[shetlandpaul]

the wife in her wisdom has promised one of our pigs legs to someone. they arre happy to pay what would you roughly charge for a whole leg of pork. ive never done it before so im somewhat lost. i don't want to give it away but i dont want charge to much.

[Olly398]

I don't have pigs so I just paid around £25 for a large leg of Blythborough Free Range Pork, from a London butcher, for my salami project.

[pottsie]

I've been charging £70 for a quarter pig, these are my first ones so i had to guess, but everyone seems happy, i would say £20 - £25 is fair.

Rob. 

[Daisys Mum]

I sell 1/2 a pig at £130 so would be looking for £35 to £40 for a leg.I think Olly398 got a real bargain at £25.

[manian]

i suppose it would depend on the size of the leg

[Olly398]

Hang on, just checked my maths and I may have misled you a little...
I paid £100 for two legs and two shoulders. I'd just divided by 4 before, but that's not fair because legs are heavier than shoulders.
So probably worked out at £30 plus for each leg.
Sorry for my blooper, hope this helps!!!!!!

[Hermit]

Just ask at Whiteness and add a bit.

[shetlandpaul]

thanks folks. has they were ment to be off tomorrow it was just right for the guy for christmas. but due to the slaughter house being snow bound we will have to delay there going by a week. pity they are stuck in the byre as its to bad out for them.
i will speak to whiteness hermit.
i think its a good deal £25 for slaughter plus 30 for butchery.

i was guessing a leg at about 15kg
ive tried to explain that i can't say how much its going to cost because ive no idea of how much they will weigh. its hard to explain to someone that its impossible to know untill they are cut up. they same guy wants a turkey that weighs 14lb. again i explained that we have 3 turkeys and until they have been sorted its a guess what they come out as.

[Hermit]

Did you manage to get a trailer? The names I gave your wife all have pigs and I dont know if they are allowed to take someone elses due to whatever quarantine rules on the trailers if there are any. Never thought of that.

[shetlandpaul]

no the slaughter house was snow bound. so it will be next week.

[Hermit]

Bixter garage should be getting a load of trailers in off the boat today, we have been waiting all summer for Garriocks next to the LBC to get some in. Garriocks are the cheapest. The small stock ones are roughly around two grand depending on ramps, gates, sides, brakes etc.

[shetlandpaul]

alas for the two grand. oh the wish list if we had the money. i think we will watch ebay for any cheapish ones coming up in the north of scotland.

[Hermit]

We looked at buying and transporting but works out roughly the same.

[Eve]

Shetlandpaul: on tv last night there was a ham being prepared for Christmas; it weighed 7kg and had cost £75...

[shetlandpaul]

thanks eve. the girls are booked in again for wednesday. touch wood it should be ok this time. have asked if we can watch the killing. i think we should as its part of the process.