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Getting started · September 2026
About 2–4 roast packages. Usually ~3 in the middle. Roughly 6–10 lb of roast meat. Fixed mix. Half a quarter's Sunday dinner haul.
People forget the roasts.
They remember the ribeyes. They remember the ground. Sunday dinner is the stack they didn't plan a recipe for.
An eighth is not a steak-only share. Chuck still lands. Sometimes a rump. Maybe an arm. Two to four packages. Six to ten pounds.
Field & Cattle eighth: about 50 lb take-home. Fixed mix. No cut sheet. $749 all-in with shipping. 100% grass-fed. The roasts are already in the box.
Expect about 2–4 roast packages from ~6–10 lb of roast meat. Typical middle: ~3 packages. Fixed mix. No cut sheet. Still a real Dutch-oven night or two.
Want the bigger, customizable version? A quarter cow is 4–10 packages (usually ~6–8 / ~12–20 lb), and you fill out a cut sheet.
Roasts come from chuck, round, sometimes sirloin tip or arm. A quarter that keeps those as roasts lands ~12–20 lb. An eighth is half that share on a fixed mix. Call it ~6–10 lb.
That's why the ribeyes-in-an-eighth reality check puts roasts + other at ~12 lb. Roasts are most of that bucket. Not all of it. Ribs and odds fill the rest.
These are package ranges, not lab science. Lockers often pack 2–3 lb bricks on an eighth. If a line says 0, that cut got ground, cubed, or skipped.
| Cut | Packages | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chuck roast | 1–2 | The big one. Usually in the box. |
| Rump / bottom round | 0–1 | Leaner pot roast. Leftover sandwiches. |
| Sirloin tip / arm | 0–1 | Sometimes present. Sometimes not. |
| Brisket kept whole | 0–1 | Rare on an eighth. Often ground or skipped. |
| Typical total | 2–4 pkg | ~6–10 lb. Half a quarter's roast story. |
Quarter roast math (4–10 packages, usually ~6–8) lives in how many roasts in a quarter cow. If you ever graduate to a form, how to read a cut sheet is the page that changes the roast count.
Our eighth cow is about 50 lb of 100% grass-fed beef, $749 all-in with shipping. Fixed cut mix. Roasts included (~2–4 packages).
Buy the eighth cow share →A quarter that keeps chuck and round as roasts gets 4–10 packages. Usually ~6–8 / ~12–20 lb. You fill out a cut sheet. Grind those primals and the roast stack disappears.
An eighth skips the form. Half that roast poundage. Still in the box at ~2–4 packages. Typical middle is ~3.
Quarter roast math is in how many roasts 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 moves chuck off the grind pile.
Not most of the box. Still the Sunday-dinner slice.
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. Chuck roast in the average.
Eighth packages are often 2–3 lb bricks. Smaller than a quarter's 2–4 lb packs. That is a feature if you cook for two.
Say you land 3 roast packages. One Sunday a month. That is three months of roast nights from the roast stack alone. You will not run out in a week.
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