Cattle farm
I like cows and maybe two people. -Nate
Brangus – Our Breed of Choice
We keep a quality Brangus bull in the fields with commercial angus mama cows. Brangus is a mix of Brahma and Angus. 3/8 Brahma and 5/8 Angus. They’re good tempered cows with heat tolerance and good birth weights. They produce excellent quality beef rated more tender than Black Angus.
How much beef does a cow produce?
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An optimal size steer for processing to beef.
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Roughly this portion of the steer comes home as beef for the freezer. Hides and other parts get used to their maximum value.
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Only about 12% comes back as filets, strips, and ribeyes. Can you see why steak is more expensive than hamburger?
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Hamburger makes up the largest percentage of the beef that comes back from each animal.
'I only want grass-fed beef'
Here’s some news. ALL beef is grass fed. The overwhelming majority of every cow’s diet is grass. The only difference is how they are finished. Most beef is fed corn to add fat and weight before going to processing.
Nah. Ya Don’t.
In a taste test between grass-fed and grain-fed beef, grain-fed generally has a milder, richer, and more buttery flavor due to higher marbling from the grain diet, while grass-fed tends to have a leaner, slightly “gamey” taste with a more pronounced beefy flavor; the preference between the two often comes down to personal taste, with some people enjoying the richer fat profile of grain-fed and others preferring the cleaner taste of grass-fed.
Key differences in taste:
