You'd have to google around, but buy a lamb on the hoof and pay a market (like Midway in Katy) to have it processed if you don't want to do it yourself.
That really will not be a good move. Wouldn't be anywhere near cost effective and you couldn't decide how many pounds you want as easily. You will over pay for lower quality meat and lower convenience.
Just checked with by neighbors. They do a whole lamb, strictly grass fed - 40-50lbs of meat typically - for $11/lb processed & vacuum packed & ready for the freezer. Lamb is ~$8-9/lb at HEB. The lower quality comment is ludicrous. No idea who does that around Houston.
Not a fan of lamb but when you buy a cow you can't grade the beef. Once you buy the cow you get what you get so the lower quality comment is likely true. Grass fed is cheap, has less fat.
Marbling and fat content is not really an issue with goats & sheep provided they have decent range, and their diet has a huge effect on the flavor. With beef it depends on the breed & mostly the quality of the grazing land/grass. But yeah, we've got 3 ranches & I buy my steaks at the butcher shop.
I eat lamb regularly. Lamb chops, rack of lamb, boneless leg of lamb all delicious and available at good prices at Costco. If you don't belong, maybe you have a friend that does. I would guess Sam's Club would be the same, but not sure. Most lamb at regular supermarkets (HEB, Kroger, etc.) is a crap shoot.
no.. but are you trying to tell me grass fed is cheaper? its not.. and its higher quality than grain fed
What? This is blatant misadvertising of widely acknowledged information in the agricultural community.
