The episode featured guest performances by Todd Barry, Larry Murphy, and Paul F. Tompkins.
While the children react positively to the idea, Linda demands that Bob put the animal back outside.
Randy finds Bob with the steer inside and reminds him that he has two days until the Cow-ntdown ends and to make his decision.
With Moolissa stolen, the Belcher family and the film crew team up to look for her, and discover that the cow was taken by a couple as an attraction for their discount petting zoo.
Bob faints after her death and enters his subconscious, where he is in heaven with Moolissa (voiced by Todd Barry).
In its original American broadcasting, "Sacred Cow" was viewed by an estimated 4.18 million viewers and received a 2.2 rating/5% share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, a drop from the first two episodes.
Club gave the episode a B, saying "I'd like to see Bob's Burgers try to do some kind of plot other than “Someone comes along and annoys Bob.” The characters are all genuinely likable and funny, and the jokes build on one another nicely.