Understanding Butchering Costs

charges or the abattoir we're using the abattoir charges around 70 to dispatch the cow that is to kill the cow okay that's just plain and simple this cow will be walking it will be on hoof and it will not be on hoof it will be hanging very very shortly now something you also need to know is that most butcher shops will not take a cow that can't get up and walk off the trailer so if you've got a sick cow i say sick injured cull cow that just can't get up you're probably not going to be able to take that cow to the butcher shop now if you're taking that cow and having a vet take a look at it and they're giving it antibiotics and medications you're probably not going to want to take that cow to the butcher shop if you just worm that cow you don't want to take that cow to the butcher shop so heed the warnings on any medication that you might have given your cow it costs 70 to dispatch the cow it costs 92 cents per pound of hanging weight for this cow so this cow came in it was around 1200 to 1600 total pounds the hanging weight was 827 pounds there is your base price between 90 92 95 cents per pound of hanging weight now there are certain upgrades that you can make and you get