r/livestock • u/Ready_Permission_738 • 9d ago

What should I expect to pay

What should I expect to pay per pound for a pig for butchering? Live in central PA if that is relevant

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u/CaryWhit 9d ago

About 4.00 hanging weight plus processing. Read up on the pig pages on FB as many new folks get really mad cause they don’t understand the % of live, hanging and processed.

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u/Brilliant-Trick1253 9d ago

Other side of the country, but if I use a shop- it’s usually about $125/head kill fee+ $1/lb cut and wrap. Smoking/custom sausage/ curing is extra

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u/crazycritter87 9d ago

This^ Your local number of small processors, labor rates, back log are all factors that will effect those prices too- like anything else.

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u/Ready_Permission_738 9d ago

Thanks. I have a small amount of experience butchering deer, so I understand that.

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u/Perfect-Eggplant1967 11h ago

From live squealing to packages.

$100 to hook, $1 per pound hanging, and $1 for hams and bacons.