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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


250# → $400 processed ?

$2.75 hanging


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