farmerjan
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Understand that the yield is based on HANGING WEIGHT. At least on beef. I tell ALL our beef customers..... If the animal weighs .... Using this as an example....... 1,000 lbs. the hanging weight will be between 5-600 lbs AVERAGE. That is taking away the hide, head, hooves, guts...... then you can expect UP TO 63% (according to USDA) of that as cut out value. So a 550 lb carcass will yield approx 300 lbs edible meat.
So again, what I tell my beef customers, if it weighs 1000 lbs expect to get back 25% or more of the weight in actual beef. That will depend on the cuts, whether or not you get back alot of bone in cuts ..... So a 1000 lb animal will give you back at least 250 lbs actual meat in your freezer. That is why a better finished animal will yield better as the hide, head hooves will not change in weight, and the guts will change only if you weigh it full of feed/hay, then they leave it overnight before killing so the guts are more empty.
Since lamb and goats are smaller, there ought to be better cut out.
Getting back 200 lbs of HALF a steer weighing 1100 lbs is not bad. The off taste is something I cannot address.
So again, what I tell my beef customers, if it weighs 1000 lbs expect to get back 25% or more of the weight in actual beef. That will depend on the cuts, whether or not you get back alot of bone in cuts ..... So a 1000 lb animal will give you back at least 250 lbs actual meat in your freezer. That is why a better finished animal will yield better as the hide, head hooves will not change in weight, and the guts will change only if you weigh it full of feed/hay, then they leave it overnight before killing so the guts are more empty.
Since lamb and goats are smaller, there ought to be better cut out.
Getting back 200 lbs of HALF a steer weighing 1100 lbs is not bad. The off taste is something I cannot address.