The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: dizzydexter on March 02, 2011, 07:17:15 pm
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hi all
ive just sent some pigs to slaughter
im selling for £50 a quarter to friends and family
im just wondering how that compares to the supermarket prices
i know ill be more expensive and i dont mind because the quality is a lot higher
does anybody know how much per kg pork is at moment leg/ shoulder/ chops
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you'll actually be cheaper
we sell for £120 hlf a pig and it averaged out at £4 a kilo
we have been told we have sold for too cheap
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As I have ranted before we sell for £175 a half, butchered up, and dont exactly make a huge profit!!!
It maty be wise to re-check your figures! ;)
Regards
Jason
www.hairyhogs.co.uk (http://www.hairyhogs.co.uk)
P.S. Your meat should be dearer than a flippin supermarket, its been reared properly I guess? Its also cost you plenty to keep, and it will taste like its a different creature all together!
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charge more than the supermarket, the meat is far better quality, you actually cant compare it to supermarket produce, you have to pay for quality and usually once people have tasted it then they know that its that much better and will pay more.
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i think ive been misunderstood
i want to know the supermarket prices so i DONT sell too cheap
£50 is just a start to friends and family
i dont want to be as cheap as supermarkets and probably couldnt
i NEVER use a supermarket so dont have a clue what they charge
thanks
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surely you need to calculate what they cost you to produce
divide by dead weight and thats your cost/kilo to produce
add a bit for profit
thats what you need to charge
i don't keep pigs but i do understand business
there are lots of threads on the subject some with example costings as its amazing what people forget otherwise.
:pig: :pig: :pig:
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Just sold full butchered British Saddleback, dead weight 69.9 kilo to family for £6.00. a kilo, they were delighted with the quality
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is dead weight with head and bones etc
or just meat???
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bones included minus head usually, particulally if your selling quarters and halves. its easier to do the sums.
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my weight was smallest pig 54kilo
cost £105 to buy and rear
thats just short of £2 per kilo cost
if i double up and sell for £4 a kilo
thats £216 for a whole pig
split into quarters is £54
not a million miles away from £50
think i might charge £6 per kilo tho
so back to original question
what are supermarkets charging
i heard its about £4 kilo
thanks
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tesco website
between 2.50 and 8 per kilo depending on cut for joints
more for medalions or chops etc.
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thanks
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I sell for £120 per half, £65 per quarter, or £6 per kilo leg and shoulder joints and chops.
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cost £105 to buy and rear
Can I be really nosey and ask for a break down of your £105 - that's REALLY cheap compared to most.
I won't be offended if you don't want to tell me, but it might help others keep their costs down too ;)
Don't forget to count your straw/bedding costs and killing/butchery charges too.
Karen
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When you package your meat shove in a copy of Jimmy's farm and Duchy of Cornwall prices. Your pigs are at least as good as those.
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Remember the following.
If a pork pig weighs 75kg before slaughter, the carcase sent to the butcher will be around 50-55kg.
By the time he has butchered it including removing bones, head etc, and trimming you are likely to end up with 35-40kg of saleable produce.
Selling at £6/kg means your income is £210-240. Now deduct the slaughter and butchery costs which may be £50 or so you are almost certainly selling at a loss.
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bones included minus head usually, particulally if your selling quarters and halves. its easier to do the sums. Dead Weight(dress weight) is the body minus the head, front hocks and the internal organs. You ae paid on the meat and bones of the animal from the slaughter house. The abattoir keeps the head and the internal organs and the front hocks and sellfs them seperately or as a joint sale to a butcher. The organs that are not used for human consumption go in to meat meal. The blood goes to make blood meal. The heart valves are exported to the States for humans transplants.
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The heart valves are exported to the States for humans transplants.
Honestly??? (seriously would like to know is it true??)
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Pigs and us a similar internally....do you think I am joking. If I was in need of a transplant and that was all that was available I reckon I would take one instead of dieing. I have girls to look after and who would look after them If I was not here to do the job. Any volunteers. Transplants are not a new thing nor are they a thing of the past but are very real......... and will be well in to the future of our lives and our childrens lives. In order for the human race to survive. Whether it be lungs, kidneys or hearts. Why waste material that can be successfully used to help those who may be in desperate need........ help to continue on with their lives. Why end it if it does not need to end.
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The heart valves are exported to the States for humans transplants.
Honestly??? (seriously would like to know is it true??)
they use pig valves for valve replacements in this country. it is better than having a metal one and requiring warfarin for life. i believe the pigs are bred specifically though
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of cause
£20 for 12 week old weaner ( saddlebacks were £4 at market last week )
i buy 55kg of feed (bocm pauls olympic ) from local farmer for £10
feed 2kg per day for 4 months thats 240kg
total feed bill £45
slaughter £10
butcher £25
about £5 on straw but not too sure as i buy in bulk as i have dexter cows
can i be really really nosey and ask what yours cost
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dizzydexter can you tell us who this farmer is
BECAUSE HE IS SELLING THE FEEDING AT A LOSS
£300 a ton just now your costs must be the cheepest
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God yeah ! PM me his number, I'll drive down from Scotland to pick up a tonne at those prices ;D ;D ;D
I'm nearly £8 for a 20Kg bag of farmgate grower/sow & weaner, so your feed prices are GREAT !
My initial purchase cost is generally around the £40-£50 mark.
Slaughter £20
Butchery £40 approx (80p per kilo)
Adding in straw & fruit 'n' veg etc, I'm sure my costs are closer to £180 a pig.
Keep doing what you're doing DizzyDexter, but beware of upsetting local pig farmers if you sell at a price way cheaper than them :-\
Karen
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I did a no profit costing of keeping a weaner from 8 weeks to slaughter at 7 months and came out at £175- and that was before the feed costs went up >:(
And that didn't apportion any costs for fencing/arc/electric fence and certainly not my time!
Tish
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Blonde, I had no idea this was the case. If they are bred for the valves what happens to the rest of the carcass? I think its fantastic, especially if it saves human lives or gives a better standard of living.