Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:26 pm
I said earlier in the year that I was sending a totally grass-fed bull to the abattoir, and he's just come back today.
He was a long-leg but quite short, and he wasn't big. I don't have a live-weight. The beef is quite well-marbled (for me, I don't go for heavy marbling), and there is masses of it. 157.2kg to be precise. And the deadweight was 204kg giving an excellent figure for boned-out to deadweight ratio of 77%. The abattoir said he had a lot of meat on him.
He was fed only on grass BUT the grass had about 50% clover and therefore high protein. He was very well covered. The meat looks delish, normal colour, but we won't be tasting it till tomorrow. I'll report back on the flavour. Hung for just over 3 weeks.
The steer that went with him was a bigger sort, but not quite so ready, and he produced poorer figures in terms of meat weight and a boned-out to deadweight ratio of 69%. He was only 21 months, the bull was 26, so can't compare that much really.
Edited By Broomcroft on 1197676314
He was a long-leg but quite short, and he wasn't big. I don't have a live-weight. The beef is quite well-marbled (for me, I don't go for heavy marbling), and there is masses of it. 157.2kg to be precise. And the deadweight was 204kg giving an excellent figure for boned-out to deadweight ratio of 77%. The abattoir said he had a lot of meat on him.
He was fed only on grass BUT the grass had about 50% clover and therefore high protein. He was very well covered. The meat looks delish, normal colour, but we won't be tasting it till tomorrow. I'll report back on the flavour. Hung for just over 3 weeks.
The steer that went with him was a bigger sort, but not quite so ready, and he produced poorer figures in terms of meat weight and a boned-out to deadweight ratio of 69%. He was only 21 months, the bull was 26, so can't compare that much really.
Edited By Broomcroft on 1197676314