how much to charge per pound

[Mary Ann's Rabbitry]

I am starting to selling for raw diet for dogs.... I have been feeding my dogs with rabbit now for 8 years.. I really like working with rabbits.... I am going to expand towards that area... but I am not to sure on what to charge.. this is cleaned with organs in each bag of rabbit.. this will be per pound .. just whole .. what would be a fair price.. I have been searching to see what everyone else is charging and I cant find any..

 

[Zass]

I've been selling dressed rabbits at $2 / lb. Live weight (as required in my state).

It comes out to about $ 4 / lb dressed or $10 for a 5 lb. fryer.

I had been leaving the head off and organs out since they aren't being purchased for dogs though.

 

[Mary Ann's Rabbitry]

thanks. I was thinking 4 dollars a pound with the organs.. If they don't want organs.. still the same price.. just not as much weight. I like to keep it simple

 

[MamaSheepdog]

I charge $7 per pound for dressed rabbit, but mine is marketed for human consumption.

 

[LASGSD]

Check to see how much the raw diet providers in your area charge. Hare Today (a US company) charges $23 for a skinned, gutted rabbit cut in half (estimate it being 4 lbs). So that's around $5.75 per pound (plus shipping costs).

 

[TwoAcreDream]

I would think $ 2 -3 a pound live weight.

I recently found a snake buyer willing to pay $ 3 a pound for whole rabbits.
He has been here once and bought 3 rabbits so far. He was supposed to
come at the end of August again, but has not called yet.
He is wanting mainly 2 pound rabbits whole. Which is probably not going
to work for me, as I feel $ 10 per rabbit is the lowest I want to go.
That is what I been getting for mixed bunnies. But I just sold 2 of the 3
mixed does that I have to a lady who wants them for breeding does to
start up her meat line. She will be back in about 3 weeks for the other
mixed doe and then some pure cali does.

Bottom line is you have to get enough money from a litter to cover your
costs in keeping that mommy doe in production.

 

[3mina]

My dog food supplier charges $4.15/lb for whole ground rabbit and 3.30/lb for a rabbit/organ/veg mix