beef on the hoof
Cow before slaughter
Beef on the hoof refers to cattle that are still alive, not yet slaughtered—the animal rather than the meat.
The phrase distinguishes live weight from dressed weight: Beef on the hoof sold for sixty cents a pound.
It sometimes extends humorously to people, suggesting they're walking meat or bodies in transit.
- butcheringProcessing animals into cuts
- slaughterhouseAnimal killing facility
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- ranchingOperating a livestock farm
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beef on the hoofbeef cuts
Butchered cattle sections
ground beef · carcass · dead stock · frozen beef · steaks
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