Slo Poke Pastures
Beefalo Cuts
The Cuts
Standard Cuts for 1/2 a Steer
What can you expect from a half of beefalo?
While you will lose around 45% of your hot weight due to bone, fat, and dehydration from the aging process, you can expect to receive the following amount of meat from a half a steer for example. Or the chart below may help provide ideas depending on your share size. These of course are just examples.
- 5-8 Chuck Roasts
- 4-6 Arm Roasts
- 10-15 Rib Steaks OR 8- 12 Ribeye
- 1 Beefalo Brisket
- 1 Flank Steak
- 3-4 Tip Roasts OR 6-8 Tip Steaks
- 1 Rump Roast
- 3 Top Round Roast OR 5 London Broil or 8-10 Round Steaks
- 1 Bottom Round Roast OR 15-20 Cube Steaks
- 1 Eye of Round Roast
- Meat on Soup Bones
- 5-8 Sirloins Steaks
- 4-6 Porterhouse Steaks
- 10-12 T-Bone Steaks
- Of course, you can expect hamburger, lots of it.
Individual Cut
Quarter/Split Half
Half Beef
Whole Beef
Chuck Roast
10-12 lbs
20-24 lbs
40-48 lbs
Rolled Rump Roast
3 lbs
5-6 lbs
10-12 lbs
Sirloin Tip Roast
3 lbs
5-6 lbs
10-12 lbs
Round Steak, or Stew Meat
3-4 lbs
6-8 lbs
12-16 lbs
Ribeye Steak
2.5-3.5 lbs
5-7 lbs
10-14 lbs
NY Strip Steak
2.5 lbs
5 lbs
10 lbs
Sirloin Steak
2 lbs
4 lbs
8 lbs
Tenderloin Filets
1.5 lbs
3 lbs
6 lbs
Flank Steak
0.5 lbs
1 lbs
2 lbs
Skirt Steak
1.6 lbs
3.2 lbs
6.4 lbs
Brisket
2 lbs
4 lbs
8 lbs
Short Ribs
2 lbs
4 lbs
8 lbs
Soup bones with meat
4 lbs
8 lbs
16 lbs
Liver
1 lbs
2 lbs
4 lbs
Ground Beef
45-50 lbs
90-100 lbs
180-200 lbs
Total Amount of Beefalo
84-93 lbs
168-186 lbs
336-372 lbs
Approximate Freezer Space Needed
3 cubic feet
6 cubic feet
12 cubic feet
