If you can find someone, have the money to do it up front and have a big freezer, you can buy 1/2 or 1/4 (or even whole, but that's a lot of meat) steers that average out to about $2/lb with processing. We do it about every 18months. I know a lot of hog farmers will sell by the pig too. Our local health/organic store even offers the beef option for about $3/lb. It's pricey if you're talking ground beef, but reallly looks good when you're thinking tenderloin, tbone and strip steaks.
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