The Butcher's Journal

The Butcher's Guide to Beef: Tenderloin

The Butcher's Guide to Beef: Tenderloin Intro This is the cut everyone wants, the one that makes home cooks nervous, and the ...

The Butcher's Guide to Beef: Ribeye

The Butcher's Guide to Beef: Ribeye Intro The Ribeye is the steak that needs no introduction. It's the most marbled cut on the...

The Butcher's Guide to Beef: Porterhouse

The Butcher's Guide to Beef: Porterhouse Intro The Porterhouse is the steak equivalent of having your cake and eating it too. ...

The Butcher's Guide to Beef: Top Sirloin

The Butcher's Guide to Beef: Top Sirloin Intro The Top Sirloin sits in a weird spot — literally and reputationally. It's not q...

The Butcher's Guide to Beef: Inside Round

The Butcher's Guide to Beef: Inside Round Intro The Inside Round is the cut that bridges two worlds. It's leaner than chuck bu...

The Butcher's Guide to Beef: Eye of Round

The Butcher's Guide to Beef: Eye of Round Intro The Eye of Round is the leanest of the round cuts, and it's got a reputation p...

The Butcher's Guide to Beef: The Heel of Round

Most people walk right past it. It sits at the bottom of the round, just above where the hind shank ends, and it doesn't have ...

The 5 Cuts Every Home Cook Gets Wrong (And How to Fix It)

Most home cooks don't get bad meat — they get good meat and cook it wrong. After years behind the block, these are the five cut...

So You Want Backyard Chickens: What No One Tells You Before You Buy (Ontario Edition)

Homesteading — Beginner's Guide Backyard chickens are having a moment. Between rising egg prices, growing interest in knowing ...

Best Pellet Smokers Under $1,000 in Canada Right Now

Smoking and BBQ — Gear Guide If you've been thinking about getting into pellet smoking, there's never been a better time to bu...

The Butcher's Guide to Beef: Hind Shank (Osso Bucco)

The Butcher's Guide — Cut #1: Beef Hind Shank Every week we're breaking down one cut of beef — where it lives on the animal,...

Your Steak Just Got More Expensive — Here's Why

Week Ending March 12, 2026 If you've been to the grocery store lately and felt like beef prices were quietly creeping up — you...

The 5 Cuts Every Home Cook Gets Wrong

You didn't burn it. You didn't under-season it. You followed the recipe perfectly -- and it still came out tough, dry, or jus...

Ontario Beef Market Recap — September 12, 2026

The Week in Numbers Week ending September 10, 2026 — and the story this week is one of continued softening. Fed cattle drifted ...

Ontario Beef Market Recap — September 5, 2026

Fed Cattle: Steady, But Still Well Below Year-Ago Levels Fed steers moved through Ontario auction markets this week at a weight...

Market Recap: Week of June 19 - June 26, 2026

Market Recap: Week of June 19 - June 26, 2026 Fed cattle pricing moved higher this week on steady volume across Ontario auctio...

Ontario Cattle Market Recap: Week of May 29 — June 4, 2026

Ontario Cattle Market Recap: Week of May 29 — June 4, 2026 The market held steady this week with solid demand across fed cattle...

Market Recap: Week of May 15 - May 21, 2026

Fed Cattle: Strong Numbers With Real Weight Behind Them Ontario auction markets ran May 15–21, 2026, and the fed cattle numbers...

Market Recap: Week of May 8 - May 14, 2026

Spring momentum is building across Ontario's auction markets. Fed cattle pricing strengthened this week, while spring feeder d...

Market Recap: May 1 - May 8, 2026

# Market Recap: Week of May 1 - May 8, 2026 Fed cattle pricing held steady this week with solid auction volumes across Ontario...

The Cattle Market Is Softening — Here's What Your Freezer Costs

Ontario's live cattle markets moved decisively lower this week, breaking last month's stability. Fed steers lost $2-3/cwt, fin...

Market Recap: Week of April 3 - April 9, 2026

Fed cattle held firm this week with steady demand across most weight classes. Here's the breakdown in real dollars.Fed Steers: ...

Market Recap: Week of April 3 - April 9, 2026

Fed Steers: Stability at the TopLarge frame steers over 1,250 lbs averaged $329.96/cwt on volume of 152 head—putting a 1,694 lb...

Market Recap: Week of March 27 - April 1, 2026

The auction markets stayed steady this week with solid demand across most categories. Here's what the numbers tell us. Fed Cat...

Market Recap: Week Ending March 26, 2026

Week Ending March 26, 2026 Ontario feed cattle are trading at some of the strongest levels we've seen all year. Here's what th...

Market Recap: Week of March 13-19, 2026