For example if you decide to cut the bone out you would no longer have a t bone.
Each side of beef includes.
Usually a side of beef can weigh anywhere around 100 to 350 pounds.
The weight as well can often be hard to estimate.
A side of beef can feed a family of four for close to a year.
Extra options have 10 or more pounds of ground beef made into patties.
2 4 round roasts.
The butcher will either charge by the hanging weight as explained above or they will charge by the meat it produces.
Ground beef in 1 lb.
Roasts 12 packages approx.
Depending on how you cut the t bone and the size of it it can have many different names.
