We were loading out cattle last week and had a steer go down. Lame front leg which no packer will take so I went to get my stock trailer. First thing I needed to do was find someone who would take him on short notice. Only thing I could find was the local guy said he would put it down and hang it for me if we could get him off the trailer into his facility. So first thing I needed to do was weigh empty.
Went back and with a bunch of work 5 of us got him on the trailer. Then I needed to see what he weighed.
1460#'s pretty big boy. Back to the local house and we got him off and in a holding pen.
I'll spare you the slaughter pictures... 10 days later I went back with my pickup. His hanging weight was 983#'s. I had him take each half and cut into thirds. The worst part is the front third. Not sure what it weighed but he and I struggled to get those into the pickup. Back home my son came over and helped me wrestle the pieces into my basement. I do quite a bit of meat processing myself so I took the chuck and broke it down to 3 pieces also. He completely filled up my big cooler.
I'll age the loins and ribeyes the rest I'll work on in the evenings turning into cuts and burger. If anyone wants to learn how to butcher a steer come over and I'll give you free lessons... :becky:
Went back and with a bunch of work 5 of us got him on the trailer. Then I needed to see what he weighed.
1460#'s pretty big boy. Back to the local house and we got him off and in a holding pen.
I'll spare you the slaughter pictures... 10 days later I went back with my pickup. His hanging weight was 983#'s. I had him take each half and cut into thirds. The worst part is the front third. Not sure what it weighed but he and I struggled to get those into the pickup. Back home my son came over and helped me wrestle the pieces into my basement. I do quite a bit of meat processing myself so I took the chuck and broke it down to 3 pieces also. He completely filled up my big cooler.
I'll age the loins and ribeyes the rest I'll work on in the evenings turning into cuts and burger. If anyone wants to learn how to butcher a steer come over and I'll give you free lessons... :becky: