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Getting started · September 2026
About 2-3 packages. Usually 4-6 steaks at ~1 inch if packed two to a bag. Call it ~2.5-4 lb of ribeye. Fixed mix. Half of a typical quarter's haul.
People don't buy an eighth for the stew meat.
They buy it for the ribeyes.
The grocery ribeye is the one that makes you pause at the case, check the price, put it back, then grab it anyway. On a Field & Cattle eighth, that same cut shows up as a couple of packages. The question is always the same. How many?
About 2-3 packages. Usually 4-6 steaks if they come two to a pack at about 1 inch. Roughly 2.5-4 lb of ribeye. Half of a typical quarter's 5-8 lb range. Fixed mix. No cut sheet. Still a real Saturday night or three.
Expect about 2-3 ribeye packages from ~2.5-4 lb of ribeye. At ~1 inch, that is usually ~4-6 individual steaks if packed 2 per package (same Ribeye row as the steaks-in-an-eighth cut list).
Want the bigger, customizable version? A quarter cow is ~4-6 packages / 8-12 steaks / 5-8 lb of ribeye, and you fill out a cut sheet.
Ribeyes come from the rib primal. A steer has one rib section per side. A quarter is one side, so about 5-8 lb of ribeye. An eighth is half of that share. Call it ~2.5-4 lb.
That's why the Field & Cattle eighth cut list shows Ribeye at ~2-3 packages inside the ~14 lb steak bucket. The cut everyone asks about. Not the whole steak story.
Thickness and packing change how many bags you stack. The ribeye stays in that ~2.5-4 lb range.
| Cut style | Packages | Individual steaks | Approx. lb | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ribeye @ 1" (2/pkg) | 2-3 | 4-6 | 2.5-4 lb | Matches typical eighth table |
| Ribeye @ 1" (1/pkg) | 4-6 | 4-6 | 2.5-4 lb | Same steaks, more bags |
| Ribeye @ 1.25-1.5" | 2-3 | 3-5 | 2.5-4 lb | Thicker steaks, fewer packs |
Same ~2.5-4 lb either way. Thickness and 1 vs 2 steaks per pack change the bag count, not extra beef. Full steak mix context is in how many steaks in an eighth cow.
Our eighth cow is about 50 lb of 100% grass-fed beef, $749 all-in with shipping. Fixed cut mix. Ribeyes included (~2-3 packages).
Buy the eighth cow share →A quarter gets one side's rib primal (~5-8 lb, about 4-6 packages / 8-12 steaks at 1 inch). You fill out a cut sheet. Thickness and bone-in vs boneless are your call.
An eighth skips the form. Half that ribeye poundage. Still in the box at ~2-3 packages inside the ~14 lb steak mix.
Quarter ribeye math is in how many ribeyes in a quarter cow. Full eighth steak count is in how many steaks in an eighth cow. If you ever graduate to a cut sheet, how to read a cut sheet is the form that changes your steak count.
Not most of the box. Not even most of the steaks.
On a typical Field & Cattle eighth (~50 lb take-home):
At $749 all-in for ~50 lb, you're around $15/lb across the whole mix. Shipping included. Ribeyes in the average.
You don't pick the cuts. You still live with how thick the ribeye got sliced.
Two and a half to four pounds of ribeye is still two and a half to four pounds. Cut it thicker and you get fewer steaks (often the low end of that 2-3 pack range). Cut it thinner and the freezer looks a little fuller. Same beef. Different Saturday nights.
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