[goosepimple]

That's it - how much do you charge for half a pig - butchered I mean?

[mattjen]

Hi, we charge £150 per half, average about 25 kilos,thats all joints boned and vacuum packed,whatever sausages you want flavoured in trays and head and trotters if you want them,

[Tudful Tamworths]

£120, but sausages are extra.

[hughesy]

£120 her too but no sausages in that. A very good deal for the customer but not going to retire on the profits any time soon.

[Clarebelle]

is 25kg of meat per half an average accross the board?

[twizzel]

I pay £1.30/lb. First half we had was £85, the most recent was £95. So the £95 was 33kg.

[Jackie 2]

I charge £70 per half. And have been lambasted here for doing so too!

[Pasture Farm]

£120 last time but it will have to go up because of feed costs....

[Cjnewton82]

J2..... What are you doing £70 a half will Bankrupt the rest of us!!! Lol 
I would say 120 a half Minimum I think £135 is what you should look for We deserve to make a half decent profit for our hard work. 

[Jackie 2]

lol I was told that it makes the guys that charge more look like thieves but hell they are my pigs and so my prices    Plus I actually want to sell it not shove it in my freezers!!

[goosepimple]

OK ANOTHER QUESTION:  (wont bother doing a new topic):
 
 
                                What do you get for your money in meat cuts I mean?

[hughesy]

Trouble is that within the small scale pig keeping world there are a lot of different situations. There are the hobby keepers who rear a few for themselves and to whom the cost doesn't really matter. There are people who rear a few to sell but again don't pay too much attention to the costs. There are people who do it on a more businesslike footing but also have another income so don't worry if they don't make a profit. There are serious pedigree breeders who breed for showing but have to offload their "meat pigs". There are also people who are trying to run a small business and to whom costs and expenses are very important as they need to keep a roof over their heads. I would imagine that these are the people who get pissed off when someone down the road is selling pork for half what it really costs to produce.

[twizzel]

OK ANOTHER QUESTION:  (wont bother doing a new topic):
 
 
                                What do you get for your money in meat cuts I mean?

I get leg and shoulder cut into 3 bone in, chops in packs of 3, knuckle, belly- 1/2 as strips 1/2 rolled ready to roast. Can have half the head but I swap for a pack of sausages instead 

[Jackie 2]

I think there was an article a few years ago on this site saying how it is impossible to make a living with a smallholding and that still applies, you have to have some other form of income to live, doesn't matter how much you sell your pork for.

[Carl f k]

I think you can feed yourself good food and sell left over but never make a living out of it unless your in mass production