Whole-Cut Guide
Buy the Whole Primal. We Cut It Your Way.
When you buy a whole primal, you are buying meat the same way a butcher does. Butchers buy whole primals because they can be cut into the steaks, roasts and other useful cuts customers want. When you buy the whole primal yourself, you get that same flexibility — and a better opportunity to save.
When we cut a primal into individual steaks and roasts for the meat case, the price has to allow for the possibility that some of those individual cuts may not sell. When you buy the whole primal, the entire piece is sold at once. That lets us price it more aggressively and pass the savings along to you.
The whole primal is sold at once. That means better whole-primal pricing for you.
Buy the whole primal. We cut it your way. Better whole-primal pricing. More value for you.
Take home the steaks, roasts and other cuts your family actually uses.
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Whole Boneless Chuck
See how a whole chuck can be broken down into pot roasts, steaks, stew meat and other useful cuts.
Watch: Boneless Chuck RollBone-In Export Rib / Prime Rib
See the bone-in rib before it becomes prime rib roasts or bone-in rib steaks.
Watch: Export RibWhole Rib Eye
Cut it into rib eye steaks at the thickness you choose, or leave part of it whole as a roast.
Watch the Whole Rib Eye VideoWhole New York Strip
Cut it into strip steaks or divide it between steaks and a strip roast.
Watch the Whole New York Strip VideoWhole Tenderloin
Choose how much becomes filet mignon and how much remains as tenderloin roast.
Watch the Whole Tenderloin VideoWhole Top Sirloin
Use butcher knowledge to divide the whole piece into steaks, roasts and other useful cuts.
Watch the Whole Top Sirloin VideoWhole Top Round
See how a whole top round can be merchandised into steaks, roasts and other useful cuts.
Watch: Top RoundWhole Bottom Round
See how the bottom round flat can become roasts, cube steaks, stew meat and other cuts.
Watch: Bottom Round FlatWhole Sirloin Tip
See how a sirloin tip knuckle can be cut into steaks, roasts, stew meat and thin-sliced uses.
Watch: Sirloin Tip KnuckleHave a Real Butcher Cut It Your Way
You do not have to do the cutting yourself. Tell the butcher the steak thicknesses, roast sizes and cuts your family prefers. You can talk directly with the butcher about what you want, and a real butcher will do the cutting in the work area.
Want to buy beef in quantity?
Build a Cow lets you choose the larger sections of beef that give your family the steaks, roasts and other cuts you actually want — instead of buying every cut from an entire side.
Build a Cow