-Public Sales: in these methods, pigs are taken to a central place, where they are sold by auction on live basis to the highest bidder.
-Private Sales: these involve selling of one or more pigs to the local consumer, other pig producers, butchers or middlemen.
-Direct Sales to Butcher:the pigs are sold to the butcher directly by producer without middlemen.
-Contract Sales: Under this system, contract is entered into with an abattoir to supply a certain number of pigs over a period of time at a set price.
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