O Bottom line: About $10-12/# of packaged product, depending on your processing choices. Current hog prices are $4. These pigs are selling for anywhere from $1. Compare that to when you buy a custom raised whole or half hog, the farmer is doing all of the work, so they get more money per pound because they did more to get the pig to butchering size. That extra loss of weight is because of a few things: A small amount is because the animal "hangs" for awhile and water is lost due to evaporation. 50/lb with a final hanging weight 144 lbs plus slaughter and butchering (cutting & vacuum packaging) for a yield price of about $8.
Average Weight and Yield for Half Cattle. Pork tastes better when pigs are raised outside, eat a diverse diet, and are allowed to express their natural instincts. Half hogs weigh about 100 pounds (hanging weight) and yield 70 to 75 pounds of cut meat for your freezer. Pork Shoulder [Boneless Boston Butt, Bone In Picnic, or ground for extra sausage]. These are pigs that you will raise at home, if you want pigs to eat, look in the roaster or whole hog section.
Brown (light, medium, dark). Price per pound is $2. Ham [Whole, Halved, cut for Ham Steaks, or ground for extra sausage]. This is non-refundable, but is factored into the total cost. Cutting choices change yield and pigs vary in size. Pre-order or custom order - just contact us! An order buyer can buy the pig, arrange transportation of the pig to the butcher shop, all for a fee. 00 per pound, which is based off of hanging weight. SHOULDER - Boston Butt Roast and Picnic Roast. 24 to 28 cut at 3/4" thick. Hanging weight is 70% of live weight. Because the availability is limited to the number of hogs we have each batch, we generally sell out quickly.
50 per pound of hanging weight. Picnic Shoulder: 10 pounds. Half and Quarter beef are available too! Leg (Bone-In or Boneless).......................... $14/lb. Of take home meat depending on the size of the hog. A whole hog typically weighs around 180-200 lbs (hanging). Please contact us to determine how we can accommodate you. 25/lb, Quarter pigs= $4. During carcass chilling and fabrication, some carcass weight will be lost from the hanging, boning, and trimming process. Hogs come in on Monday by appointment only. If you do the roasting, meaning you buy a ready to cook pig but you handle the transportation and the cooking, you'll pay anywhere from $4-6 per pound for that pig.
Do you like your steaks REALLY thick, or just average? Note that the price for market hogs is per pound live weight, not hanging weight. When will it be ready? 99/lb and does not include processing. WHAT TO EXPECT FROM A HALF PIG: A half pig includes approximately: 15-20 chops, 4 packages sirloin steaks, 8-15 pounds ground pork or sausage, 1 hams (or have it sliced into deli ham), 8-10 pounds bacon, 4 shoulder roasts, (or 2 roasts and 4-6 country style ribs), tenderloin roast (or can be kept on chops), rack of ribs, 2 packages hocks, 2-3 packages lard. As always, we offer a discount on each quantity over one-quarter. If you don't know someone to buy a hog from Brandon Meats offer our hogs by the half hog or whole hog. The most common size of feeder pigs available varies from area to area.
This can be made into brats, breakfast sausage, etc. A $100 deposit MUST be paid to secure your pig. Get it cut the way you want (thick cut steaks, skin on pork cuts, uncured pork belly, etc). Prices are per pound and incude vacuum sealed packaging. I can answer specific questions about each of these choices and dates for each scheduled processor when we work out which is best for your needs. We raise Idaho Pastured Pigs (IPP) from our breeding stock on the farm. Whole Chicken (Broilers)........................ $4/lb. The weight of the pork you take home is usually 100-150 pounds for a whole pig, 50-80 pounds for a half pig, or 25-40 for a quarter.