Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

Dear Sylvia, We were very disheartened to read your posting. As you may know we run a Dexter beef business and are often looking for stock - we generally pay a minimum of £1.00/Kg live wt. and above. More often above as we feel that quality animals are worth the price. We understand from experience...

Hello Kathy Oh yes! Dexters are fun, even when they are turned into sausages. Dexter beef is perfect for sausage because of their high fat content. My tips for a moist sausage are:- 1. Use at least 60/40 fat to meat ratio. 2. When measuring water and binder ie. rusk, crumb etc use volume rather tha...

Thanks Penny! As a DCS council member I do try to work for all its members. All the issues raised at council meetings I have a opinion on, not all of them in agreement with the others. You are quite right, trying to get agreement is difficult, but at the end of the day we do have the breed at heart...

Thanks Penny! As a DCS council member I do try to work for all its members. All the issues raised at council meetings I have a opinion on, not all of them in agreement with the others. You are quite right, trying to get agreement is difficult, but at the end of the day we do have the breed at heart...

With reference to the hanging debate of carcasses. We firmly believe in 21 days hanging for the hind quarters. This improves on both the texture and the flavour. The fore quaters do not need the same length of time, but as most of us are small scale producers we cannot reasonably sell the forequate...

With reference to the hanging debate of carcasses. We firmly believe in 21 days hanging for the hind quarters. This improves on both the texture and the flavour. The fore quaters do not need the same length of time, but as most of us are small scale producers we cannot reasonably sell the forequate...

Hello everyone shamefully this is my 1st foray into discussion and as I now have aquired a 'new hat' thought I'd share a view. We actually hang (2-3 weeks) and butcher on the farm, our slaughter costs are £40 and £60 for the butcher who visits us. We buy packaging and labelling seperately. Our over...

Hello everyone shamefully this is my 1st foray into discussion and as I now have aquired a 'new hat' thought I'd share a view. We actually hang (2-3 weeks) and butcher on the farm, our slaughter costs are £40 and £60 for the butcher who visits us. We buy packaging and labelling seperately. Our over...