Hogget Reserve – Your Hogget, Your Way

Reserve a whole, half or quarter of our grass-fed Ryeland hogget | Butchered exactly how you like it

Our Hogget Reserve is the most traditional, honest way to buy hogget: reserve a whole, half or quarter of one of our Ryeland sheep, and have it butchered to suit exactly how you cook and eat. Grass-fed and finished here on our Derbyshire family farm, and prepared just for you.

It’s the best value per kilo, fully traceable from our fields to your freezer, and no two orders are ever the same.

What is hogget?

Hogget is a sheep that has matured naturally for between one and two years — that little bit older than spring lamb. The result is a deeper, richer flavour that’s never greasy, and it’s absolutely glorious slow-roasted. If you love lamb, hogget is the one you’ve been missing.

• Grass-fed and grass-finished on our Derbyshire farm
• Our own home-bred Ryeland flock
• Matured slowly and naturally for flavour
• Full traceability, from our field to your plate

How much you’ll get

Our hogget varies in size, so weights are approximate. Expected take-home packaged weights are:

• Quarter Hogget: approx. 4.5–5.5kg — a lovely introduction for smaller households
• Half Hogget: approx. 9–11kg — a generous freezer-filler
• Whole Hogget: approx. 18–22kg — a proper stock-up for families

Final weight varies depending on the individual animal and your cut preferences.

Choosing your cuts

Once your order is placed, we’ll be in touch personally to talk through exactly how you’d like everything prepared. You can choose the balance of:

• Roasting joints (leg and shoulder, bone-in or boned and rolled)
• Chops (loin and chump)
• Cutlets and racks
• Steaks
• Shanks, neck and breast (lovely slow-cooked)
• Mince and diced hogget

For BBQ & smoking

Fire up the smoker? Just say the word. If you cook low and slow, we'll cut your Dexter share to suit — proper packer brisket, beef short ribs, chuck for pulled beef, and big bone-in joints that take smoke beautifully. Whole-muscle cuts, trimmed how you like them, from grass-fed cattle raised right here. Simply tell us when we discuss your cut list, and our butcher will do the rest.

Not sure where to start? Leave it to us and we’ll cut a lovely balanced selection for your household.

Pricing

The Hogget Reserve is priced at £21 per kg, butchery included, based on the final packaged take-home weight.

Estimated guide prices:

• Quarter Hogget: approx. £95 – £115
• Half Hogget: approx. £190 – £230
• Whole Hogget: approx. £380 – £460

Because every animal is different, we confirm your exact total once it’s butchered and weighed — you only ever pay for what you get.

Timing

As every Reserve is butchered to your spec, the timing depends on stock levels and our butchery schedule. Please allow up to two weeks from placing your order to delivery. We’ll always confirm your timing with you and keep you posted along the way.

Welfare & Transparency

Our hogget travels a short distance to a licensed local abattoir. Animals are fully stunned in a non-reversible way before slaughter, in accordance with UK welfare legislation. Our hogget is not halal or kosher slaughtered. No long journeys, no stress, and full traceability from our field to your plate.

How it works

1. Reserve your hogget — choose a whole, half or quarter. No fixed amount is taken at checkout; your total is confirmed after butchery.
2. Design your cuts — we’ll talk through exactly how you’d like it, or cut a balanced selection for you.
3. We deliver, cut your way — freshly butchered, vacuum packed, labelled and freezer ready, delivered or ready to collect.

Delivery

Available on nationwide delivery, local delivery, or click & collect from the farm. Enjoy fresh, or freeze what you don’t need. All hogget is vacuum packed, labelled and freezer ready.

Availability is limited and allocated first come, first served. Pre-orders are now being taken.