Nice

A few months ago, I paid $130 for a USDA 70# whole pig butchered / split and ready for the La Caja. :-)

NV went to high school in Fernley. And Thank you Sir I'm not knocking anyone on there price. It is in marketing. I have a niche" market ie not large. My customers have health problems or they do not want health problems. Pastured pigs or cows have higher omega 3s good cholesterol. Also the varied diet makes the meat taste better. Be warned cook at a lower temperature for longer time and yes the pigs will be leaner so a longer time to slaughter weight Health food stores and just talking to people go a long way I have a doctor that actually gives a prescription for grass feed beef and grass feed chicken. Waiting for the pastured pork prescription.

And just in case anyone else is knocking me I'm happy you can find pork so cheep. I have totally different clientele and I have no problem with what other people are doing. My business is totally health related.

Many ways to raise a pig
Many ways to market them

If the buyer & Seller are happy, its a fair deal.

I raise 6 to 8 a year for Family in two outdoor mud hole pens 32'x32' each side. Hog house shelters. Corn,Soy, salt,mineral Hog ration mixed for me 500# at a time. Lots of Water, lots of work and Great Pork!!!!

The Grandkids and My kids Approve

Many ways to raise pigs. What makes you happy?

Op sorry i got this off track.

You got a fair deal compaired to here.

Remember...
Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.

Netman get in on !

Update. I paid the farmer 165 and the butcher 360. The animal was over 300lbs. I got lots of brats, Italians, bacon, and breakfast sausage made. Reason for the high butcher bill.

I checked a few weeks ago on pig prices around here and they were $1.79/lb split and ready to roast On my pig cooker. They even asked if I wanted the head and feet or wanted them removed.

Got one coming next month for about the same money. I’d like to raise my own but as hot as it gets around here in the summer the smell would be horrible...

OP you’re definitely not over paying. I also agree with 330, if buyer and seller are happy it’s a fair price.

I don’t know why NVwrangler feels the need to call someone out that has figured out a niche market and is using it to increase their profits.

NVwrangler, do you raise any type of livestock?

He's in the industry and what he does for a living.

JD Hornet
Sounds like your good at business, nuttin wrong with that.
Hammer Down

I like piggy's

So am I, and I do a lot better on the calves that I hold back, feed and finish to slaughter weight, and sell to
local customers that don’t mind paying a premium price for a premium product, than I do on my calves that I wean, take to the sale barn, and sell for market value. My customers end up paying a little more than they would at the grocery store but I can guarantee that the animal hasn’t had any hormones or antibiotics and all the profits go straight to me, not to the cattle buyer, cattle hauler, feed yard, packer, truck driver, grocery store, and whoever else in between.

If NVwrangler likes to sell his product for market value that’s great, but he shouldn’t knock someone else that has found a way that works better for them.

I used to sell quite a few and broke ranch/rope horses and so did a buddy of mine. He used to get about double for his what I got for mine. I asked him why he was getting more when mine were just as nice, we’ll bred, and worked just as good as his. All he said was “you don’t ask enough for them”. I started asking more and had no problem selling them. If you have a good quality product and know how to market it, people will pay for it.

Sorry to get this thread off track, I’ve said all I need to

Bought 2 live butcher hogs last summer both about 300lbs. They were very reasonable then. Butchered them ourselves, cut the up just like we do our deer.

Bought butcher hogs last summer for 50 bucks a piece. If you have a place to cool them it is as easy to cut up as a deer. LLL

Dont seem like it. Seems more intent on shootin a schnauzer
than makin money in his posts.
But then again...who really wants a trashy desert pig?

Why is your kill fee so high? Never seen over $25 around here. Is it harder to do
out west?