liveweight

wiggy123 · 22-06-2018 12:51pm #1

How do you calculate liveweight of an animal, from the factory deadweigh-what percentage,etc? had an 9yr pb angus cow factoried last week-killed out at 410kg deadweight.. so what weight would she have been live like?

tanko · 22-06-2018 1:01pm

Had a CH cow here last year, she was 775 kgs liveweight, killed out at 391 kgs so 50% killout.

wiggy123 · 22-06-2018 1:31pm

ok

so cow be around 800+ kg..thought was that

whelan2 · 22-06-2018 1:49pm

wiggy123 wrote: »

ok

so cow be around 800+ kg..thought was that

What did you get for her?

wiggy123 · 22-06-2018 2:21pm

3.65 a kg

bogman_bass · 22-06-2018 2:49pm

Pure guesswork doing it that way round.

Dakota Dan · 22-06-2018 2:53pm

bogman_bass wrote: »

Pure guesswork doing it that way round.

Why don't they give liveweights at the factory?

wiggy123 · 22-06-2018 3:06pm

was just asking--was interested..to see her weight--so have rough idea re cows I have at mo-what weights might be1 I know I could weigh them

charolais0153 · 22-06-2018 5:16pm

wiggy123 wrote: »

was just asking--was interested..to see her weight--so have rough idea re cows I have at mo-what weights might be1 I know I could weigh them

Ya have to take about 10% of the weight away if you're weighing them straight out of the field....very unreliable with gut fill etc,you have to have them standing all day to get a proper weight

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