Homekill and Processing
The Grocer offers a range of processing to meet your needs.
We process sheep, beef and pork at any of The Grocer’s locations, prepared by our professional and qualified butchers; please use our individual processing forms to book through your animal.
Homekill services can be provided by The Grocer’s experienced team, and we also have an on-site abattoir at our Lorneville location. Our abattoir has yards suitable for all stock trucks without trailers. Read more about how we perform homekill and a guide to successful processing in our FAQs.
Processing Forms
To book your animal in:
Fill out the HOMEKILL BOOKING FORM first to book the truck and slaughterman.
Choose your animal type and fill out a PROCESSING FORM to select your cuts and small goods.
Take a look through our FAQs to find out more about The Grocer’s approach to homekill processing.
Homekill Booking - to book the truck + slaughterman
PROCESSING FORMS - Choose your animal and SELECT YOUR cuts
Homekill
Truck and Trailer
The Grocer offers a complete on-farm homekill service for beef, and sheep and pigs. This service offers a simple no-fuss service from paddock to plate.
After slaughter, all meat is tagged with your name, to ensure you always get your own meat back.
Turnaround times for homekill are:
Beef
7-10 days turnaround period between arriving at the butchery and being available for pick up.
Sheep
Generally available 3-5 days after carcasses are delivered to the butchery for processing.
Pork
Available between 5-7 days post slaughter.
Homekill
On Your Property
First choose which location you would like to prepare your meat. Our qualified team will come to you with all the necessary equipment required and slaughter the animals on your property.
Have your sheep in a small pen or trailer
Beef during September to April (dry months) needs to be left in a small paddock which is handy for our truck to access
Beef during the wet months needs to be in cattle yards or pens or have a tractor available to take the animals back to the truck.
Please note that our truck is very heavy and high so wet paddocks and low hanging trees can cause problems.
Offal removal can be arranged at an extra cost, however if you have a trailer, or tractor, or large sacks it can be put in these for you for easy disposal.
We offer full service for pig slaughter/scolding. Phone the butchery for a booking or use the booking form link:
abattoir services
Abattoir at The Grocer Lorneville
We have our own in-house abattoir facility, based at our Lorneville location. The abattoir is suitable for pigs, cattle and sheep.
No booking required
Free delivery to The Grocer location of your choice
Accepts stock 5 days a week
Yards suitable for stock trucks
Carcass can be picked up whole
Paddock to Plate Experience
Transparency and authenticity is a big part of The Grocer’s ethos. We encourage our customers to take the time to understand the homekill process by offering our Paddock to Plate Experience. This highly informative process allows customers to follow their meat through the butchery and understand how animals are humanely treated to eventually becoming high quality cuts for customers to enjoy. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss the Paddock to Plate Experience.
Sheep pricing
Sheep
At Lorneville abattoir: $45.00
On your property: $48.00
Offal removal: $6.00
Rams
At Lorneville abattoir: $52.00
On your property: $52.00
Offal removal: $6.00
Processing sheep
Sheep (basic options) $50.00 each
Smallgoods: $6.50/kg
Gourmet smallgoods: $7.50/kg
Dog tucker (frozen free flow): $40.00 each
Beef pricing
Beef
At Lorneville abattoir: $185.00
On your property: $185.00
Offal removal: $55.00
Processing beef
Cattle (bone-in weight): $1.95/kg
Smallgoods: $6.50/kg
Gourmet smallgoods: $7.50/kg
Pork pricing
Pig
At Lorneville abattoir (under 80kg): $95.00
At Lorneville abattoir (over 80 kg): $110.00
On farm skinning: $120.00
Offal removal: $25.00
Processing pig
Processing baconer pig: $190.00 (optional extra, all bacon vac packed $1.00/bag)
Processing fresh pig: $165.00
Smallgoods: $6.50/kg
Gourmet smallgoods: $7.50/kg
read our FAQs
Here’s everything you’ll need to know about processing animals with The Grocer. We take pride in providing a transparent process for our customers. If you’ve still got a question at the end, feel free to get in touch.