Can you recommend a cattle Abattoir and Butcher in the south Roscommon, Athlone area?

n1st

I have a 500kg bullock which I'd like to eat :)

Where can I get him slaughtered and butchered for my own consumption?

Beef has to be cut for household sizes and ready for freezer.

Thanks

tractorporn

Try Sean Dunning on Connaught Street. He has a small abattoir on the Golden Island.

n1st

I was talking to Gilligan's Farm in Fourmilehouse. They have said they do the lot you too, I'm waiting on a callback

epfff

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118082243#Comment_118082243

+1

Jim Simmental

What sort of money would you pay to have your own animal slaughtered and packaged?

n1st

I've heard 350, it's a days work after all

Dunedin

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You won’t go wrong with Sean Dunning that’s for sure.

would you not consider a heifer maybe around 450 -500kg. Be nicer than a 500kg bullock?????

n1st

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118083735#Comment_118083735

Sexist :) I have no heifers.

Base price

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I think what Dunedin is referring too is that a 500kg heifer will have a fat score of 3 -/=/+ whereas your 500 kg bullock will have little or no fat cover because he will be slaughtered from 60 to 150kg (traditional bred) liveweight lighter that his optimum weight. His meat will not have the same flavour due to lack of fat content/covering. I'm assuming he isn't a Dexter or other miniature type breed.

Dunedin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118087194#Comment_118087194

I’ve never heard of anyone killing a bullock for their own freezer. Be interesting to hear the butchers opinion on it.

Hard Knocks

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118088381#Comment_118088381

Would a chest freezer be big enough for a 500kg bullock (or heifer either)

Base price

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118088608#Comment_118088608

No. There is a fierce amount of beef on a 250kg carcass. We got a heifer slaughtered years ago and shared out a good portion of roasts, mince and stewing steak to family members. We had a large chest freezer and it was packed.

I would also advise anyone getting a animal slaughtered is to get the butcher/abattoir to freeze the meat for you as domestic chest freezers don't have the capability of freezing that volume of meat fast enough.

hopeso

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118088381#Comment_118088381

I’d say any butcher would advise against it.

n1st

Sean Dunning can do. 350. Bullock vs heifer not an issue. I'll report back in a couple of weeks with the results.

Hard Knocks

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Best of luck

tractorporn

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Sean is as sound as you will get. He takes heavy lambs and any Angus heifers we have off us. Always a pleasure to deal with.

Dunedin

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Tapping back in here after reading your other thread.

ive been killing my own heifer for about ten years now (with Sean Dunning btw).

I normally kill a heifer around 450kg. I do a deal with Sean on the price of the animal and he then gives me half the animal and pays me half the agreed price eg. €1000 for animal so he gives me 500€ less €175 for butcher.

so in net figures it’s costing me €675 which is €13 per week I’d probably spend the equivalent of €40 per week (€2k per year)

There is still a lot of meat in it and generally lasts a year without having beef every day of the week. Also I get him to mix up some lamb and pork in and he factors that into the value of my half. A 500kg bullock would be way too much for one family I’d say as I think a year is supposed to be the shelf life even if frozen (stand corrected on that as that’s what I was always told and I’ve stuck to it).

best of luck whatever way you go.

n1st

1 bullock. I'll calculate the retail price later.

epfff

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118208214#Comment_118208214

Can you give me ruff breakdown lbs of mince? Roasts? Steaks? What else?

How big of freezer?

Dunedin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118208214#Comment_118208214

Make sure to turn the meat a couple of times during freezing, maybe after 10-12 hours. It’ll take a while to freeze with that much. Check if your freezer has a fast freeze button too.

n1st

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118208246#Comment_118208246

I'll give a breakdown later in the week.

Definitely 300 litre freezer required