skyhightree1
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What are hogs bringing in your area either private sale or at the barn?
RanchMan90":3ojjd3lc said:https://texaspork.org/market-report/
That's the latest report I could find find. Prices still similar. I've put them on the back burner til I can find a niche market for them.skyhightree1":3jfx3v7z said:RanchMan90":3jfx3v7z said:https://texaspork.org/market-report/
Thanks.. Yall stop selling pigs in April ?
slick4591":3t6etkwj said:If I hadn't torn the old barn down that had the pens in I'd be raising Berkshires and selling to the yuppy restaurants in the city. You already know they'll pay thru the nose for all natural tagged stuff. Friend does it and swears it pays really well.
BK9954":3t6etkwj said:Last ones I bought were averaging in the high .50's. I have am trying to get into meat market here, a lot of Mexicans buy half hogs, not whole. I just need to sell the other half. I need to beat the meat market price. Lots of taco trucks and taqeria's. If I don't do private sales and only sell at the auction it's pennies on the dollar after fuel and commissions.
skyhightree1":8mnt4s30 said:slick4591":8mnt4s30 said:If I hadn't torn the old barn down that had the pens in I'd be raising Berkshires and selling to the yuppy restaurants in the city. You already know they'll pay thru the nose for all natural tagged stuff. Friend does it and swears it pays really well.
They will pay
BK9954":8mnt4s30 said:Last ones I bought were averaging in the high .50's. I have am trying to get into meat market here, a lot of Mexicans buy half hogs, not whole. I just need to sell the other half. I need to beat the meat market price. Lots of taco trucks and taqeria's. If I don't do private sales and only sell at the auction it's pennies on the dollar after fuel and commissions.
Bk we talked before about the private sales I do where they can pick their own hog and process it themselves or I deliver to the butcher. I do not do halves especially on a hog they are not that huge like a beef and I don't want to have to store or find an additional person to take the half. I escape alot of rules by selling the live animal then if they need help processing them they can pay me as a person to help them clean THEIR pig. I rarely do that because most people process their own I provide scald tanks and places to hang and a table for cutting their meat on.
Workinonit Farm":1laalsvi said:skyhightree1":1laalsvi said:slick4591":1laalsvi said:If I hadn't torn the old barn down that had the pens in I'd be raising Berkshires and selling to the yuppy restaurants in the city. You already know they'll pay thru the nose for all natural tagged stuff. Friend does it and swears it pays really well.
They will pay
BK9954":1laalsvi said:Last ones I bought were averaging in the high .50's. I have am trying to get into meat market here, a lot of Mexicans buy half hogs, not whole. I just need to sell the other half. I need to beat the meat market price. Lots of taco trucks and taqeria's. If I don't do private sales and only sell at the auction it's pennies on the dollar after fuel and commissions.
Bk we talked before about the private sales I do where they can pick their own hog and process it themselves or I deliver to the butcher. I do not do halves especially on a hog they are not that huge like a beef and I don't want to have to store or find an additional person to take the half. I escape alot of rules by selling the live animal then if they need help processing them they can pay me as a person to help them clean THEIR pig. I rarely do that because most people process their own I provide scald tanks and places to hang and a table for cutting their meat on.
When you sell, what are the weights on the hogs, at that point?
skyhightree1":1h492eey said:Workinonit Farm":1h492eey said:When you sell, what are the weights on the hogs, at that point?
I will sell 50#lbs up to a 700lb boars... If the question was for me. If not I apologize
Workinonit Farm":3sw5vp84 said:skyhightree1":3sw5vp84 said:Workinonit Farm":3sw5vp84 said:When you sell, what are the weights on the hogs, at that point?
I will sell 50#lbs up to a 700lb boars... If the question was for me. If not I apologize
Yes, the question was for you. How many of your 'customers', who want a killing hog, want 50 lb and 700 lb?
In the past, most people I sold to, wanted 350 to 400 lb. A few preferred 200 to 250 lb. I had a few buy some in the 60 to 80 lb range, for pig roasts, the preference being 70 lb.