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RAW BEEF

1 trade involving this item across 1 trader.

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Last checked
11 August 2026
Java Edition
26.2, 1 of 1 row found
Bedrock Edition
1.26.30.5, 1 of 1 matching
Edition differences
none, both editions match

Raw Beef in villager trading

Raw Beef is a raw-material trade: villagers pay emeralds for it, which makes it a candidate for an automated emerald farm rather than something you purchase back.

Raw Beef is uncooked meat, normally dropped by farm animals. Selling it to a Butcher turns surplus animal-farm output straight into emeralds. No recipe in Java 26.2 produces it: it drops from cows and mooshrooms.

Villagers that buy Raw Beef(you give Raw Beef, get emeralds)

ProfessionLevelYou GiveYou GetVillager XPJava 26.2Bedrock 1.26.30.5
ButcherJourneymanRaw Beef1x Emerald20same in Bedrockverifiedverified

The 1 trade on this item was read out of the trade files Minecraft Java 26.2 ships in its own data, checked on against the item, both amounts and the use limit. Bedrock 1.26.30.5 is read as well, and where it disagrees the row says how. Which files, and what is not checked.

Your odds of finding Raw Beef

Every villager listed below shows this trade: their tier draws its whole pool, so there is nothing to roll for. What is left to plan is throughput.

Chance and daily throughput per villager for Raw Beef
VillagerTierVillagers with this offerRolls to see itMost from one villagerAfter a cure
ButcherJourneyman100% (2 in 2)Bedrock 50% (1 in 2)none, it is always there32 emeralds a day2 restocks a day4 raw beefwas 10, 6 off

The chance is the draw size over the pool size in the game's own trade set file for that tier. The Bedrock line under it is the same sum on Bedrock's own table, which splits a tier into groups and draws out of each one separately, so the two editions often disagree. The day figure is the trade's use limit times the 2 restocks a villager is allowed per in-game day (Villager.allowedToRestock), so it is a ceiling and not an average: it assumes you are there for every restock. The cure column is 125 reputation times the trade's own multiplier, floored, and never takes a cost below one. Counted from the game's own draw sizes. How that check works.

Who trades Raw Beef, and at what price

To sell Raw Beef for emeralds, bring it to a Butcher at the Journeyman tier (10 units per 1 emerald).

Is trading Raw Beef worth it?

The best rate any villager offers is an emerald per 10 raw beef, from the Butcher, and 4 of the other 7 pay out faster. No villager sells raw beef back, so it is emeralds out and nothing in.

What the Butcher pays for, best rate first
Raw RabbitNovice4
Raw MuttonJourneyman7
Raw PorkchopNovice7
Dried Kelp BlockExpert10
Raw BeefJourneyman10
Sweet BerriesMaster10
Raw ChickenNovice14
CoalApprentice15
Units you hand over per emerald, so a shorter bar is a better deal. Every other row links to that item.

Raw Beef against the other 71 ways to earn an emerald

One slot at the Butcher takes 10 raw beef a trade, 16 trades, 16 emeralds. 8 of the 72 villagers that pay emeralds, emptied out:

8 emerald routes measured against Raw Beef
A full slot ofToEmeraldsWorth in Raw Beef
12 acacia boatsmaster Fisherman12120 raw beef
48 booksapprentice Librarian12120 raw beef
64 raw rabbitnovice Butcher16160 raw beef
108 rabbit hidesjourneyman Leatherworker12120 raw beef
132 glass panesapprentice Cartographer12120 raw beef
240 raw codapprentice Fisherman16160 raw beef
288 white woolnovice Shepherd16160 raw beef
312 flintapprentice Leatherworker12120 raw beef

16 acacia boats against 416 flint for the same 16 emeralds, 26 times the carrying, and the shortest wait is the Butcher at 10 real minutes of shelf, gathering not counted. Raw Beef itself pays 10 an emerald, so 31 of the 72 ask less and 36 ask more.

How Raw Beef trading works

Every raw beef offer here locks after 16 uses, and a villager restocks up to twice per Minecraft day, so one is good for 32 of these trades a day and no more.

The earliest raw beef shows up is the Butcher's Journeyman tier, level 3 of five, which a villager reaches at 70 trade experience. A freshly employed one is 2 tiers short of offering raw beef at all.

How long Raw Beef takes in real time

160 raw beef empty one slot at the Butcher, 2400 ticks (Villager.allowedToRestock) at 20 a second (TickRateManager) refill it 2 real minutes later, and the 24000-tick villager day (Timelines) holds 2 of those fills in 20 real minutes.

So one butcher moves 320 raw beef against 32 emeralds a Minecraft day, 10 raw beef every 37.5 real seconds, 1.6 emeralds a real minute. 64 raw beef fit inside one of those slots, refill untouched.

Tips for trading Raw Beef

  • One villager, one restock: the Butcher pays an emerald per 10 raw beef and that slot runs 16 trades, so 160 raw beef (2.5 stacks) is all one will take before it locks, for 16 emeralds in total.
  • Where they go back: that Butcher also sells rabbit stew at 1 emerald each, its cheapest offer.
  • Also on the Butcher's list: dried kelp block, sweet berries, raw chicken, raw porkchop, raw rabbit, coal.

Raw Beef trading FAQ

How many raw beef make an emerald?
10 raw beef at the best rate any villager offers, from the Butcher at the Journeyman tier. That slot runs 16 trades before it locks, so one villager takes 160 of them per restock.
Which villager sells Raw Beef?
None. Raw Beef is bought from you rather than sold to you, so trading is a way to turn it into emeralds and not a way to obtain it.

Same trader, other items

The Butcher works at a smoker and also trades: