How about this trailer load of pork??




Me and a couple buddies always make a 4 day run through Texas and Oklahoma buying show pigs for our kids and some of the other local 4H kids. These pics were from last year. Leaving Wednesday for this years pigs. It’s always a fun trip and we look at a lot of pigs. If you want to buy expensive pork get your kids into showing pigs!

That is all beeeutiful right there. I love some purty pork and said purty pork's homegrounds.
Sweet setup RFrame!

For years right after WWII the mantra in agriculture was "get big----or get out". Free range, organic, farmers market, subscription farming are just some of the ways that small farms are finding a niche to be able to live a country lifestyle. Not many are getting rich, but with creativity and supplying what the customer wants it is a way to stay on the land.

I'm all for it.

I will add: animals with access to pasture usually have way more omega 3's than confined animals. Goes for eggs too.

A refresher on Omega 3's: One of the most studied fatty acids. Good for heart health, lowers bad cholesterol, good for brain health, reduces ADHD in kids, good for pregnant women for fetal health, reduces body inflammation, helps bodies metabolic function reducing obesity, good for eye health, and the list goes on and on.

Just raise a few, we sell show livestock. Only thing we don't raise at this time are club calves.

Run a few horses.

Glad to see kids involved in 4h in your other post.

I just gave $200 for a live weight hog of 239 lbs. Cost me $216 for kill/butcher and cure bacon and hams.

Fur

The kill fees out here are high in part there is just so few places or people that do it. That price is the usda inspected facility that scalds butcher hogs. The mobile guy is not much less.

Its 70 miles to the slaughterhouse

Kill fee’s what does that include?
Surely more than a 22 round to the head and gutting.

That makes sense and that's a shame they beat ya over the head
like that. You almost gotta do it yourself to make any ends.
I guess i should be happy about our butcher rates...if you can get a date
anymore, but then there's guys you may be able to find if youre in a pinch here.
If i were smarter id get versed in proper butchering, but
that's a lil ways down the road.
Best of luck to ya NVWr. Sounds tough out yonder.
And...ive never messed with a USDA butcher...so that's a whole nother world that i
dont want to know.

Just got our pig back this week from butcher. 340 lb gilt. I paid 0$. But I went down to the barn and loaded it out after it was shot. Hauled it home and gutted it out and skinned it. Called the butcher and a friend. Asked friend if they wanted half a hog and it should be around 100 lbs of cut.wrapped pork for around $100. Took it to the butcher and came home with 188 lbs. Gave friend 94 lbs of wrapped pork for $100. That covered all my fees as well for the processing. We have 94lbs of pork for nothing other than my sweat equity and helped out another family for all cuts of pork at about $1 a lb for finished pork. Processing here was .55/lb

Hogs have gone up lately and look to stay higher for at least the spring and summer. Brat and grilling season is here and the pork numbers are finally adjusting after the fiasco in spring. Export demand looks strong as well.

Bryce