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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: jacob and Georgina on August 05, 2010, 09:49:10 pm

Title: how much meat???
Post by: jacob and Georgina on August 05, 2010, 09:49:10 pm

i am sure i have read something about this on here but before but cant find it, once a pig is slaughterd and butchered what is an average amount of sausages/bacon/gammon if this was more or less all you wanted?? will be very interested to know! :pig: :pig:

Title: Re: how much meat???
Post by: Hilarysmum on August 06, 2010, 10:49:55 am

This doesnt really tell you the quantities but


80 kilo live weight

56-61   dead weight
 
44-50       meat (boned out not including head)

A lot depends on the meat to bone ratio fat to meat ratio as to how many sausages how many joints.