So beautiful seeing them follow you! So nice to see you back. He is pretty! Looks good. She is really cute. He is beautiful. Love his color. Look at those two pretty faces! Baby is really growing. Good looking beef! So happy you have your own beef!
Thanks for the great information. Will soon be looking to establish our micro ranch in Missouri, wife was a little skeptical about the cattle until she saw yours chasing you in the UTV.
Great to see! We butchered two of our highlands so far on our homestead which saves us that processing cost, but it does take some time. It's helps that a built a cold room to hang our meat. Our plan, which is what you are thinking now is to have a cow ready every year to be harvested. We have a steer to butcher next month but next year due to a breeding issue we will miss a year. We'll see what happens.
My sister had four highlands with an aim for the meat, 5 years later she has 12 as she said they are too adorable and she has become so attached that she has gone vegetarian (🙄). I was so looking forward when she initially said they were for meat and will be totally organic (🙄🙄). The calves are so cute and friendly, my kids can’t wait to visit her and we’re talking about turning veggie too. (😂). Nice amount of meat you harvest and I bet it was delicious 👍🍻
Rhett don't you have a highland hereford cross steer that can be turned into your next process till a highland is ready in a few years? that boy reminded me of Fred, Chads bull we lost last year. Btw have you seen his highland angus cross steer he has? looks like a highland with no horns. Frank the Tank. his mom had a one night stand with the neighbors Angus bull lol.
Would it be cost prohibitive to purchase a steer that you can grass finish yourself for at least this one time till yours are ready? Otherwise more deer hunting for the interim. Good luck. Your herd looks wonderful. Always love those new babies. ❤
I like to butcher at two years to two and half years. Three years may not be wise. I am interested in the tenderness and the marbling. Consider tomahawks. A tamahawk is rib-eye steak with a rib handle attached. It’s a new cut and it’s going viral. Wagau tomahawks are going for stupid money. I finished herferds off with grain to boost marbling. I would give each steer a coffee can of cracked corn three or four days per week. No more!!!!!! It’s called a snackie. A bovine Twinkie for desert. The heavy use of corn and corn products adds large amounts of tallow. You have to cut it out just to get to the tenderloins. It does not improve interstitial fat or marbling! The yards do it to boost profits. Breeds like highlands and wagaus tend to more natural marbling than say angus or Hereford. But my corn snackie will get you killer marbling in these breeds. Angus does really well on marginal pasture with higher unit weight yields. I would never turn down an organic angus or Hereford. But now I am leaning to highlands and wagaus. My move to Vermont gets smaller fields with lush green grass. Much nicer than Colorado badlands. Highlands do well in green pasture and colder winters. Higher average butter fat with lower average cholesterol.
it actually makes me sad to think that steer wouldn't be finished in a single year by a whole family when i'd eat it in less then one year solo because i am on the carnivore diet.
Hi Rhett. Twice in one week. Whoo hoo. So glad you are filming again. Meat looked great. Love to you all
First time visitor. This channel is really helping me with my relationship with food. Both plants and animals. Incredibly helpful. Thank you.
So beautiful seeing them follow you! So nice to see you back. He is pretty! Looks good. She is really cute. He is beautiful. Love his color. Look at those two pretty faces! Baby is really growing. Good looking beef! So happy you have your own beef!
Thanks for sharing Rhett. Meat looks awesome 👍 Blessings to 100 Acre Woods Highlands 🙏🫶
Love seeing the babies. ❤❤❤❤
Nothing better than a freezer full of beef.
The good thing is you got a lot of fresh beef and you know what’s in it.
Thanks for the great information. Will soon be looking to establish our micro ranch in Missouri, wife was a little skeptical about the cattle until she saw yours chasing you in the UTV.
Great to see! We butchered two of our highlands so far on our homestead which saves us that processing cost, but it does take some time. It's helps that a built a cold room to hang our meat. Our plan, which is what you are thinking now is to have a cow ready every year to be harvested. We have a steer to butcher next month but next year due to a breeding issue we will miss a year. We'll see what happens.
Rhett you ALWAYS give great info...thank you.. much appreciated 😊
Great video thanks for sharing and that's great to know about a highland steer
Mmmmm yummy! I gotta try some
Beautiful herd.
Hi Rhett, glad to see you back
I love to watch the Highlanders!
My sister had four highlands with an aim for the meat, 5 years later she has 12 as she said they are too adorable and she has become so attached that she has gone vegetarian (🙄). I was so looking forward when she initially said they were for meat and will be totally organic (🙄🙄). The calves are so cute and friendly, my kids can’t wait to visit her and we’re talking about turning veggie too. (😂).
Nice amount of meat you harvest and I bet it was delicious 👍🍻
@@Roy-cm1bh my neighbors have a herd of about 60 longhorns and are now mostly vegan lol
@@100AcreWoodHighlands 🤣😂🤣
What about one of your cross bred calves? Love the video
Rhett don't you have a highland hereford cross steer that can be turned into your next process till a highland is ready in a few years? that boy reminded me of Fred, Chads bull we lost last year. Btw have you seen his highland angus cross steer he has? looks like a highland with no horns. Frank the Tank. his mom had a one night stand with the neighbors Angus bull lol.
How keeping one of your herford crosses as a beef?
Why don't you eat the cross cattle? Being half hereford it may grow out faster too.
Would it be cost prohibitive to purchase a steer that you can grass finish yourself for at least this one time till yours are ready?
Otherwise more deer hunting for the interim. Good luck. Your herd looks wonderful. Always love those new babies. ❤
I sure do like to see them running, stamped. Thanks for sharing.
Rhett try AMP grazing. It improves soil and grass as well as it teaches the cows to eat competitively. I get my steers to choice on grass.
I like to butcher at two years to two and half years. Three years may not be wise.
I am interested in the tenderness and the marbling. Consider tomahawks. A tamahawk is rib-eye steak with a rib handle attached. It’s a new cut and it’s going viral. Wagau tomahawks are going for stupid money.
I finished herferds off with grain to boost marbling. I would give each steer a coffee can of cracked corn three or four days per week. No more!!!!!! It’s called a snackie. A bovine Twinkie for desert.
The heavy use of corn and corn products adds large amounts of tallow. You have to cut it out just to get to the tenderloins. It does not improve interstitial fat or marbling! The yards do it to boost profits.
Breeds like highlands and wagaus tend to more natural marbling than say angus or Hereford. But my corn snackie will get you killer marbling in these breeds. Angus does really well on marginal pasture with higher unit weight yields. I would never turn down an organic angus or Hereford. But now I am leaning to highlands and wagaus. My move to Vermont gets smaller fields with lush green grass. Much nicer than Colorado badlands. Highlands do well in green pasture and colder winters. Higher average butter fat with lower average cholesterol.
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it actually makes me sad to think that steer wouldn't be finished in a single year by a whole family when i'd eat it in less then one year solo because i am on the carnivore diet.
I know it must be great having meat to eat from your own heard. That is nice to provide for your family. But, a sad day for the steer.
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Rhett, what was the landed cost for the steer? auction price, feed, immunization costs, etc?
So can you raise a highland cow on a half acre of land?? ❤❤❤
What was your cost to feed the steer to butcher weight?
Do they freeze them for you or did I miss some dry ice?
Omg please up your BBQ game. Watch some steak bbq TH-cam channels and try again. Otherwise, very informative!
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Will you be making your own jerky?
Sorry no. Highlands are just too cute. I know it happens that's ok but no.
Being able to grow out your own food is an awesome way to know how and where your food comes from❤
Dam! Those cows are running at 5:40!
That’s awesome!
what about the ones from the other bull
Can you send me some😂😂.