pictures of steaks

[copperhead]

These are the New York strip and a bone in sirloin from this last calf we butchered. He was finished on prairie hay and alfalfa, with about 1 lb of calf creep a day, for about 45 days.


I know they are gonna taste even better when they come off the grill in about 2 hours from now, salute ;D

[lsg]

Nice looking steaks. How did they taste? I have some space in my freezer. LOL

[copperhead]

They were the best ever, really tender and great texture.. I'll get some sent right out to you,

[prairieboy]

Those do look good.
We are looking for our butcher for to use in about 4 months...
By the way, what sort of a red cup is that pictured behind the steaks....we do not have those in Kansas!!

[copperhead]

'The steaks are as good as they look, and I'm just sure anyone from Kansas would recognize that cup,
P.J.

[dexterlady]

OK all you Dexter beef experts. Need your coments We got our Dexter steer back from freezer camp and here is how it went: Age of steer...26 months
Live weight: 630lbs.
Hanging weight: 360 lbs
.58 P/P processing
Take home weight: 238 lbs. ( that's including all the soup bones and dog bones. Got lots and lots of soup bones, which I don't use ecept to cook for my dogs.
Got 12 Pks. of T-bones ( two to a pack, 1inch thick)
12 pkg. Ribeyes, (two per pkg. 3/4 inch thick)
Tons of HB, 1lb. pkg.
Lots of round steaks( which were suppose to be HB)
Also got maybe ten pkgs. of cutlets( tenderized round)
Maybe eight pkgs of chuck roast 4# s ea.
two Pikes Peak roasts, and two shoulder roasts.
Got the liver, Tongue and heart.
Now to me this just seems like I didn't get very much meat. What are your thoughts? We have cooked a pkg. of T-bones , tenderloin was so good, but other side was very tough. Also cooked a pkg. of rib-eyes, they were really good ( if you cut them across grain) had som HB and it was so tasty. Let me see if I can send ya'll a couple of oics of the meat. Don't know if both pics attached so I will send another with the rib-eye steaks. Thanks Donna

[dexterlady]

OK here is a picture of the T-bones. Oh, I also for got to add, we got about ten sirloins also, 3/4 thick......But so far, all we have tried has been pretty tasty. Our daughter across the road just had a Brangus heifer processed , so yeterday we did a hamburger cook-off. She kept the two types of HB separate and her husband grilled them both. There was about twelve people there and she cut up three of the HB patties of each kind. She used blue and red tooth picks and we all got to pick one of each color. Not many could tell the difference but I said the red toothpick was the Dexter burger, it was juicier. And I was right ( and I really didn't even know) Leah was the only one that knew which meat was which. So I really liked the HBs. It was really fun and a good time was had by all. The total cost to have the steer processed was $269.24. After I totoled up all the hay and feed we put into that steer ( we had no green grass to put him on), this will be the most expensive meat I will ever eat!!!!!!!
Let me know what ya'll think.........Donna

[aggieelissa]

Jul 4, 2011 23:33:13 GMT -5 dexterlady said:

Now to me this just seems like I didn't get very much meat. What are your thoughts?

Your yield was about what was expected. When having a beef animal processed you should expect 58% - 65% yield from live weight to carcass weight. Your yield was about 55%, which is a little light but still normal.

[cddexter]

probably the person to ask is Patti: she's the to-the-miligram weight expert. At 26 months, I'd have expected a live weight of closer to 900 lbs, fed out like that, and closer to 500 lbs of hanging weight.

Maybe it's the difference in terms, but I would have expected some porterhouse steaks, and maybe some standing rib roasts, too. I have found it works out about 1/3 hamburger, 1/3 'wet' meat (slow cook type), and 1/3 'dry' meat (BBQ or hot sear type).

Was the animal a long or short leg? At 26 months, that can make a difference in the trim. c.

[Honeycreek Dexters]

19 mos old. 428 lbs. of pakg. meat.
All steaks avg. 12 oz. some 13 to 14 oz. some 10 to 11 oz.
You can see the yellow color of the grass fed next to a feed lot animal in the pic.
The steaks are 12 oz. Rib Eyes. Wife weighed them and they were cut 1 and a half inch thick if I remember rite.

[Honeycreek Dexters]

OK here are the steaks

[Olga]

That sounds on the smaller side to me. As I recall, our only Dexter steer, Jimmy, was butchered at about 24 months old, at the end of summer. I didn't feed him any grain, he was finished on good pasture. He was dairy in build, in retrospect I think I should've let him grown for another 6 months or so. At 24 months his hanging weight was 576 lbs, the meat was very red and fairly lean. The steaks were of good size but I goofed and had them cut too thin. I had to be very careful in cooking them or they got dry. Flavor was so-so, not enough fat for my taste.

[Clive]

Here's one of our t-bones. It was yummy . Off a bull, 100% grass fed, 27 months old, never used because I didn't trust him, bit of a nutter.

[dexterlady]

CDDexter, sorry it has taken me so long to answer, puter problems. The steer we had done was a long leg. I did not have any porterhouse steaks done because the butcher told me , I could only get porterhouse if I didn't want any T-bones. I don't know why he couldn't do half of each, anyway, I took the T-bones. I know a little more now so next time I will do things different. I cannot figure out how you could get over 400+ lbs. of meat off a 19 month old calf!?? Wish I had that much grass for ours to be on!.....His hanging weight was only538, according to the butcher, and he was 26 months. But like I said , I grain fed him for 90 days!!! He was such a small calf at birth. I think he was like 30 lbs. And he was from the cow I just posted on Calving/ Breeding issues. She is a big cow but this bull calf was so tiny. PHA possitive. That's why were steered him. Well next time , I will do things different.......Donna

[dexterlady]

Clive, nice looking T-bone, bet that was pretty tasty? And Olga, that side of beef looks great!!!! I never did see ours, I was at the AGM!!!!.............Donna