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Getting started · September 2026
About 2-4 filet steaks from ~1-2 lb of tenderloin. Usually 1-2 packages. Fixed mix. Scarce vs the ribeyes. Thickness still moves how many bags you stack.
People ask about the ribeyes first.
Filets are the quiet flex that still shows up in the eighth.
Not a mountain. Not nothing. An eighth is half of a quarter's side of the cow, so you get half of that side's tenderloin story. On a Field & Cattle eighth, that lands around 1-2 lb of tenderloin. Cut into steaks, you're looking at about 2-4 filets, often packed as 1-2 packages.
Fixed mix. No cut sheet. Still a real filet night or two.
Expect about 2-4 filet steaks from ~1-2 lb of tenderloin. That usually shows up as ~1-2 packages in the fixed eighth mix (same Filet row as the steaks-in-an-eighth cut list).
Want the bigger, customizable version? A quarter cow is ~2-4 lb of tenderloin and about 4-8 filet steaks or packages, and you fill out a cut sheet.
Filet mignon is sliced from the tenderloin. A steer has one tenderloin per side. A quarter is one side, so about 2-4 lb of tenderloin. An eighth is half of that share. Call it ~1-2 lb.
That's why the Field & Cattle eighth cut list shows Filet at ~1-2 packages inside the ~14 lb steak bucket. Scarce. Real. Not the whole steak story.
Thickness and packing change how many bags you stack. The tenderloin stays in that ~1-2 lb range.
| Cut style | Packages | Individual steaks | Approx. lb | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filet @ 1" (1/pkg) | 2-4 | 2-4 | 1-2 lb | One steak per pack |
| Filet @ 1" (2/pkg) | 1-2 | 2-4 | 1-2 lb | Same steaks, fewer bags (matches typical eighth table) |
| Filet @ 1.25-1.5" | 1-2 | 2-3 | 1-2 lb | Thicker medals, fewer packs |
Same ~1-2 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. Filets included (~1-2 packages).
Buy the eighth cow share →A quarter gets one side's tenderloin (~2-4 lb, about 4-8 filet steaks or packages). You fill out a cut sheet. Thickness and whole vs steaks are your call.
An eighth skips the form. Half that tenderloin poundage. Still in the box at ~1-2 packages inside the ~14 lb steak mix.
Quarter filet math is in how many filets in a quarter cow. Full quarter steak count is in how many steaks in a quarter 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. Filets in the average.
You don't pick the cuts. You still live with how thick the tenderloin got sliced.
One to two pounds of tenderloin is still one to two pounds. Cut it thicker and you get fewer packages (often the low end of that 1-2 pack range). Cut it thinner and the freezer looks a little fuller. Same beef. Different Saturday nights.
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