Buying a Quarter or Half Cow in Montana — What to Expect

Most Montana farmers, myself included, price bulk beef on hanging weight. If you haven't read my previous post on what hanging weight means, the short version is: it's the weight of the carcass after slaughter and before the butcher starts cutting. You are not taking home that many pounds of meat — the finished weight in your freezer is typically around 55 to 62 percent of the hanging weight for beef.

Kenneth SmithJune 12, 2026KD Farms, LLCbulk beef, half cow, quarter beef, hanging weight, freezer beef, buy beef Montana, grass fed beef KalispellComment