It costs $40-$50 in SC to process a deer. Sausage is an additonal $.50-$.60 cents per pound. I have cleaned many deer the old fashioned way but no longer have the desire to do it myself. The pleasure is in the hunt and the kill. My days of cleaning one myself are over. It is well worth fifty bucks to process the deer. There are several very reputable processors around here that do an excellent job. Find a good processor and stick with them.