Stock your freezer with a half hog raised right here in the forests of Sasquatch Wallows. For a flat fee of $500 (a steal compared to the typical $7+ per pound hanging weight), you'll get half of one of our hogs, finished at approximately 400 pounds live weight (give or take 50 lbs.). Your half hog will be harvested on October 12 by Jacobsmuhlen's in Cornelius, Oregon, a family-run custom butcher that has been serving the area since 1932.
Butcher fees: The $500 covers the hog itself. Processing is paid directly to Jacobsmuhlen's and is separate from your purchase price. You can review their current hog cutting, wrapping, curing, and smoking rates on their pricing page. Because it's a custom cut, you choose how your half is packaged: thickness of chops, bone-in or boneless roasts, whether you want your hams and bacon cured and smoked, how much goes to sausage, and so on.
How much meat to expect: A hog weighing about 400 pounds on the hoof typically yields a hanging (carcass) weight of roughly 290–300 pounds, so your half will hang at approximately 145–150 pounds. After cutting, trimming, and deboning, most customers take home about 100–115 pounds of packaged pork, depending on your cutting choices (boneless cuts and extra trimming produce less take-home weight, while bone-in cuts produce more).
A typical half hog breaks down roughly like this:
Ham: about 21–25 lbs, fresh or cured and smoked
Bacon / pork belly: about 12–16 lbs
Pork chops and loin roasts: about 14–18 lbs
Shoulder roasts / pork butt: about 14–18 lbs
Spare ribs: about 5–7 lbs
Ground pork or sausage: about 15–22 lbs
Extras such as hocks, jowl, fatback, or lard on request.
These figures are estimates. Actual weights will vary with each animal and the cuts you choose. Plan on roughly 5–6 cubic feet of freezer space.
Cut meet is usually ready to pick up from Jacobsmuhlen's about two weeks after harvest date.
Questions? We're happy to help you figure out your cut sheet or anything else before you buy. Email us at Kevin@SasquatchWallows.com with any questions prior to purchase.
