The animals are all looking good. I really appreciate the breakdown of the costs for the pigs from purchase to freezer. Great info!

Pasture looks nice and green. Calli and Belli enjoyed that outing. What pleasure and enjoyment in eating your own home grown pork.

All I can say is that I now understand why Pete at Just A Few Acres Farm is getting out of the pig business. He’s right, you can’t make a profit. Thanks for the breakdown, FTR. Its a real eye opener.

Your winter pasture is beautiful, What cow wouldn't want to be there 🥰

That was a great price break down on the hog raising. $880 per pig. The flavour would have to be extremely better than the pork you get at Costco to make it worth all the time effort and money. Thank you for the transparency and honesty.

@robertensign8786

6 ай бұрын

Costco pork is mainly Smithfield. Do your research and get back to me if you want to keep eating communist chiacom pork

@danrose3233

6 ай бұрын

Explain why the flavor is going to be better. I will give you a $100 bill if you can taste the difference in a blind taste test.

@markfin7225

6 ай бұрын

Totally agree, the flavor of grass fed/raised free range is so much better than confinement pork. I used to raise confinement pigs and their temperament was totally different than our current free range pork. They grow faster, have better growth ratio and have a better meat to fat mix. Our last two pigs were 145 and 175lb hang weight each.

@josephmelson7591

6 ай бұрын

Lots of store bought pork is know a product of China so watch out make Shure your store bought pork is source-ed fro, USA company's growers..

@deaniseshewokis3315

6 ай бұрын

@@danrose3233the store meat is raised to be fast growing. The faster they get the weight on them with cheaper feed, possible steroids, unnecessary medicine . They can send them to a market. Farm raised anything has a better flavor. Fresh is best. Let me put it this way, You have 2 body builders, the first does steroids to get the muscle on fast for a competitive advantage, Then you have the second body builder that has worked his adult life building muscle, eating healthy, training. Which one will live the healthy life and win .The guy on steroids will have a plethora of health problems.

I have always known where my Beef and Pork came from. My Great Uncle was a farmer. Loved visiting the farm Uncel Bernard would take us for tractor rides, out into the Cow pasture. The hog pen was walking distance from the house. Will remain a fond child hood memory.

@jacqueline-fc8wb

6 ай бұрын

Hi. My family have or use to have tobacco fields in N.C. when I visited them many years ago, I liked the smell of fresh cut tobacco as well as walking thru the rows😊. And eating fresh bacon from their pigs that they had processed. Like you said "Fond memories".

Hope the pigs are profitable for you. I enjoy seeing them growing and wallowing around their yard.

I miss true free range eggs. Ever spring we would buy 150 or 200 chicks, rotate out the 30 or 35 hens we kept for eggs every year. The nutritional quality of a true free range egg is far better than 'factory eggs'. I had an egg supplier but they retired. I have little doubt that all of the livestock you sell is superior to factory farm animals just by the way you feed and treat your critters. A happy critter is a healthier critter that nets better meat and eggs. Keep up the good work!

Man, the butchering really made the cost jump up!

This is a great way to live and raise your family. It will be even better when the kids get old enough to help.

Great video with lots of info and great footage. I'd love to see some trail cam footage. Your outlook and attitude are what makes this channel my #1.

Atleast i get to know where my food is coming from and the treatment it received before it got to my plate. Thanks FTR for all you do.

You didn't sound or talk negative about each pigs cost. So hopefully they were profitable enough that you keep raising pigs. Sounds like Pete is possibly already done. C'mon Bossy pig and Bill! I would absolutely LOVE a trail camera on that deer path!!

Good update, good cost review! One thing that is important to me is to know where your pork or beef comes from. Just not sure how to add that value into the equation!! Your so spot on when discussion geography to animal feeding. Looking at Luthie Ranch and his feeding rate is in sub zero temperatures, makes me appreciate growing animals in the valley. Good update, good post FTR!

Your cows look so satisfied. Love seeing them lazing around the winter pasture. It would be interesting seeing how you level out the garden area for planting.

Very informative vid! Enjoyed seeing Callie and Belly play in the fields @nd ponds, great life for a dog, and the cattle look great! As always, loved watching!❤❤❤

Tyler, Thank you for creating such great content in all your videos. Your channel is a diamond among many mediocre content creators and is enjoyed. Ignore the critics and keep up the great work. Thank you again.

Good Afternoon, Tyler, Callie and Belly! Checking the Levee! The Piggies 🐖! Levee Fence! Deer Trails! Levee’s Good! Back at the Ranch! Round Bales weigh 500 pounds! Empty Pig Pen! Great Video! Learning more each video! Thank-you! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Those were some great looking pigs...

