@sickburnbro I just bought a whole cow. $2950 for 950 lb hanging, which comes to $3.10 a lb. and because I don't have the resources to butcher it myself I have it at a locker that charges $1.05 per lb. I assume a 40% weight loss during processing so about 570 lbs recovered @$1.05 a lb will be just under $600. So $3550 for a cow, processing is just shy of 17% of the total cost.
Now I'm picking up a whole pig later today for $400. I will butcher it myself so the 360 lb pig I get will cost me only $400 and about 1.3 hours to butcher and bag.