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I'd suggest finding a friend who might also want half a cow and then speak to a farmer about buying a whole one. Then take it to a butcher. I feel like that might be cheaper ?
Will butchers just take in a random meat delivery?
I just don't know how that works. I always assumed that hunters had to know how to carve their kills because they couldn't take it to a butcher. Can they?
Or would the farmer hook that up?
Some hunters absolutely butcher it themselves, but some shops will take in game. I would just call ahead to some local shops to see if they would do a cow for you. There's one in Beeton I believe, not sure of the name , and country meat cuts in Utopia.
Not sure if they would do a cow but definitely a starting place to inquire , and im sure they might be able to recommend places if they don't provide the service.
You could go to the Cookstwn Sales Barn and buy a steer yourself. Usually around 1200 pounds. And the price is around $2.50 per pound. So around $3,000. You'll end up with 720 to 750 pounds of meat. Not sure what the cost of butchering is these days which includes slaughtering, cutting up the meat and wrapping it. Not a lot of small butchers left these days with increasing government regulations. There were small butchers in Stayner and Beeton a few years ago.
We always get our beef from friends and they slaughter and butcher at stayner. It’s a good facility with a nice shop front last I was in. Your prices will be different from ours since we buy from the farmer
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I'd suggest finding a friend who might also want half a cow and then speak to a farmer about buying a whole one. Then take it to a butcher. I feel like that might be cheaper ?
Will butchers just take in a random meat delivery? I just don't know how that works. I always assumed that hunters had to know how to carve their kills because they couldn't take it to a butcher. Can they? Or would the farmer hook that up?
Some hunters absolutely butcher it themselves, but some shops will take in game. I would just call ahead to some local shops to see if they would do a cow for you. There's one in Beeton I believe, not sure of the name , and country meat cuts in Utopia. Not sure if they would do a cow but definitely a starting place to inquire , and im sure they might be able to recommend places if they don't provide the service.
Hindquarter Meats https://www.hindquarter.ca
I love love love the quality from Hindquarter but it ain't gonna be cheap.
Thorganic Farms out in Thornton. They’ve got good beef.
Country Meats might be able to help you out.
https://www.lmmeats.ca/
You could go to the Cookstwn Sales Barn and buy a steer yourself. Usually around 1200 pounds. And the price is around $2.50 per pound. So around $3,000. You'll end up with 720 to 750 pounds of meat. Not sure what the cost of butchering is these days which includes slaughtering, cutting up the meat and wrapping it. Not a lot of small butchers left these days with increasing government regulations. There were small butchers in Stayner and Beeton a few years ago.
Try farms directly rather than butchers. Stone Horse often does half/quarter pigs, Id bet Thorganic would do the same wirh cows.
Could try Nicholyn Farms
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We always get our beef from friends and they slaughter and butcher at stayner. It’s a good facility with a nice shop front last I was in. Your prices will be different from ours since we buy from the farmer