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Am I the only one who didn't know a whole hog gives you over 400 pounds of saleable meat
I was reading through an old NAMP guide a buddy lent me and saw that a 250 pound live hog only yields about 140 to 160 pounds of cuts once you trim everything out. Blew my mind because I always guessed way higher when customers ask me for a whole hog order. A farmer near me in Hastings quoted me $1.85 a pound live weight last week, so that math works out fast. Any of you run into customers who think they're getting twice the meat they actually are?
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ray1361d ago
Wait, only 140 to 160 pounds off a 250 pound hog? That is way less than I ever would have guessed. So you are telling me more than a third of that animal just walks out the door as bones, fat, and stuff nobody wants. At $1.85 a pound live that is a tough sell once a customer realizes what they are really paying per pound of actual meat.
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