Landtasia Certified Organic Beef - Choice Cut Styles

Each Side of Landtasia beef is prepared to fill a specific client order, unlike supermarket meat that is cut for a general consumer market. As a result, our direct customers have a number of choices they can make in order to have their beef cut the way they like it.

Beef is defined by its eleven prime cuts. These are basic sections from which roasts, steaks and other subdivisions are cut. The meat becomes progressively more tender as distance from "hoof and horn" increases. When looking at the diagram below note that the closer to the middle-back (4), the more tender the meat is as these muscles are the least worked. There are different naming conventions for meat cuts in Australia, Britain, France and the USA. We use the Australian convention. For example, locally we use the terms Eye Filet and Sirloin whereas in the USA they might say Tenderloin and Porterhouse.

Cut sizes between regions are different too. With cuts that are similar in name such as T-bone, North American butchers generally cut thicker steak portions than do Australian butchers.

With our farm direct approach, customers don’t compromise on preferred style of cuts — the choice is totally theirs. The online ordering procedure allows you to specify how you want to receive your cuts of meat.  The procedure gives you a number of other options that tell our butchers precisely your preferences for the cutting, preparation and packaging of your side of beef. You can choose the thickness of steaks, flavour of sausages, types of roasts and more. 

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The diagram above shows the prime sections our butcher will cut from when preparing your side of beef.  The numbering sequence - from 1 to 12 - reflects what is considered to be the most gourmet to most budget oriented cuts of meat.  The typical requested cuts and approximate dressed weighs from each prime section in a half side of beef are as follows:

Organ meats such as Heart, Kidney and Liver are not included as part of a side of beef order, but can be purchased separately.

As each side has a slightly different processing weight the proportional yields may vary plus or minus by a few percent, however you are only charged for the exact total weight of your order.

If you are unfamiliar with some of the cuts of beef in a side, please refer to the Know Your Cuts section of our website. Also visit our Recipes section for many nutritious and delicious cooking and preparation ideas for your family, friends and pets.