[Simon O]

I wonder if anyone can advise me what proportions of the different cuts of meat you are likely to get from a Belted Galloway steer. I was told I may get 260-300 kg meat in total. Any advice welcome, thanks.
Simon

[Rosemary]

I had a spreadsheet from QMS that did thsi but I've "lost" it.

This might help a bit

 

	LW Estimated)	DW	KO%	Saleable meat (kg)	% of DW	% of LW
28 month steer, slaughtered July	550	281	51.09	172	61.21	31.27
22 month steer, slaughtered January	500	253	50.60	150	59.29	30.00
19 month bull, slaughtered November	500	248	49.60	176	70.97	35.20

[Simon O]

Thanks Rosemary. I'm thinking my BG is similar size to your Shetlands. Just been looking on the internet and most info I can see comes from the states - here's one I just found which is somewhat helpful:   http://gpsranch.com/Quantity-of-Meat-in-a-Beef-Cow.php

[Rosemary]

Ours were 352 and 324kg deadweight. I didn't get weight from the abattoir last year but got 163kg beef and beef products (Lorne, beefburgers)