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Typical Cuts in a Bulk Purchase of Half Beef

In a typical bulk order of half beef, depending on available inventory, you get:

• flat iron steak: 1 steak totaling about 1.3 lb
• mock tender (faux filet mignon, petite tender, shoulder tender, chuck eye steak): 1 steak totaling about 1.1 lb
• rib eye steak, bone out: 4 steaks totaling about 3.8 lb
• rib steak, bone in: 7 steaks totaling about 8.7 lb
• sirloin steak: 5 steaks totaling about 6.8 lb
• skirt steak: 1 steak totaling about 1.0 lb
• steak, Filet mignon: 6 steaks totaling about 2.3 lb
• strip steak (alias Texas strip steak, NY, Kansas), boneless: 7 steaks totaling about 4.4 lb
• T-bone steak: 4 steaks totaling about 4.8 lb
• all steaks: 36 packages totaling about 34.2 lbs, plus additional packages to make up the proportion shown in the Detail Table below.
• roasts: 13 packages totaling about 46 lbs
• brisket: 3 packages totaling about 11 lbs
• ground beef: 102 packages totaling about 102 lbs

Detail Table of a TYPICAL Bulk Purchase of a half beef (price per pound: $12.25)
Category of Cut	Total pounds in Category	Percent of Bulk Purchase	Average price if purchased individually (average price per pound)
steaks	40 lb	20 %	$971.20 ($23.98 / lb)
roasts	46 lb	23 %	$586.87 ($12.75 / lb)
brisket	11 lb	6 %	$126.44 ($11.05 / lb)
ground beef	102 lb	51 %	$1045.76 ($10.25 / lb)
Total weight: 199 lb		100 %
Price of meat for individual cuts $2730.27. Bulk price of meat for half $2437.75. Discount 11%.
Delivery fee*: San Antonio $75, Austin $150, Dallas $200, Houston $400 *fee can be divided among multiple customers in the same area. Recruit your friends!
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Optional categories, priced at the individual price when the cut you like is priced less than the bulk price:
inexpensive steaks	8 lb	buyer's option	$89.59 ($11.37 / lb)
organ meats	7 lb	buyer's option	$84.25 ($11.81 / lb)
stew meats	12 lb	buyer's option	$130.96 ($10.90 / lb)
short ribs	11 lb	buyer's option	$120.87 ($11.21 / lb)
other	25 lb	buyer's option	$269.11 ($10.80 / lb)

 

Cuts in each category with their individual pricing
Steaks	chuck eye steak (chuck tender) ($19.50/lb), flank steak ($21/lb), flank steak, tenderized ($21/lb), flat iron steak ($15/lb), hanger steak ($28/lb), inside skirt steak ($22/lb), mock tender (faux filet mignon, petite tender, shoulder tender, chuck eye steak) ($18/lb), outside skirt steak ($22/lb), oyster steak ($17/lb), rib eye steak, bone out ($32/lb), rib steak, bone in ($27/lb), round steak ($11.50/lb), sirloin steak ($18/lb), sirloin tip (peeled knuckle, ball tip steak) roast ($18/lb), skirt steak ($22/lb), skirt steak, tenderized for fajita ($22/lb), steak, Filet mignon ($32/lb), strip steak (alias Texas strip steak, NY, Kansas), boneless ($26/lb), T-bone steak ($24.50/lb)
Roasts	7-bone roast (not standing rib roast) ($13.50/lb), Bavette (flap meat) roast ($20/lb), chuck roast, bone in ($10.50/lb), chuck roast, bone out ($11.50/lb), eye of round roast ($10.25/lb), minute roast ($8/lb), Picanha Roast ($18/lb), pike's peak roast (heel of round roast) ($10.25/lb), round roast ($10.25/lb), rump roast ($10.25/lb), shoulder clod ($10.25/lb), shoulder roast ($12.50/lb), shoulder round roast ($12.50/lb), sirloin tip (peeled knuckle, ball tip steak) roast ($18/lb), standing rib roast (prime rib roast) ($30/lb), top blade roast ($12.50/lb), top sirloin roast ($18/lb), tri-tip roast (tritip roast) ($18/lb)
Inexpensive steaks	flap steak ($10.25/lb), round (cutlet) steak, tenderized ($11.50/lb)
Organ meats	heart ($11/lb), kidney ($11/lb), liver ($12/lb), tongue ($12/lb)
Brisket	brisket, first cut (flat cut) ($11/lb), brisket, flat cut ($11/lb), brisket, second cut (point cut) ($11.25/lb), brisket, whole ($11/lb)
Stew meats	beef for chili ($8/lb), Cheeks (for barbacoa) ($10.25/lb), marrow bones ($8/lb), ox tail ($12/lb), soup bones ($5.50/lb), stew meat ($10/lb), stew meat ($10/lb)
Short ribs	back ribs ($12/lb), ribs: back ribs ($12/lb), ribs: short ribs, English style (1 or 2 long bones) ($11/lb), ribs: short ribs, flanken (Korean) style (several short bones) ($11/lb)
Ground beef	ground beef (93% lean) ($10.25/lb)
Knuckle bones
Other	bones (for gelatin) ($9/lb), Caveman mix (beef, heart, liver) ($12.00/lb), ground beef (2-lb bags) ($10.25/lb), ground beef (78% lean, 22% fat) ($10.25/lb), head, without tongue or cheek meat ($5.50/lb), knuckle bones (for gelatin) ($9/lb), neck bones ($12/lb), osso buco ($12/lb), spleen ($11.50/lb), Sweetbread ($25/lb), tallow (fat) ($6/lb), tenderloin, whole ($34/lb), tendon ($9/lb), tendon-inedible ($0/lb), testicles (fries) ($20/lb)