superdan
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Hey all!
Thought you guys may be interested in this. My buddies and I usually raise some pigs at his hobby farm. We've never really tracked what it cost us before but this year I figured I'd get all the info. We ended up doing three pigs and here's the final tally. As a recreational pig farmer I found it pretty interesting.
I'll say this, the fresh meat off a Berkshire pig is like nothing I've ever had before. It's sooooo good.
Here's the scoop:
Carcass weight: 168 pounds – Estimated live weight 250-275 pounds.
Total cost $607:
~700 lbs feed.
1 Berkshire piglet
Slaughter service
Processing
Pipes and nipples for water install
New electric fence wire
Total pounds of meat brought home: 129
$607 for 129LB = 4.70/LB
21 pounds - 36 pork chops (4 are double thick)
25 pounds - ground sausage
21 pounds – belly bacon
40 pounds – ham
3 pounds – jowl bacon
5 pounds – spare ribs
12 pounds – pork butt
2 pounds – sirloin roast (pork tri-tip)
Thought you guys may be interested in this. My buddies and I usually raise some pigs at his hobby farm. We've never really tracked what it cost us before but this year I figured I'd get all the info. We ended up doing three pigs and here's the final tally. As a recreational pig farmer I found it pretty interesting.
I'll say this, the fresh meat off a Berkshire pig is like nothing I've ever had before. It's sooooo good.
Here's the scoop:
Carcass weight: 168 pounds – Estimated live weight 250-275 pounds.
Total cost $607:
~700 lbs feed.
1 Berkshire piglet
Slaughter service
Processing
Pipes and nipples for water install
New electric fence wire
Total pounds of meat brought home: 129
$607 for 129LB = 4.70/LB
21 pounds - 36 pork chops (4 are double thick)
25 pounds - ground sausage
21 pounds – belly bacon
40 pounds – ham
3 pounds – jowl bacon
5 pounds – spare ribs
12 pounds – pork butt
2 pounds – sirloin roast (pork tri-tip)