Absolute Beef Colorado

Absolute Beef Colorado Home grown beef with no additives, no hormones and no antibiotics. We strive for natural health.

Two more beef available for the year!! Give us a message or call to get your order in. All custom processing angus beef ...
03/27/2026

Two more beef available for the year!! Give us a message or call to get your order in. All custom processing angus beef home raised natural and finished to your preference.

03/22/2026

The yearly orders are filling up. We only have two steers left available for shares!! Contact us to get your home grown beef reserved and fill your freezers

Our new addition! USDA certified black angus yearling bull. We are ganna call him cosmo.
03/16/2026

Our new addition! USDA certified black angus yearling bull. We are ganna call him cosmo.

Let’s talk about the price of beef.I’d like to take a moment to share an educational post for consumers.Yes, beef prices...
03/12/2026

Let’s talk about the price of beef.

I’d like to take a moment to share an educational post for consumers.

Yes, beef prices are high right now—just like everything else. But there is a reason for it. Your local rancher is not trying to overcharge you. Most are simply trying to make a living for their families while producing quality food.

Let’s break down what it actually costs to raise a beef animal and get that beef into your freezer.

In our program, beef sells for $6.35 per pound hanging weight, which includes processing. Most animals average 600–700 pounds hanging weight, which comes out to roughly $3,800–$4,400 for a whole beef.

Now let’s look at what it costs to raise that animal.

Feed costs (to ~20 months):
• Hay / Grazing – $1,200
• 90–100 day finishing ration – $700
• Minerals & salts – $150

Total feed cost: $2,050

Processing costs:
• Slaughter – $125
• Processing – about $1.35 per pound (depending on weight and special requests)

That usually adds another $935–$1,070.

So just to raise and process the animal, producers often have $2,985–$3,120 invested per head.

And that doesn’t include:
• Fuel
• Equipment maintenance
• Long days and sleepless nights
• Lost calves or sick animals
• Feeding and maintaining the mother cow
• Vet bills
• Fencing, water systems, and land costs

At the end of the day, many producers are fortunate to profit $800–$1,000 per animal, if everything goes right.

When you buy locally raised beef, you’re not just buying meat.
You’re supporting a family, a ranch, and a way of life dedicated to producing real food.

Yes, it may cost more—but you know exactly where it came from and what went into raising it.

And that means more than most people realize.

Getting some orders finished and ready for delivery!! Some happy people are ganna be filling there freezers with some go...
03/11/2026

Getting some orders finished and ready for delivery!! Some happy people are ganna be filling there freezers with some good home grown beef tomorrow!!:)

Some beautiful New York strips headed into the freezer🤙🏼
03/08/2026

Some beautiful New York strips headed into the freezer🤙🏼

Been a busy month but 12 healthy calves on the ground so far and we are so happy with how they are all doing and the cow...
02/16/2026

Been a busy month but 12 healthy calves on the ground so far and we are so happy with how they are all doing and the cows are taking good care of there babies

Looks like replacement heifer quality to me:)
02/13/2026

Looks like replacement heifer quality to me:)

Beef goin into the cooler!! Time to start getting some orders filled
02/11/2026

Beef goin into the cooler!! Time to start getting some orders filled

Babies babies babies!! There coming out now and there ready to be alive and free!!
02/07/2026

Babies babies babies!! There coming out now and there ready to be alive and free!!

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