Freezer meat

[delilah]

Food processing services (VAT Notice 701/40)

Check the VAT rules for food processing and abattoir services.

www.gov.uk

Kill, cut and pack shouldn’t have vat charged.

That's interesting. Just been playing about with the invoice, seems they charge vat on the cutting.

 

[Old Boar]

Lamb cutting is simple and used to take me about half an hour for straight cuts, chops etc.
Pigs can take 2 to 3 hours depending on what is wanted, and the size of the pig. This does not take into account sausages, burgers, bacon etc, and argueing with the pig owner that they cannot have all chops and back bacon from the same pig. All the fiddly bits like sausages, burgers and curing can take a good few hours on top.
A beast takes all day, and there is a great deal of lumping heavy weights about, and a fair bit to mince, dice etc. to either pack or make into something.
If you get two full length tenderloin back from the pig, you have a good butcher. I used to knock a bit off it the client was willing to pack and label "so you know what you have got in each bag".

 

[bert]

No, down to one independent within a hours travel that will do private kill.

Someone who works there is local to us and does the butchery, he's a chiller etc at home so we collect from him, he does an excellent job, can do sausages and bacon etc too

Could ask where it is you take them? Less and less places to go these days

 

[Paddington]

Last lambs we had slaughtered and butchered for £33.

 

[ollie989898]

I don't think any of these figures are outrageous given the skills needed and the value of the end product.

 

[Muddyroads]

I don't think any of these figures are outrageous given the skills needed and the value of the end product.

Overheads are pretty hefty too which always has to be taken into account, especially for the smaller setups.

 

[Scholsey]

£550 cash for 20m Hereford x heifer shot, hung, vac packed, labelled, looked as good as from any butchers

 

[milkloss]

Always worry about getting back what was taken in. Is that a fair concern?

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

November 2021 otm beast £268+vat
Porker £40 + £2.50 a kilo to make sausages
Other than splitting sausages everything ready for the freezer

 

[Paddington]

Always worry about getting back what was taken in. Is that a fair concern?

The advantage of having OSB piggies is that they can be identified by the little black hairs in the pork chops.

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

Always worry about getting back what was taken in. Is that a fair concern?

Send something out of spec or fashion. Always get a bit more fat cover on anything for ourselves than for market

 

[Paddington]

Took a cull ewe to the abattoir and it disappeared somehow, perhaps being the eve of Ramadam had something to do with it ? Came back with someone else's beef.

 

[borderterribles]

Always worry about getting back what was taken in. Is that a fair concern?

It is a very common concern. People, even experienced stock farmers are generally unused to seeing their animals as carcases or joints and usually think that they will look better than they do. Nobody ever complained about getting a better one back,though

 

[borderterribles]

The advantage of having OSB piggies is that they can be identified by the little black hairs in the pork chops.

If the hairs are still attached, well fair enough . We get a smattering of black or ginger hair on our carcases, even if the pigs were as pink as I am! As far as pigs go, a slapmark removes all doubts as to the origin of the pig.

 

[Tim G]

Always worry about getting back what was taken in. Is that a fair concern?

I think it's a legitimate concern, we've had the odd one go 'missing' and another swapped by a third party butcher, the meat trade, I'm told, is full of rogues.
All you can do is find one you trust and pay them fairly for it. We use one who isn't that local unfortunately, but the service is spot on, we get our own animals back without a doubt and everything is done just as we ask for. Looking at some other prices being mentioned here they might not be the cheapest but we are very happy using them.

 

[Netherfield]

Back when there was still a slaughterhouse in town, smaller butchers would buy a little Steer or Heifer which suited their customers needs and send it in to kill.

When it came to collect though, one or two were known to try it on, they'd take their own carcases off the hanging rails but then try and take the plucks of a much bigger animal belonging someone else.

 

[caveman]

Back when there was still a slaughterhouse in town, smaller butchers would buy a little Steer or Heifer which suited their customers needs and send it in to kill.

When it came to collect though, one or two were known to try it on, they'd take their own carcases off the hanging rails but then try and take the plucks of a much bigger animal belonging someone else.

I wouldn't worry about the pluck too much.
It's the old fella who can trim the skirt and substitute it for your fillet who's the bigger problem.