A 200 lb hog is worth around $400.00 to over $1,000.00 depending on whether it's bought live or bought processed.
The quality of the pork, like conventional, pasture raised or organic as well as the butchering fees, will also factor into the cost of the 200 lb hog.
Even the market conditions will affect how much the 200 lb g is worth.
For a live hog you can expect around $2.00 lb to $4.00 lb, which can mean for a 200 lb hog it would cost between $400.00 to $800.00
Although when the 200 lb hog is processed the final cost can be from $5.00 to $10.00 lb of take home meat after butchering, smoking and wrapping costs are added in.
Farmers often price their hogs by live weight in $/lb.
However if you want the hog processed, then you're pay processing fees for the 200 lb hog based on the hanging weight, which is the hogs carcass after initial butchering, about 70 percent of live weight.
For conventional pork, it will be cheaper, and pasture raised and organic hogs will have higher prices which can range from $5.00 lb to $8.00 lb hanging weight.
Processing fees for the hog is also a major variable, which covers slaughter, cut and wrap and even options, like smoking, or sausage making, which adds significant costs for a whole hog.