I TOTALLY ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO TYLER 😊

Bellie is growing into a gorgeous Sheperd! I love watching her and Calli run! She reminds me of the German Shepherd that starred in the 1960s show "Reen-Tin-Tin"! Does Bellie remind you of the other German Shepherd you used to have (if memory serves me right her name was Maggie")? You're training her so good. She's a smart puppy! Now do you sell some of those pigs to family members or to farm stores that sell meat to consumers? We have 6 inches of snow on the ground over in the northeast Tennessee with a low tonight going to be around 7° they are telling us. It's pretty cold!

Most people don’t even realize that when they go to the grocery store, the people working in the meat department are no longer butchers. Almost all the cuts are made at a processing plant and shipped in bulk. If it is not prepackaged it is then packaged at the grocery store for local sales. This took most butcher’s out of the grocery chain entirely. In most places, if you want a large specialty cut, it’s ordered.

Thank you for the cost breakdown. The butchering costs did add up and I bet vary from region to region in the US. We would need to know what the final weight is after wrapping the cuts to get the final price/lb. No matter, the quality and flavor will beat anything that isn’t farm raised. It is not always about saving money.

Good job Tyler!🐕🐖🦃🐄

Beautiful farm 🐖 and land

Enjoyed the video and the cost breakdown. Thanks FTR!

Thanks for that info. Great video keep them coming. I want to recommend a KZread channel to you. Your family farmer. Young man taking over his family farm. Likes to work on stuff himself. Hes new but I enjoy the videos.

i got a heifer who has become a sort of a problem child lol, she is my fence hole finder lol and she definitely has showed the rest how to brake out

Hey Gang 👋 Tyler, you don't comment much? When I was raising pigs, I made contact with 2 local restaurants (friends) who would save the scraps leftover for my pigs, just a thought God's Good Blessings to you and your beautiful family keep up the great work love U guys XOXOXO stay safe and healthy

That cattle looks beautiful out in that field ❤ Wow that’s an incredible breakdown!! Expensive! Lol but I’m learning how much Better our food is without all the chemicals and such! Sometimes it’s not all about cost if it makes us live healthier!!!😂🥴🙌🏻 Got my package in the mail today!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉😂😂❤❤ I love them so much!! And the kids sweet drawings were the cherry on top!! Oh my word!!!!💝💕💕💕😂😂 tell them I loved it!!! Thank you so much!!

The best part about raising your own meat is you know exactly what's going into that meat! Thanks for the cost breakdown. If you're only getting 200# of meat per pig, $4.40/lb isn't bad for farm raised pork. For those that are curious about the price per finished pound. Best part is these are well cared for animals! Thank you Tyler for taking such good care of your animals, even the ones you're raising for meat!

@danrose3233

6 ай бұрын

You are only going to get 140-150lbs of packaged meat...think over $6.00/lb...crazy high. The cut and package guy is the only one making good coin.

@dmelton8174

6 ай бұрын

@@danrose3233 ah ok. That's a bit different. I was going off what we got from my son's 3 FFA pigs. I guess they were just really big boys 😊

@danrose3233

6 ай бұрын

@@dmelton8174 I hope your butcher is reputable. Hogs usually yield just over 50% of packaged meat from hoof weight. I doubt the hogs were 400lbs.

@dmelton8174

6 ай бұрын

@@danrose3233 hopefully he was reputable. We used the guy our FFA teacher recommended. Each of the boys were between 425-450 when we took them to be butchered (and almost a yr old, which was probably a big part of their size). They were Yorkshires and, while they didn't have a good enough confirmation to make the FFA sale, we brought them back home and fed them a while longer and they sure taste yummy. And have provided enough meat for our family as well as enough to share with my parents and in-laws.

@danrose3233

6 ай бұрын

@@dmelton8174 Wow, okay then you did get 200lbs of packaged meat. Those are big market hogs for sure!

That is one gorgeous shepherd.

@edwyatt8810

6 ай бұрын

cowherd?

Good job FT

I imagine it has to do with your area but the cost does seem a little on the high side. We raised two pigs up to 200lbs for about 400 per pig. I butchered our pig myself so we saved there on butcher costs. Sold the other feeder to a friend for cost and I believe his butcher cost was $100 kill fee and $250 for cut and wrap. I suppose at that we are only about 100 apart. The home butchering was a learning curve as it was my first hog, but after doing many many deer, the basics of breaking down a carcass are similar. We decided to skin to save labor instead of scalding and I just used a KZread video to help me identify my cuts properly for the first time. Interested to see what your average price per lb breakdown is, figured in the ballpark of $8.30/lb to take one to the butcher and around $5.50/lb for the one we did ourselves.

