Half hogs weigh about 100 pounds (hanging weight) and yield about 75 pounds of cut meat for your freezer. (Double those numbers for a rough estimate on a whole hog.) The hanging weight price is $5.00 per pound.
The pigs are harvested on the farm for a fee of $80.00 per animal ($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 cured and smoked items.
Here's what the pricing might look like for a 1/2 hog weighing 100 pounds:
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Hanging Weight
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$500.00
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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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$674.00
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