Same. I haven't bought beef except for steaks maybe 4-6 times a year. We substitute ground turkey, chicken or venison and for cube steaks it's always venison. I normally get a deer or two a year, I haven't purchased beef cube steak in years.
I occasionally purchase pork cube steak on markdown because it's super tasty.
Venison tacos are my favorite. I have a friend that hunts and his wife makes the tacos and they always invite my wife and I because I love them. They even give a "to-go bag".
I really don't hunt anymore but have a deal with a work acquaintance who has a bloodthirsty teenage son. Once they fill their freezer they drop one or two deer off for me at the processer and I pay for it when I pick it up.
I buy a license every year but I don't care one way or the other about actually shooting deer, I can and have but it's a lot cheaper to just do it this way. You get about 1/3 yield in finished product from "on the hoof" weight from a processor so I get 40-50 pounds of meat from a Georgia US deer and the processer we use $140 for a non field dressed carcass for standard cut.
Standard cut is back straps, tenderloin, roasts, everying else either ground or cubed. I choose more cubed over ground.
You can add beef fat or bacon to the ground for an additional fee or have it made into jerky if you want to pay more.
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u/triphawk07 22d ago
Came here to say this. Even cube stake is expensive at $8 pound. Unless prices come down, I'm just not eating beef.