It's all grass fed at some time. Cattle buyers are at every auction buying cows in the 400 to 650 pound range mostly. These cows come off farms where they have been raised up to that point on milk and grass. They ship them to the midwest and top them out on corn/etc.....some go to the grocery store within a week or two.
It's all beef.
No kiddin'!
DUmmies don't know
squat! The corn crunch will just make that crap you useless idiots in the Blue City Suburbs more expensive! Finishing on corn is for the stinkin' feedlots that send their crap to people who don't know any better!
I lock my personal stock up around this time of year. I feed them a ton a grain a piece, then it's off to the butcher.
My pasture is a 7 blend grass mix with some wild oats, wheat and rye mixed in. My finisher is a blend of rye, barley, (
mostly barley ), fescue, clover, oats, corn and molasses! Corn is less than 10% and is used to marble fat into the muscle. Costs me about $425/ton. Every 6 lbs of grain, turns into 1 lb of beef and replaces the previous muscle tissue they used to use to kick my ass, into tenderloin. Takes about 100 days to finish 'em.
Any cow that just eats wild grass, (
ETA: read free range ), could be used to resole your boots! It sure as hell ain't tender enough for my tastes or, my worn out teeth, for that matter!
There is also a shitload of minerals in it to ensure their health and further the protein up the food chain.
After all is said and done, this year it will cost me around $2.25/lb. into the freezers. Oh, and it will melt in your mouth!
