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Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« on: October 26, 2015, 12:31:47 PM »
Greetings,
My regular meat cutter is going out of business, so when my son tagged out on opening day we took it to another butcher shop. 
I was stunned when the call came in to pick it up at a cost of $135.00  :yike:
That makes it worth cutter ourselves.  I'm used to paying around $65 to $75 for a blacktail, which makes it worth while to drop it off.

What's the going rate in your area?

Thanks in advance.
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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2015, 12:37:04 PM »
$.89 per pound. They hang it weigh it and cut it up. You can just give them quarters or debone if your worried about weight.

They also charge $1 per day to hang it per hook if they have space. (deer take 2 hooks, elk normally 4-5) I hung my elk for 10 days then picked it up for $40. This is what I normally do because a buddy has a processing facility and commercial vacuum packer.

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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2015, 12:46:43 PM »
My hunting partner pays someone to butcher. They do a good job but jacked up their prices this year, more than $100 per deer/lope   :(

I've never paid $1 to a butcher--always done it at home.

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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2015, 04:47:01 PM »
pay nothing... do it myself... that way package sizes are what I want, not what they think I want..

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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2015, 04:51:49 PM »
pay nothing... do it myself... that way package sizes are what I want, not what they think I want..

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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2015, 04:57:47 PM »
pay nothing... do it myself... that way package sizes are what I want, not what they think I want..

Which of course in no way answers my question.....
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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2015, 05:03:54 PM »
40 bucks for vacuum bags and used 3 rolls. Plus 2 days to cut, electricity, vacuum sealer, grinder, slicer...cost for equipment was around 500 but now I can do the processing exactly the way I want it. Best investment last year :tup:
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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2015, 05:09:57 PM »
I need a walk-in cooler,  hard to get excited about hunting early September when I don't have a place to hang/cool out the meat.

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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2015, 05:10:42 PM »
I talked to a butcher down this way and he gets .70 cents a pound hanging weight.

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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2015, 06:03:05 PM »
$0.89/lb (hanging weight) cut, wrapped and frozen when I pick it up.

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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2015, 06:08:54 PM »
I usually pay around $100 but that's because I get jerky or sausage made too. I have cut and wrapped my own before but sometimes the $ is worth it to save time and get some specialty cuts.
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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2015, 06:21:12 PM »
My butcher charged me $200.00.  He made me 30# of summer sausage, a few packages of burger, back strap was made into steaks, and he packaged up the tender loins.
He charged $5.00 /lb for sausage that's $150.00. He did supply 15# of pork for the sausage.
So I guess the processing was $50.00.
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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #12 on: October 27, 2015, 08:52:51 AM »
Been a few years $125 cut an wrap "vac sealed". Sausage, pepperoni and other things were extra.
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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #13 on: October 27, 2015, 09:00:17 AM »
Nothing, I do it myself  ;)

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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #14 on: October 27, 2015, 10:04:14 AM »
I need a walk-in cooler,  hard to get excited about hunting early September when I don't have a place to hang/cool out the meat.

ya a walk in cooler would be nice, but years ago lived/hunted in South Carolina, early season temps in the 90's... would take the deer home skin it, fill the bath tub with cold water, add a pound of salt and soak the carcass overnight then butcher, cut, and wrap it the next morning... the salt water leaches most of the blood out and gets rid of any "gamey" taste... meat was great without hanging...

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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #15 on: October 27, 2015, 10:28:14 AM »
Have never given anything to the butcher that was steak worthy when I process it myself.  I don't have the patience, and my time is worth more than the cost of .79cents a pound wrapped and ready for burger.  I have had specialty cuts as mentioned already made with the smalls for 2.49 or 3.49 depending on the type.
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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #16 on: October 27, 2015, 11:42:54 AM »
I just paid $127.00 for a hanging weight of 135 lbs and some fat added. Cut ,wrapped ,frozen. Took it in on Friday picked up on Sunday.
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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #17 on: October 27, 2015, 06:54:52 PM »

A fair rule of thumb would be from 60-90 cents per pound hanging weight for cut and wrap.  Most commercial shops will not skin.  In my neck of th ewoods most guys that do pay end up paying about 75 bucks for a deer.
 
[/quote]  :yeah:.....and some shops wil have a minimum of around $50-$70 .

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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #18 on: October 29, 2015, 08:53:24 PM »
In the Methow Valley there are two outfits that cut deer.  One charges 225 and the other charges 150.  They both only do steaks, roasts and burger for this price.  Any pepperoni, summer sausage or jerkey costs extra.
  Both will store your carcass in the cooler and you can pick it up when you leave town
Interesting enough is the higher priced place took in over 400 deer this year .

