Experience the exceptional taste and quality of our Forest-Raised Pork—naturally foraged and nurtured in the woodland to bring you healthier, leaner, and nutrient-rich meat, perfect for nourishing your family.
Our pork is raised on a premium diet of wild forage along with farm scratch and a free choice NON GMO grain.
A whole hog weighs between 280 and 300 lbs at the time of butchering.
A 300-pound Berkshire hog will yield approximately 70-72% of its live weight in carcass weight, also known as "hanging weight." So, a 300-pound hog would likely produce a carcass weight of around 210 to 216 pounds.
However, the final amount of meat that you can take home, also known as the "take-home meat," will be less than the hanging weight due to the loss of bone, fat, and trim during the butchering process. Typically, the take-home meat can be roughly 50-60% of the live weight for a well-fattened hog, considering all the cuts and the inclusion of sausages, ground pork, etc., from more fatty parts.
For a 300-pound Berkshire hog, this means you might expect between 150 to 180 pounds of take-home meat, depending on the specific butchering choices and how much of the hog is used versus discarded.