Friday, September 1, 2017

Bulk Pork Purchase 2017

We bought a half pig from the Ibelings this year.  This little piggy went to fair and it is a terminal fair so they all go to butcher after.  We were offered a whole or half and went with half, thankfully since our freezers are so !

This pig was processed at Sorg's so this will be our first time trying the bacon and ham.  Hopefully we'll like it!  They charged $20 (1/2 the kill fee), $.50 for cut and wrap (appears this is only on dressed weight, not on hanging weight), $.45/lb for smoking (we had 33 pounds that got smoked, just hams and bacon), and $7.50 for a trucking fee.  So the total charges to Sorg's was $91.35 for 98 pounds of dressed weight.  When I weighed our meat I came up with 96.5, but it was on our bathroom scale, so I figure it was close.

Here is what we got...
Bacon   13 pounds
Country Ribs  1 pack, 2.5 pounds
Pork Chops  8 packs, 15 pounds
Butt Roast 2 packs, 7.5 pounds
Hock  1 pack, 4 pounds
Loin Roast 1 pack, 3 pounds
Jowl  2 packs, 3 pounds
Hams 2 packs, 23.5 pounds
Sausage  15 packs, 15 pounds
Shoulder Picnic roast  2 packs, 6 pounds
Spare Ribs  1 pack, 3 pounds
Neck Bones  1 pack, 1 pound

We also got 10.5 pounds of fat to render down.  I could have had them do it and probably will do that in the future.  We also got a pork bladder for the kids to blow up and play with like Laura Ingalls Wilder did.  The kids are so excited that they gave us one!

So it broke down as follows $70 to Ibelings, $91.35 to Sorgs which is $1.67/lb for the meat and if you include the fat it comes to $1.51/lb total.  Either way a good price for everything!