[Norton AntiSpam] [Sca-cooks] semi OT question on steer butchering and costs

[jehan.yves]

I can get sides of organic beef for $1.98 a pound here in Delaware. Front 
quarter for 1.85 and hind quarter for 2.44
At 07:11 AM 7/19/2005, you wrote:
> >From what I've been able to find out, most steer will have a rough 
> hanging weight of about 500 poundswith about 300 of that in useable meat 
> after the processing. That puts it at 150 lbs per side. At, say, 3.00$ 
> per pound for the cost of the meat and the processing costs per pound, 
> that makes the overall cost for the meat 225$ for a 1/4 side, 450$ for a 
> 1/2 side, and 900$ for a whole, assuming my math is correct and my 
> assumptions roughly accurate.