Just found out a whole pig shoulder only yields like 60% after deboning

I was looking up yields for a catering order I got coming up next month and stumbled onto some USDA chart online. Blew my mind how much weight you lose just from bones and silver skin and fat trimming. I always knew we lost some but 40% gone? That changes how I'm gonna price stuff going forward. Any of you guys factor this into your per pound cost or just wing it like I been doing?

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bettyroberts10h ago

Did you read that article @smith.anna mentioned about butcher shops having to charge double to cover that loss?

smith.anna1d ago

Yeah bones really sneak up on you like that.

wesley_adams17h ago

Noticed the same thing with old photo albums... you look at a picture from five years ago and suddenly remember how much younger your parents looked, or how your dog was still running around. It's like time just piles up quietly in the background until something reminds you it's been moving the whole time. Same with music too - you hear a song from high school and realize it's been fifteen years, not five. Even grocery prices do it, you blink and a loaf of bread costs twice what it did. Life's just a series of gradual changes that hit you all at once when you finally look back.