Bought a quarter cow (100% grass-fed)- full breakdown + real cost per pound

Just picked up our beef order from a local farmer and wanted to share the numbers since posts like this helped us a ton when deciding.

This will last us 14 months when rotating into our regular meal planning (family of 4, plus occasional hosting guests and meal sharing/potluck work and social events)

Pricing:

• Total paid: $949.66

• Farmer: $709.91

• Processing: $239.75

• Quarter cow (~200 lbs hanging weight)

Take-home total: 157.75 lbs

Final cost per lb (take-home): ~$6.02/lb

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Ground beef (36 lbs):

• 36 × 1 lb plastic tubes (chubs)

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Steaks (~18 lbs total, cut to ~1” thick):

• 20 steaks total (most packages contain 2 steaks)

• Porterhouse – 2.35 lbs (~2 steaks)

• T-bone – 1.5 lb packages (×3) (~6 steaks)

• Sirloin – 1.75 lb packages (×3) (~6 steaks)

• Tenderloin – 0.75 lb (~2 small steaks)

• Bone-in rib steaks – 1.5 lb packages (×3) (~6 steaks)

• Flank steak – 1.2 lbs (single)

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Roasts (~40 lbs total, mostly 2–3 lb each):

• 11 roasts total

• Sirloin tip – 2.75 lb packages (×2)

• Arm roast – 3 lb packages (×2)

• Chuck roast – 3.25 lb packages (×4)

• Rump roast – 3.25 lb

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Other cuts (~45–50 lbs):

• Soup bones – 2 lb packages (×4)

• Stew meat – 1 lb packages (×6)

• Short ribs – 3 lb packages (×2)

• Brisket – 6.5 lbs

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Packaging:

• Ground beef in 1 lb plastic chubs

• All other cuts wrapped in butcher paper and sticker-labeled

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Notes:

• Yield from hanging weight to take-home was \~79%

• Steaks were cut to \~1” thickness

• Roasts were requested at \~2–3 lbs each

• This was 100% grass-fed from a local farm

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Happy to answer questions—this was our first time buying in bulk like this and overall feels worth it so far 👍