For milk cattle, depending upon gender, that age may be sooner rather than later. cf milanesa/schnitzel/chicken fried steak.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_schnitzel

Having heard stories of my homesteading great-grandparents being chased 'round and 'round their sod house by a steer while screaming at their significant other to "open the **ing door, for **'* sake!" I'm gonna stick with befriending crows.

(Cows give birth to steers, that's what not to like.)

yes, I'd rather befriend a cow than a crow. Who's going to do the blog post?

I was under the impression that, like chicken, cows became less edible as time passed?