Half hogs weigh about 100 pounds (hanging weight) and yield 70 to 75 pounds of cut meat for your freezer. The hanging weight price for a half hog is $4.50 per pound and $4.30 for a whole hog.
The pigs are harvested on the farm for a $80.00 per animal fee ($40.00 per half hog) and transported to Valley Meat Services in Wallowa Valley Meat charges $.94 per pound to cut and "wrap" (vacuum-seal) the meat, and $1.15 per pound for items that are cured and smoked.
This is what the pricing might look like for a 1/2 hog weighing 100 pounds:
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Hanging Weight
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$450.00
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Mobile Butcher Fee
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$40.00
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Butcher Shop Cut & Wrap
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$94.00
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Smoke & Cure (22 pounds ham, 12-14 pounds bacon
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$40.00
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TOTAL
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$614.00
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