I use a local butcher in our market or we have two in our High Street .I don't buy stuff like bacon or cooked meats from him though .I would rather eat less meat and pay the bit extra for good stuff though .
A good butcher will give you the provenance of his meat and he will weigh it out and and you can have whatever you want .They hang it for the correct amount of time and don't just bang it out wrapped in in bits of plastic with hardly any fat like they do in the supermarkets.
I usually just ask for a piece of brisket for example, in money rather than weight ..I just say ..a piece of brisket about six quid in money ...etc .
I like belly pork rashers ,but I don't want those thick bits they have in the supermarket ..My butcher cuts them as thin as I want them ..
I spend about 30 pounds every six weeks at the butchers and for that I get a joint , either beef ,pork or lamb,whatever we fancy,more often than not it's beef , ,.chipolatas , sausages ,pork belly ,a bacon hock , liver , stewing steak ,pork loin chops and 5lbs mince. There are only two us of that eat meat anyway and we don't have a roast every Sunday these days .I rarely buy chicken because I don't like it but he has free range large chickens for about six pounds .You could feed a family for a week on one of them .
That sees us through for ages .I suppose the price will vary where ever you are in the country This is all local meat.
.I would avoid farmers markets for meat though .it may be good and very organic but it' s very overpriced .
And they tend to stuff things with apricots and all this other fancy doings which pushes the price up.