Buying meat in bulk

Anyone buy their meat in bulk? I was watching the news this morning and they were talking about this and how much money you could save compared to the prices at the grossery store. You could either get it from a local farmer or straight from the slaughter house.

Yep, and put it in the deep freezer.

You really got to know what you are buying though, it depends on the animal and how it was raised . Got to watch freezer burn and power outages too or you have a bunch of waste, thats happened to me before . I have a friend that sells bison and its real good and real lean and is about the same cost as a good grade of beef.

How would I find a places that does this locally?

Sams Club is ok for city slickers. I'm in the country there are 3 houses in 10 miles of me. Grain feed black angus request?

We used to buy meat in bulk. It saves quite a bit of money as long as you have the room in the freezer.

agreed you'll def. need a chest freezer. Best way to go about it is to go to an auction and start meeting people. You'll need someone to transport the bull to be cut and packaged. You can do it yourself but it would be much more realistic to go to a butcher. You can prep the bull with a big tree limb, a baseball, a come-a-long chain, step ladder, rope and a 4 wheel drive. Finding a butcher is easy, most local grocery stores will actually do it after you prep it. After all is said and done you should have about $2.00 a pound in very high quality beef, but be prepared to take on around 500-800lbs. Its best to get others to split costs with you. From experience though I can tell you the beef obtained this way has a completely different taste, color, and texture than what you used to. Its very addictive. Most farmers have alot put away and will sell you some if you get to know them a little bit. Peace

Hey Optimal - what the hell is the baseball for (when preping??).
My sister used to get a 1/2 or 1/4 of cow and freeze. It was cheap and she got
a good variety. She had a freezer just for the beef.
I bought some ground buffalo to BBQ burgers. It is just like cow but leaner. Most
people cant tell difference and I like it. My daughters and wife saw the picture of
the buffalo on the package and freaked out. I couldn't even sneak it on them at
that point (which was what I was originally going to do) Dam city girls!!!

Whenever boneless skinless chicken is on sale I buy a TON! and just put it in my freezer, I will eat it all by the time it goes on sale again