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Carcass Weights

  • 29-01-2011 8:20pm
    #1
    Nutcase
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭


    A question that someone here might be ablw 2 help me out with if an animal puts on say for instance 1kg of liveweight a day how much of this is then converted into carcass weight? The animals are young bulls and all continentals.

    I was thinking that if they put on 1kg a day and a 56% killout then they would only be gaining 0.56kg (CW)??


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  • #2
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    Ya, what you are saying is right. At 56% killout then 560g carsass is put on for 1 Kg liveweight. The problem is that KO% will be changing. Say if you intensive feed on concentrates for the last 6 weeks then the animal will put on more muscle weight than bone etc, so the KO% will be improoving. If that makes sense.


  • #3
    Nutcase
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭Nutcase


    yeah i think i get ye wot ur sayin.. we weighed some of ours and they were only killin out around 56% we have some that killed out up to 58% but most are only around 56%.

    So a factory price of €5/kg is needed if they wer only gaining 0.50kg CW a day with feed costs €2.50/day/animal..
    Things really dont look good!!


  • #4
    pakalasa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    Exactly, finishing cattle is a big numbers game with tight margins.


  • #5
    Nutcase
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭Nutcase


    Seems so thanks for that anyways.. Factories have pulled the price of beef this week and everyone is talking about there being a shortage of cattle i have yet to see any benefit to the beef farmers!!


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