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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1029885" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>I have a formula I use that seems to have served me well, and I can use an ordinary tape measure or a tailor's measure (fiberglass, it doesn't make noise)... I'll dig it up if you want... I don't think I ever was 100-150 lbs off... I think I'm about + or - 5%... a bit of variation between steers and heifers I'm sure</p><p></p><p>it was something like heart girth in inches raised to the power of 2.6, multiplied by .015... but that's not adding up for me right now and I'd have to check the exact numbers..</p><p>I know that a 49" chest is pretty darned close to 400 lbs, and I think 60" is in the mid 600's, 72" is around 1200, and I have one cow that's got a 92" chest, and that works out to about 1900</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1029885, member: 9096"] I have a formula I use that seems to have served me well, and I can use an ordinary tape measure or a tailor's measure (fiberglass, it doesn't make noise)... I'll dig it up if you want... I don't think I ever was 100-150 lbs off... I think I'm about + or - 5%... a bit of variation between steers and heifers I'm sure it was something like heart girth in inches raised to the power of 2.6, multiplied by .015... but that's not adding up for me right now and I'd have to check the exact numbers.. I know that a 49" chest is pretty darned close to 400 lbs, and I think 60" is in the mid 600's, 72" is around 1200, and I have one cow that's got a 92" chest, and that works out to about 1900 [/QUOTE]
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