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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #19 on: October 29, 2015, 08:59:34 PM »
People pay 225 to have a deer cut ip?????   Wow, buy a damn vaccuum sealer and a knife!!

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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #20 on: October 31, 2015, 12:26:15 PM »
We do our own steaks and what not, but for grinding we take it to the butcher. We turned in 96lbs for the four deer we shot.
20lbs of Pep with added pork fat
20Lbs of Summer Sausage with added pork fat
20lbs of Breakfast Sausage with added pork fat
36lbs for Hamburger with added beef fat

Cost us $136.00
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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #21 on: October 31, 2015, 12:48:15 PM »
We do our own steaks and what not, but for grinding we take it to the butcher. We turned in 96lbs for the four deer we shot.
20lbs of Pep with added pork fat
20Lbs of Summer Sausage with added pork fat
20lbs of Breakfast Sausage with added pork fat
36lbs for Hamburger with added beef fat

Cost us $136.00

Thats not a bad price for sausages, but once I learned to do it myself its become a family tradition.
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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #22 on: October 31, 2015, 01:12:16 PM »
For a few years I was using Silvana Meats.   Did a good job and only charged $0.65/# for cut/grind & wrap quarters.
Didn't matter how many animals, flat rate. 
Then 2 yrs ago the charged $65/animal minimum. That came to $2.45/#   for 2 small blacktail.
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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #23 on: October 31, 2015, 01:22:55 PM »
pay nothing... do it myself... that way package sizes are what I want, not what they think I want..

Which of course in no way answers my question.....
knew that answer wouldn't take long to show up  :chuckle:

around here it's .65 per pound and $65 minimum, as for package size you tell them cut for how many people and they wrap accordingly.
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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #24 on: October 31, 2015, 02:05:23 PM »
We do our own steaks and what not, but for grinding we take it to the butcher. We turned in 96lbs for the four deer we shot.
20lbs of Pep with added pork fat
20Lbs of Summer Sausage with added pork fat
20lbs of Breakfast Sausage with added pork fat
36lbs for Hamburger with added beef fat

Cost us $136.00

Thats not a bad price for sausages, but once I learned to do it myself its become a family tradition.

That's this winter or next years purchase a grinder and stuffer. This year brought 3 new rifles & scopes, bino's, boot's and everything else, which in the end was priceless because the kids are hooked for life!!.
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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #25 on: October 31, 2015, 02:19:32 PM »
We do our own steaks and what not, but for grinding we take it to the butcher. We turned in 96lbs for the four deer we shot.
20lbs of Pep with added pork fat
20Lbs of Summer Sausage with added pork fat
20lbs of Breakfast Sausage with added pork fat
36lbs for Hamburger with added beef fat

Cost us $136.00

Thats not a bad price for sausages, but once I learned to do it myself its become a family tradition.

That's this winter or next years purchase a grinder and stuffer. This year brought 3 new rifles & scopes, bino's, boot's and everything else, which in the end was priceless because the kids are hooked for life!!.
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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #26 on: October 31, 2015, 02:21:23 PM »
We do our own steaks and what not, but for grinding we take it to the butcher. We turned in 96lbs for the four deer we shot.
20lbs of Pep with added pork fat
20Lbs of Summer Sausage with added pork fat
20lbs of Breakfast Sausage with added pork fat
36lbs for Hamburger with added beef fat

Cost us $136.00

Thats not a bad price for sausages, but once I learned to do it myself its become a family tradition.

That's this winter or next years purchase a grinder and stuffer. This year brought 3 new rifles & scopes, bino's, boot's and everything else, which in the end was priceless because the kids are hooked for life!!.

Yeah, I went slow.  First bought a cheap grinder and a scale.  Next year was the vacuum sealer, then the stuffer and so on, then I went all out on the Cabelas 1hp grinder.  Now I have everything including the smoker.  We pick a weekend, cut and grind and stuff and smoke and package...then in 4 or 5 months its all gone and we wish we had more.
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Re: Cutting and Wrapping. How much do you pay?
« Reply #27 on: October 31, 2015, 02:31:19 PM »
Generally costs me around a 6 pack of Rainier and maybe a few oz of whiskey... ;) Last I checked the going rate at some of the butchers in snohomish co. was around 69 cents/lb. This also includes your burger at most places. I think Del's has a minimum of $85. I just processed my deer the other night and man, for that rate its a heck of deal! However it's much more rewarding to cut and process your own meat if u have the time IMHO. So many options and don't have to worry about eating any of the crud you wouldn't want, I guarantee the butchers don't tske much time cutting the junk out.

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