Large Livestock

How many out there have ever wanted to raise large livestock like cattle? The infrastructure is expensive, the feed is expensive, and the processing is expensive. But that home grown steak or hamburger is sooo good I know. I guess if you take the cost of the infrastructure and divide it out by the number of years you can use it, maybe it's not so bad. The feed, I guess if you have enough land you can raise your own, be it hay or grain, maybe both. Now the real question, how many have the facilities to process their own. When we went from processing a few meat chickens to doing a hundred I realized we were not ready to try a beef. A quick check of the processing plants reviled a years waiting time. What do you do now? The ability to process a beef at home requires a lot of thought, and prep work. How many have ever done this and would you mind sharing the hows, whats involved, and what we really need to have?  With the state of the food chain, I would really like to be able to do this for my family and those close that may need some help.