How many steaks can you get out of a cow?

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asked Oct 9, 2018 in Other-Food Drink by Levine (280 points)
How many steaks can you get out of a cow?

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answered Oct 12, 2018 by Grahlu (51,270 points)
When a cow is butchered you can get a total of 44 steaks from each cow.

That includes the 6 round steaks, 14 rib-eye steaks, 5 Sirloin Steaks, 5 Sirloin Tip Steaks and 14 T-Bone Steaks.

So those listed above make 44 steaks that come from each cow.

There's also other parts of the cow such as 12 roasts, 4 Filet Mignon, Stew Meat, Brisket, Short Ribs and come to think of it Flank Steak.

So you can say 45 Steaks including the Flank Steak.
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answered Sep 5, 2023 by Ratiguga (27,940 points)
You'll usually see ribeye, filet mignon, and T-bone or porterhouse steaks listed as the top three most popular in a steak cuts guide.

These steaks are commonly on the menu in steakhouses because of their quality and texture.

A steak is a thick cut of meat generally sliced across the muscle fibers, sometimes including a bone.

It is normally grilled or fried.

Beef is a blanket term for the meat that comes from cows, while steak is a name for a specific cut of meat from the cow.

Once you have a steak from the cow, you can get more specific on the cuts of steak.

Steaks are cut from animals including cattle, bison, buffalo, camel, goat, horse, kangaroo, sheep, ostrich, pigs, turkey, and deer, as well as various types of fish, especially salmon and large fish such as swordfish, shark, and marlin.

Bulls are just male cows but most steaks and other types of beef come from cows before they're old enough to be considered a cow.

Bulls are sometimes slaughtered for meat but they rarely do so because they need more bulls which are male cows to mate with the female cows to produce more calves so we have more milk cows and meat.

So steaks are mostly from calves or cows which are female cows.

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