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Ordering Half & Whole Pigs
Lots of individuals and families have an interest in purchasing either half or whole pigs right from the farm. However, it can be an intimating experience when dealing with the packing houses and butchers when you don't fully understand the process or don't speak their lingo. So we have decided to help make the whole experience a lot easier for you!
What we aim to offer is a stress free and simple process to ordering half and whole pigs from us! We will work with you to make sure you are pleased with the experience and get what you ordered.
What We Offer
1. Simple cut/order sheet to record what cuts you would like and how you would like your meat processed.
2. Offer clarification on butchering terminology and help you understand the breakdown of the pig.
3. You never have to deal with anyone other than us. We will look after booking your pig in, transporting the pig, and providing the butcher with your cutting instructions.
4. Offer delivery of your pig right to your door or pick up at our farm if that is more convenient for you.
The Break Down
We want to eliminate the chances of any surprises, so here is the financial breakdown of buying a half or whole pig from us looks like.
Price of Pig
Half
or
Whole
Processing Fee
Cut/Wrap Fee
Paperwrap
or
Vacpac
Delivery
Farm Pick-Up
Price of Pig
$5.80/lb
or
$5.00/lb
$75
Cut/Wrap Fee
$0.80/lb
or
$1.00/lb
$70
$0
Please take note that the price breakdown is based off of the hanging weight.
Understanding Weights
The different types of weight referred to during the butchering of a pig can get very confusing so we want to break them down for you and avoid any confusing.
LIVE WEIGHT is the weight of the pig while living before it has been harvested.
HANGING WEIGHT is the weight of the animal after it has been killed and hung on the rail. Hang weight is approximately 75% of the live weight because the blood has been drained and the head, hide, feet, and organs removed.
CUT WEIGHT is the final weight once the pig has been broken down by cutting and wrapping (packaging) the animal into the customers desired cuts. The cut weight depends entirely on what the customer has ordered (i.e. bones in or out on pork chops)
We hope that this information has cleared up any question and confusion you might have around purchasing a half or whole pig from us. But we also understand it is a lot to take in so we are happy to help out further in any way we can. Please do not hesitate to get in contact with us!
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