Get some friends together and split that cow up. Some farmers will also let you buy half or a quarter cow.
Just make sure you get the first quarter, don't want to be stuck being one of the other 3 buying a cow that's been dead for however long!
Farmer should have the whole cow sold before its killed and sent to butcher. Depends how big the farm and community of direct buyers is I guess. Haven't actually done it in a long time. And I was just there watching when it was done, to young to actually buy it.
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