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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Pundyburn Lynn on February 23, 2015, 03:10:05 pm

Title: Butchery costs...(again!)
Post by: Pundyburn Lynn on February 23, 2015, 03:10:05 pm

Hello folks,


Still struggling to calculate butchery costs for pork.  Got a price list through for one of the local butchers that the abattoir has suggested - their initial 'pork processing fee' is £1.20 per kilo, excluding bacon/sausage charges.  Is that deadweight?  Or is that per kilo of eventual meat?  Also, how does £1.20 compare to other butcher?


Thanks,
Lynn

Title: Re: Butchery costs...(again!)
Post by: Rosemary on February 23, 2015, 03:12:07 pm

I would guess "per kg of deadweight". That's how much our butcher charges. Then sausage and bacon is extra.

Title: Re: Butchery costs...(again!)
Post by: Pundyburn Lynn on February 23, 2015, 03:25:49 pm

How does £1.20 sound to you?

Title: Re: Butchery costs...(again!)
Post by: HappyHippy on February 23, 2015, 06:01:42 pm

£1.20 sounds about average.
It'll be based on the carcass weight given by the abattoir.
HTH

Title: Re: Butchery costs...(again!)
Post by: Porterlauren on February 24, 2015, 11:01:53 pm

I pay £40 for kill and cut, up to 100kg and then 1.80 per kilo for sausages, 2.50 for gluten free sausages.