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300kg carcass

  • 28-07-2017 8:23pm
    #1
    blonde10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 148 ✭✭


    What kind of live weight in an Angus/Hereford heifer or bullock would leave you with around a 300kg carcass..I wouldn't be a great judge..
    Thanks


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  • #2
    Farmer_3650
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    blonde10 wrote: »
    What kind of live weight in an Angus/Hereford heifer or bullock would leave you with around a 300kg carcass..I wouldn't be a great judge..
    Thanks

    Roughly 580-600 kilo liveweight. Maybe even lighter. It is hard to say though


  • #3
    49801
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    blonde10 wrote: »
    What kind of live weight in an Angus/Hereford heifer or bullock would leave you with around a 300kg carcass..I wouldn't be a great judge..
    Thanks

    Assuming KO 55% about 550kg LW will leave a 300kg DW.

    Quality and sex of animal will improve or disimprove KO% etc


  • #4
    Water John
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    Lads above are about right. Though some of our meat factories miraclously got it to 72% during the 80s!!!


  • #5
    Base price
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    Water John wrote: »
    Lads above are about right. Though some of our meat factories miraclously got it to 72% during the 80s!!!
    Prior to VIA's and electric trimmers :rolleyes:


  • #6
    Butcher Boy
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    blonde10 wrote: »
    What kind of live weight in an Angus/Hereford heifer or bullock would leave you with around a 300kg carcass..I wouldn't be a great judge..
    Thanks

    around 600kgs ,if off dairy stock about 50% kill out,2to3% more off beef cows.


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  • #7
    The part time boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 610 ✭✭✭The part time boy


    Slightly off topic but what kill out weight would you look at killing out aa heifers at 20 months ?


  • #8
    Butcher Boy
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    The part time boy wrote: »
    Slightly off topic but what kill out weight would you look at killing out aa heifers at 20 months ?

    around 50% will hang most of them. 500lw 250dw.


  • #9
    cute geoge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,110 ✭✭✭cute geoge


    How can lads figure what % fr cull cows kill out at?
    I only fating a small number but some cows amaze me ,i think br.fr cows can be easy to put flesh on but wont knock the scales .Other cows might be more holstein but with any bit of flesh they seem to come into big weights


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