Here in Ohio we sell a few feeders off our farm. We usually get some interest in the spring - people want to raise them in the summer months and butcher in the fall. We've been charging $1.00/lb for 40-50 lb. pigs. This price has not dropped. WE had a few buyers last weekend and have another lined up for this weekend. I have heard they've been selling cheap at the auction barn though. Smaller pigs around 30 lbs. we're getting $1.10/lb for. Most of the people buying these only want about a half dozen - enough for them and some of their friends or family members to fill their freezers this winter.
For fat hogs, like someone mentioned, the price has really dropped low due to the packing plants being closed. That will hurt a lot of people. We were lucky and got a jump on things. We've advertised to sell half or whole hogs and scheduled them at the local butcher. If we were selling the conventional way to the slaughterhouse, we would only be getting about $0.30/lb. As someone mentioned, the price has dropped to $0.44/lb, but that's on the rail, not on foot.
You have to get close to $0.50/lb to have a profitable hog operation.
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