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Eureka (Bittner's) - 309-467-2731
Atlanta - (217) 648-2333
Bloomington meats - 309 828 9731
Chenoa Locker - 815 945 5038
I want 7 hogs Sep 10??
I want 5 lambs more like December...
### List of q's
- How does this... work?
- Advance notice?
- Recommended / default cut sheet?
- Earmarking for friends to pick up?
- Can I sell extras to you?
## Atlanta
October 20 first available for hogs
Bring on Monday, kill on Tuesday... not a very big op.
(texting me a cutsheet)
$65 for butcher + $10 offal
$80 / cwt for cut
Around Oct 20 for lambs
Plenty of openings in december
$75 + $8 offal
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250# → $400 processed ?
$2.75 hanging
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## Eureka
Openings Sept 12 (F)
Week of the 15th - M / T / W / F
Week of 22nd - M / T / W / F
Processing
$36 butching + $10 disposal
$85 cwt for cut (carcass weight)
smoke and cure $.55 /lb
- regular
- applewood smoke ($5 extra per hog)
- black peppercorn ($5)
- jalapeno ($5)
- apple cinnamon ($7)
- raspberry chipotle ($7)
brats etc $1.29 / lb
- regular
- beer
- polish
- andoullie
- italian
other flavors $1.49 / $1.59 / lb
- chorizo
- mush & swiss
- 12 pepper
- ghost pepper cheese
- bell pepper
- german style
- cherry cayenne
other $1.59 / lb
- maple
- rokie
- cowboy butter
- mac and cheese
- philly
- taco
- fajita
- mango habanero
- buffalo
- garlic parm
they pay me for meat itself... they are obligated to pay them the processing fee
same processing fees for lambs
100# lamb -> 50%
std is wrapped in cellophane, first and last name on package, with name of cut
can pay extra for vacuum sealing
hang for no more than 5 days
avg 200# carcass -> /.72 to get live weight (275-300 live wt)
whole hog 3 options:
- Ground pork
- Ground sausage
- Brat
around 4 weeks total from dropoff to pickup
## Chenoa
7:30am - 5pm
Booked until mid-end Sept or October
October 8 is first available open
#### Hogs
$36 slaughter
$10 disposal
95c cut/wrap/freeze
25c seasoning
75c curing
55c casing
only 1/2 and whole hogs
tell who gets what
need instructions no later than friday
3-4 turnaround
won't buy excess
open up books june of year before...
$110 / head
halves and wholes on lambs
## Bloomington
8am-6pm
$50 slaughter + $75 / cwt processing
$57 / cwt curing
$65 / cwt brats
$99 / cwt flavored brats
$100 / cwt links
# CUSTOMERS
| Who | Hogs (7 tot) | Lamb (5 tot) |
| ---------- | ------------ | ------------ |
| Grandpa | 1/2 hog | |
| Us | 1 hog? | 1 |
| Dad's side | 1 hog | 1 |
| Hannah | 1/4 ? | 1/4 |
| Tyler & co | 1/4 | 1/4 |
| Chris Abel | 1/4 | 1/4 |
| Rick K | 1/4 | 1/4 |
| | | |
that's 3 out of 7
heh
uh oh
"You just need to sell 8+ halves"
- Austin Savage
- Ben Gottemoller
- All the Chesterbelloc crew tbh
- All the swing crew
- Chris Abel
- Tyler Deters
- Rick Kuduk
- Long family
- Janet Short
- Widener family
- Derek Lopez
- BNC in general
- Joseph Gustafson
- Bruhl Family
- Andy Jacobs? Other farmers?
- Use a half as 'free samples' to give to friends who don't have freezer space