Once again, you make a very wonderful video, and very educational video! Your honesty about what it cost from every aspect of raising the pigs to harvesting the pig is appreciated!! Many people would not share that information. Nearly as openly as you have. I took a snapshot of your pigs off of one of your videos and send it to my sister and also my brother commented on how well built almost beautiful your pigs were, and that the ones we raised growing up on the farm never look like that. We had ham pigs, and sows, etc. And they were free range although that’s not what we called it back then and wealth and cared for. & living in IOWA they had all the corn they wanted and then som. Anyway, after watching your video twice, the thing I guess I don’t know from your information is were you happy with the price that you made on the sale of the pigs? Was it more or less than you were expecting? And therefore, was it worth the investment that you put into Raising the 10 pigs in contrast to all the expenses and what you will get from the sale of your meat.? I Would like to comment on the gentleman that came out to harvest the pigs in his mobile truck or van… I wish they would’ve had something like that back when my dad and grandfather were farming together. It was always such a big deal to harvest the pig ourselves, and they had a place to hang them safely, we had this huge oak table in the kitchen that had two leaves you could pull out and make it again, and but butcher paper was put down to cupboard the table with several layers, and then the butchering and cutting up of the hog would begin. We did the same thing with cattle and deer and chickens. My mother was very good to wash that table in bleach water multiple times before we used it again after harvest, but it’s just the way it was done. Nowadays, they have those wonderful aluminum tables you can buy & use on the farm. I am glad you had that type of mobile set up available to.!! Again this was an excellent video, and I applaud you for sharing all the information you did!👍🏼❣️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ PS-Belle is sure getting bigger and definitely enjoying the farm routine and her companion Callie❣️❣️

Outstanding, Thanks

Thanks for the video, I usually learn something and always enjoy watching!

Great info Tyler. Keep Rocking!

Very interesting vlog.

Thanks for the break down. But now the big question, did you make money out of it? Was it the work worth it? I know they are going to taste better than buying it at the big shops, but still? Will you do it again? More than $800 a pig is a lot of money.

Thanks. Sure wish I had some of that processed pork.

TYLER! What do you do with the pig meat after all this work and expense? Are you selling direct to consumer? Wholesaling? How much margin do you hope to attain? Inquiring minds want to know. :)

@allysonh6410

6 ай бұрын

Yes I would love to know if this all goes into family freezers or if he’s trying to make a profit as well❤

Thank you for the video

Love your videos ❤

It may cost a lot to raise and get the animals processed, but the end product is so worth it!!

Question: What was the total weight of cut and wrapped meat from all 10 pigs?

@24bidy

6 ай бұрын

that what i want to know to

@micah06v8

6 ай бұрын

I was coming to ask this exact question!

@nathanieljohanneck5788

6 ай бұрын

If they weighed between 250-300lbs live you’d end up with about 145-175lbs of actual cuts. They average 57% of the live weight equates to meat and cuts.

@philstocks7859

6 ай бұрын

@nathanieljohanneck5788 I'm aware of the 57% of live weight on average. My question was more specific. Where did these 10 hogs average, and what was the cost per pound of cut and packaged meat?

I've been watching your videos for a while and I've seen you harvest quite a few but I can't remember hearing or seeing what you do with all the butchered meat. Do you sell it? Have an online store? Go to market? It would be interesting to hear what you do. Thanks again for all your videos and for sharing your stories.

Great breakdown. How do you market your livestock products? And what are you going to do with the area those critters destroyed?

@billpearson6569

6 ай бұрын

Garden

Interesting at how 25 pounds of hay per head on cattle.. I am in northern michigan and I feed double that during the winter.. Of course to the high was 6 degrees and wind chill of -11.

So you sell this meat on the internet farm to table? Or in local markets because I didn't see a profit for you. Or did I miss something?

TYLER DUDE GET YOU A FEW TRUCK LOADS OF SAND IN THERE… The corral. SO HOW DO YOU SELL YOUR PORK???

The cows and pigs both look good home grown beef and pork is always better than what you buy at a store u know what thay were feed have a good day .

The only thing I didn’t hear was how many pounds of meat did you yield from the 10 pigs?

Hi FTR hope you are doing great... wishing you all the best... One question...why don't you do grow hay or Alpha alpha in winter pasture, during summer months... I sure the landowner will be more than happy to be accomodative....

