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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: linton.ross01 on April 23, 2018, 02:46:41 pm

Title: Cost of slaughtering and butchering lambs
Post by: linton.ross01 on April 23, 2018, 02:46:41 pm
i am wanting to know how much it costs to slaughter and butcher lambs in Scotland
glad on any help :wave:
Title: Re: Cost of slaughtering and butchering lambs
Post by: ZacB on April 24, 2018, 06:22:01 am
Not Scotland I'm afraid but good for comparison. £15 abattoir costs plus £25 butchering, all product vac packed & individually labelled, priced if required.
Title: Re: Cost of slaughtering and butchering lambs
Post by: bj_cardiff on April 24, 2018, 06:53:13 am
For me in West Wales its £29 -£35 for kill and cut, not vac packed or anything, you need to re-package when you get back
Title: Re: Cost of slaughtering and butchering lambs
Post by: fsmnutter on April 24, 2018, 09:06:09 am
Depends where you are - I have used dingwall, grantown on spey and shotts abattoirs and the prices are very different.
It also varies with lambs/hoggets, although shotts don't charge extra for them.
Best bet is to call the abattoir you intend to use.
Title: Re: Cost of slaughtering and butchering lambs
Post by: SallyintNorth on April 24, 2018, 09:22:32 am
Cumbria and Cornwall £22-£25 kill and cut - in both cases paying the butcher, he pays the abattoir and fetches the carcass. I take the sheep to the abattoir and fetch the boxed meat from the butcher.
Title: Re: Cost of slaughtering and butchering lambs
Post by: twizzel on April 24, 2018, 09:53:24 am
Cornwall £30 kill and cut in bags or £32 kill cut and vac pac.
Title: Re: Cost of slaughtering and butchering lambs
Post by: samdunford on April 24, 2018, 01:36:53 pm
south west yorkshire: £10 for abbatoir (killing and meat inspection stamp); can be a couple of quid to a fiver more (always a bit more if son does it!) for hoggs that must have spinal cord removed. Butcher 'em myself so not comparison cost there. NB: This is a small rural abbatoir but over the last few months it has been frequently picketted by animal rights acitivists who try to turn back customers, has occasionally got a bit heated.
Title: Re: Cost of slaughtering and butchering lambs
Post by: Backinwellies on April 24, 2018, 01:59:25 pm
For me in West Wales its £29 -£35 for kill and cut, not vac packed or anything, you need to re-package when you get back

Where do you go? .... Tregaron is less than that
Title: Re: Cost of slaughtering and butchering lambs
Post by: bj_cardiff on April 24, 2018, 02:09:00 pm
Gower - Tregaron is too far to travel for me, happy with the service on Gower too :)
Title: Re: Cost of slaughtering and butchering lambs
Post by: sheeponthebrain on April 24, 2018, 09:37:46 pm
I believe scotbeef inverurie will slaughter for £16.50 but I think you need to organise the butcher.
Title: Re: Cost of slaughtering and butchering lambs
Post by: linton.ross01 on April 25, 2018, 01:21:00 pm
ok thanks
gives me an idea thank you
Title: Re: Cost of slaughtering and butchering lambs
Post by: Sheeponthego on April 25, 2018, 02:47:15 pm
Quite expensive around the Aberdeen area more like £50... sorry!
Title: Re: Cost of slaughtering and butchering lambs
Post by: Sbom on April 25, 2018, 05:37:00 pm
Ours is under 20 to kill and cut up! £50  :o

We are Midlands
Title: Re: Cost of slaughtering and butchering lambs
Post by: Sheeponthego on April 26, 2018, 12:24:59 pm
£30 for slaughter  - £50-60 for cutting up - but they do a very good job.
Up in Turriff but cant remember name.
Title: Re: Cost of slaughtering and butchering lambs
Post by: twizzel on April 26, 2018, 12:33:07 pm
£30 for slaughter  - £50-60 for cutting up - but they do a very good job.
Up in Turriff but cant remember name.
Ouch!! £80/90 kill and cut for a lamb is madness
Title: Re: Cost of slaughtering and butchering lambs
Post by: RCTman on April 26, 2018, 07:23:06 pm
Havn't taken any this year yet but I paid £18 last year for kill and cut up, bagged and boxed. Sounds like a bargain for me.
Title: Re: Cost of slaughtering and butchering lambs
Post by: NewLifeOnTheFarm on April 26, 2018, 08:00:02 pm
Quite expensive around the Aberdeen area more like £50... sorry!

Whaatt?? Who did you use? We will be using Dingwall,  praying it's not that much!
Title: Re: Cost of slaughtering and butchering lambs
Post by: RCTman on May 01, 2018, 07:11:45 pm
Caerphilly Abattoir, South Wales