Where to buy
Where to buy retired dairy cow
Butchers who sell ex-dairy beef: older, grass-fed and full of flavour. Most of them deliver.
Ask for it by name: ex-dairy beef, retired dairy cow or old cow. Every butcher below sells it, and each entry links to the page where we found it. Stock comes and goes, so check before you travel.
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In stock when we checked
Thomas Joseph Butchery
Brentwood, Essex
Dry-aged ex-dairy ribeye, sirloin, côte de boeuf and rib of beef, from cows retired to pasture for at least a year.
Delivers · See the ex-dairy range
Turner & George
London
UK ex-dairy ribeye, bone-in ribeye and bone-in sirloin from retired British Friesians, plus a taster box.
Delivers · See the ex-dairy range
H.G. Walter
London
Ex-dairy côte de boeuf, T-bone and sirloin from retired Friesian, Holstein and Jersey cows, dry-aged 40 days or more.
Delivers · See the ex-dairy range
Farm Butchers (sold via Farmfetch)
Tenterden, Kent
Eight ex-dairy cuts, from bone-in sirloin to onglet, bavette, brisket, short ribs and picanha.
Delivers · See the ex-dairy range
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Retired dairy cow ribeye, aged up to 45 days. Shops in Notting Hill, Chelsea, Little Venice and Queen’s Park.
Delivers · See the ex-dairy range
Butcher Farrell's Meat Emporium
Bispham, Lancashire
45-day dry-aged ex-dairy ribeye, boneless and on the bone.
Delivers · See the ex-dairy range
Alternative Meats
Shropshire
Dry-aged ex-dairy sirloin on the bone, from cows six to ten years old.
Delivers · See the ex-dairy range
John Davidsons
Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
An ex-dairy cow beef range, including chateaubriand, dry-aged in house.
Delivers · See the ex-dairy range
Worth asking
These sell ex-dairy beef, but the range was out of stock or thin when we looked.
JGK Butchery
Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire
"Prime UK Ex Dairy" grass-fed beef, dry-aged on the bone.
Delivers · Ask what cuts are available · See the ex-dairy range
Old Hall Farm Shop
Woodton, Norfolk
A limited-edition ex-dairy steak box from the farm’s own pasture-fed Jersey herd.
Delivers · Sold out at last check · See the ex-dairy range
Tom Hixson of Smithfield
Smithfield, London
Irish grass-fed ex-dairy rib steak on the bone.
Delivers · Out of stock at last check · See the ex-dairy range
Fine Food Specialist
New Covent Garden, London
90-day dry-aged Peak District ex-dairy cow steak.
Delivers · Out of stock at last check · See the ex-dairy range
Who cured 210
Her bresaola and salami were made by Peter at The Cotswold Curer, near Cirencester. He doesn’t sell beef, but his pork and venison charcuterie is sold online. Meet Peter.
Got some? See how to cook it: sous vide is your friend. Or let a chef do it: where to eat retired dairy cow.