Its a business and you have to be a good businessman !!

so , after all you put in , what did you make ??? I missed that part.

Looks like you need to add hunting deer to your list of hobbies!

Then that's crazy

Who purchases your harvest pigs and steers? Individuals with a purchase agreement or does a butcher shop sell them retail? I know that CLM just writes you a check ( I live in Galt and I think about FTR every time I drive by it). I really enjoy your channel.

Great Cost review for the pigs,... but how much can you sell them for? roughly speaking or ball park figure? to work out if it is worth the work?

Thanks for the hog cost breakdown. Wow, when they say things are more expensive in CA...that is no joke. How do you make any money with packaged meat? That is over $6.00/lb! What are pork prices at your local grocery store?

@danrose3233

6 ай бұрын

Those processing costs are crazy high. It would make me want to do it myself.

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Hey Tyler, how much did your biggest pig weigh?

Great video, surprising costs for raising them pigs. Broadly speaking, would you share a what % (roughly) of profit would you hope for? 20-40%?

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What was the final weight of the packages of meat it started at 450 average what was the average final product weight . Need price of final usable .weight

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Your barn is larger than it looked when it was full. Did your grandpa build that barn that you have the bales of hay in?

DO YOU SELL THE PORK?

Tyler how much did they weigh at hanging

O my it used to cost me 400.00 to raise 10 I used to get killer pigs that had ruptured at 1 dollar a piece it didn't matter cause they were a custom butcher anyway by the time they went to processing most were healed at 5months they hung at 190 to 225 I've had them weigh more I fed a 16 percent grind corn and soy and adjust depending on age

Wow pigs are expensive these days, We used to raise pigs back in the 80's. We used to butcher them ourselves and sell them around town. We used to charge a dollar a pound for a dressed carcass. Our pigs were free range, but most of their feeding was done by hand, mixed grain and scraps we used to collect from the local fruit and veg shop.

Do you know what your total live weight, or total hanging weight was?

Please let us know the total amount of meat so that I can estimate the cost per pound. Thank you

Are deer carrying any significant threat of TB to cattle in California? The UK dairy channels I follow have been plagued by this recently.

Do your cattle have hoof issues at all.

How many pounds of meat do you get from one pig?

Balls 😂🤣🙏🥃🇺🇲

I watched twice and still missed it, how much did you make back per pig? Was it worth it?

how much did you sell the pig for and was there a proffit?

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Here's something I just don't understand so maybe you can explain it... why is there grass in the winter pasture and some in the steer pasture but not in the home pasture?

Do you sell off some pork and keep some? Just wondering.

How much profit do you make per pig?

So you keep the meat from all the pigs?

Does he sell the pigs or eat them?

Do you eat all that pork?

pigs are more efficient at converting feed to meat though, you can finish a hog on 1000lb of feedfrom feeder weight to finish weight.

So $884. per pig...meat cut-wrapped USDA stamped and ready for sale....so how much does that one pig bring in sales?...$1,000.? How much are you actually making for profit? Doesn't seem like much. What an eye opener. Everyone's getting rich down the line but you feeding and raising them. I'm lost in how you get paid?

@jeffreyshier9021

6 ай бұрын

Who do you sell to?

@anneoreilly4900

6 ай бұрын

I believe FTR raises them for personal and family consumption.

@danrose3233

6 ай бұрын

@@anneoreilly4900 No way he and his small family eat 10 hogs a year.

@anneoreilly4900

6 ай бұрын

@danrose3233 Extended family and friends, then. This is the most swine I've seen him grow out.

@jeffreyshier9021

6 ай бұрын

@@danrose3233 😂😂😂

Will you or have you had Bella spayed?

One cost I didn't hear included is labor. Those pigs didn't feed themselves.

@btjossem

6 ай бұрын

That's what farming is all about! You make $0.10 an hour for your time! But it's all worth it! For he and definitely for his family!.

That's a pricey pig but the real question is...profit ???

Sounds like the butcher charged to much

How much did they weight, the pigs.

First lol

Some math is better left undone!!😮😢😊

So did you keep one pig for your own freezer? Did you make any kind of profit? And is this all woeth it to you? Which i can probably answer YES, or you wouldnt do it. Did you sell the meat ? Which you probably did!

With the hog market as low as it is now. Around 82 dollars a hundred. I don't see how your making money on them. Just thinking out loud.

@danrose3233

6 ай бұрын

Most of these small farms only make money on the YT side of things.

Belly is getting so big. I can't remember Callie at that age. Maybe some "look back" footage?