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kill out percentage at factory

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  • 18-02-2011 6:54pm
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    quader
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    hi all just wondering do many people weight there cattle before the send them to the factory and if so what sort of a kill out percentage do ye get
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    TUBBY
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    Quader
    How are things. yeah, I weigh the cattle and it depends on the class of animal etc but generally round 53-56% would be the norm for them (bullocks). The plainer lads being 53% and decent continentals being 56%
    thats why I have a bit of an issue with Moyvalley cause my % kill out was lower the two times i sent cattle there.

    Bulls should be higher killout and heifers less.


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    pakalasa
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    TUBBY wrote: »
    .......thats why I have a bit of an issue with Moyvalley cause my % kill out was lower the two times i sent cattle there.
    Would you not hang around and see the cattle being killed? It's a few years since I've done it now, but I'd watch the weights as they were been recorded.


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    TUBBY
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    I didnt with Moyvalley but i know a few people locally so would have the same opinion. they go harder on the carcass than most factories by the looks of it.

    When it only a part time thing, hard justify getting time off work every time you are killing or marting.


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