Berkshire Pork Shares
This is what pork
used to taste like.
Circle 7's current pork share program leads with Berkshire pork: open-air raised, cage-free, grain-finished, and priced on finished packaged take-home weight. Whole shares are $1,203 for a 130 lb floor. Half shares are $666 for a 65 lb floor.
Heritage Breeds
The breeds the industry left behind.
Heritage pork breeds are the lines listed on the Livestock Conservancy registry that pre-date modern commercial selection. They grow slower. Their litters are smaller. They cost more to raise. And they marble like proper pork is supposed to.
The current pork shares are Berkshire at the Reserve tier, with Duroc being explored for the Master's tier. Circle 7 states pork claims carefully: open-air raised, cage-free, and grain-finished.
Berkshire Pork Whole: $1,203, 130 lb floor, $9.25/lb
Berkshire Pork Half: $666, 65 lb floor, $10.25/lb
Duroc Pork Coming: whole around $1,463 and half around $796, pending final availability
Market Position
Berkshire is priced upper-middle. Duroc needs a Master's story.
The supplied market comparison places Berkshire in the upper-middle of the researched farm-direct pork range after converting competitors to take-home, packaged pricing. Duroc is above the observed pork band, so its page needs to earn the premium with genetics, marbling, and eating-quality proof before launch.
Berkshire Reserve: live now for Oct 15, 2026 earliest harvest
Duroc Master's: coming, not live for reservation yet
Pork Cuts
Shop the cuts.
Cooking Note
Stop overcooking pork.
The USDA dropped the safe internal pork temperature to 145°F in 2011. Most home cooks still pull at 160°F because that's what their parents did. With heritage and Kurobuta pork, that's the difference between a juicy chop and a dry one.
Target 140°F off the heat. Let it rise to 145°F during a 5-minute rest. The center should be slightly pink. That's not undercooked. That's pork done right.