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Livestock => Cattle => Topic started by: Simon O on October 30, 2014, 09:51:58 am

Title: Proportions of different cuts of meat from a cow
Post by: Simon O on October 30, 2014, 09:51:58 am

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

Title: Re: Proportions of different cuts of meat from a cow
Post by: Rosemary on October 30, 2014, 10:13:33 am

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

Title: Re: Proportions of different cuts of meat from a cow
Post by: Simon O on October 30, 2014, 11:42:03 am

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 (http://gpsranch.com/Quantity-of-Meat-in-a-Beef-Cow.php)

Title: Re: Proportions of different cuts of meat from a cow
Post by: Rosemary on October 30, 2014, 12:06:01 pm

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)