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Eve

  • Joined Jul 2010
Re: what dose your butcher charge
« Reply #15 on: September 08, 2010, 05:00:27 pm »
Our pigs weigh about 90kgs and we have the butchering done by a separate butcher who knows the kind of cuts we buy as a 2-person family.

This is for 2 pigs, packed in plastic bags, type of cut and weight written on the bags, and frozen:
Last year it was £120, hardly any chops, nearly everthing in roasts, and 24 packs of mince, bags of fat etc
This year it was £160, but we have more 'easily usuable' meat - 76 chops, 22 roasts, 34 packs of mince as the meat of the hocks etc was mixed with the backfat rather than being separate, and so on... all in all more work for the butcher. He just clocks his hours (he's fab, in our opinion).

We make our own sausages, so don't know about that.


Eve  :wave:



Pebbles

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Central Scotland
    • Ardunan Farm
    • Facebook
Re: what dose your butcher charge
« Reply #16 on: October 06, 2010, 11:55:49 am »
We accepted an offer from a local butcher/ farm shop who collected our seven pigs on three different occassions, took them to the abattoir, paid the abattoir, collected them, hung them, then butchered them including sausages and bacon. Seven pigs = a £1100 bill, ouch!!! He initially gave us a 'quote' of £50 per pig, in the end he charged for everything, every 'add-on' he could think of, even 'storage'....and then he grumbled about doing it!!! >:(
This was our first batch of pigs and we learned a valuable lesson. We've since bought a livestock trailer and will deal with the transportation and the abattoir ourselves - we even have an old refridgerated van that we're putting back on the road. Now we're shopping around for a good butcher who is 'happy' to do this job and can also make bacon....anyone know of one???
Pebbles

benkt

  • Joined Apr 2010
  • Cambridgeshire
    • Hempsals Community Farm
Re: what dose your butcher charge
« Reply #17 on: October 06, 2010, 03:07:39 pm »
We payed £40 a pig for our three this year, which included slaughter and butchery (inc transport to abatoir) but no sausaging or bacon making which we did ourselves.

Greenerlife

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • Leafy Surrey
Re: what dose your butcher charge
« Reply #18 on: October 06, 2010, 04:05:42 pm »
Last year I paid about 40/45 quid each pig and this year I was quoted 65.  I went to my local butcher who charged me 112 for three pigs (obviously I had to get them there), including sausages.  I do my own bacon (itsridiculously easy - promise!) So shop around!  This was just an ordinary meat masters butcher, nothing specialist or anything but they did a good job and they were ready to pick up an hour later!   

Hilarysmum

  • Joined Oct 2007
Re: what dose your butcher charge
« Reply #19 on: October 07, 2010, 09:48:19 am »
Pebbles that is around 157 per pig.  Quite a lot to pay for.  Do your own bacon, make your own sausages and ham.  Recipes here or try http://www.sausagemaking.org / for ready made mixes.  If you dont have a sausage stuffer or attachment, use a large funnel and a wooden spoon, slow but infinitely cheaper than the butcher.  For rusk just replace with soaked bread.  About 2 slices to a kilo of meat. 

Best of luck for a much cheaper outcome next time.

suziequeue

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Llanidloes; Powys
Re: what dose your butcher charge
« Reply #20 on: October 20, 2010, 05:42:34 pm »
£55 per pig.

Each pig weighed about 85kg cold deadweight. He hung them for a week in his chilled locker and made about 30kg of sausages to our specification.

He was happy for us to come and watch if we wanted but as it turned out I couldn't get time off work.

May have been a bit pricey but he did a very good job and we are delighted with the results and Robert (the butcher) is a nice guy
We do the best we can with the information we have

When we know better we do better

Hilarysmum

  • Joined Oct 2007
Re: what dose your butcher charge
« Reply #21 on: October 21, 2010, 09:40:26 am »
I dont think 55 per pig is bad, considering his time (and the time spent clearing up after) plus if you were doing it yourselves you would have to pay for the use of the premises.  It sounds as if you are pleased with the results and a good weight too.

The most we have ever paid was 140 euros per pig, collected live from us and returned butchered including pate and sausages.


janeislay

  • Joined Sep 2010
  • Isle of Islay
    • Ellister Islay Highland Ponies
Re: what dose your butcher charge
« Reply #22 on: October 21, 2010, 05:01:02 pm »
I've just arranged for our lambs to be sold privately, so rang the butcher to see what he charges.  It's £17.50 to slaughter, then £25 to butcher and vacuum pack.  £42 in total.  I think that's a lot for a lamb.

suziequeue

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Llanidloes; Powys
Re: what dose your butcher charge
« Reply #23 on: October 21, 2010, 06:40:16 pm »
Yes - we were pleased with the result. We didn't just get 30kg of sausages of course!111
We do the best we can with the information we have

When we know better we do better

Sharondp

  • Joined Jun 2009
Re: what dose your butcher charge
« Reply #24 on: October 21, 2010, 08:06:58 pm »
Our lambs will be £15 each plus 50p per kilo for butchery.

JDS

  • Joined Nov 2010
Re: what dose your butcher charge
« Reply #25 on: December 15, 2010, 02:17:06 pm »
For an American perspective, I just picked up a 1127 # calf that I had processed. Had all the steaks cut out, roasts, fajitas, briskets, shank bones for soup, and the rest in hamburger. Total charge for butchering, cutting, and wrapping was USD, 368. I felt it was a pretty good deal considering I was not charged for taking the tongue, (usually about $10 at some places). I only wish they were able to give me the brains.
The calf processed at about 60%, not bad.

pottsie

  • Joined Jan 2010
Re: what dose your butcher charge
« Reply #26 on: December 16, 2010, 11:58:14 am »
Just got my lamb and pigs back it was £40 per pig which included slaughter to packaged back as chops sausages joints to my own spec and £22 pound per lamb slaughtered and packaged to my own spec. Think i did ok seeing some prices quoted but it was quite a lot more expensive than last year.

Rob.  ;D

princesspiggy

  • Guest
Re: what dose your butcher charge
« Reply #27 on: December 18, 2010, 05:12:18 pm »
We accepted an offer from a local butcher/ farm shop who collected our seven pigs on three different occassions, took them to the abattoir, paid the abattoir, collected them, hung them, then butchered them including sausages and bacon. Seven pigs = a £1100 bill, ouch!!! He initially gave us a 'quote' of £50 per pig, in the end he charged for everything, every 'add-on' he could think of, even 'storage'....and then he grumbled about doing it!!! >:(
This was our first batch of pigs and we learned a valuable lesson. We've since bought a livestock trailer and will deal with the transportation and the abattoir ourselves - we even have an old refridgerated van that we're putting back on the road. Now we're shopping around for a good butcher who is 'happy' to do this job and can also make bacon....anyone know of one???
Pebbles


oh my god!!  here was me worried when i collected my meat from butchers and saw his advert for rare breed pork on special -

robert waddell

  • Guest
Re: what dose your butcher charge
« Reply #28 on: December 18, 2010, 05:27:42 pm »
was it not yours

princesspiggy

  • Guest
Re: what dose your butcher charge
« Reply #29 on: December 18, 2010, 06:07:11 pm »
exactly, will def take home straight from abattoir nxt time!!

 

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