cattle weight estimate

[Billdevaul]

hey Im gettin a heffer AI'd and Im trying (without a scale available) to get a approximate weight. I measured girth just behind the front shoulders at the narrowest point and got 65 inches. the formula i used gave me 770 pounds. does that sound right to you? I also came up with a daily gain of 1.82 pounds... is that in the ball park of where she should be she is a red angus and is one year old
Thankls Bill[/img]

 

[randiliana]

Sounds reasonable. Ours are about 800 lbs right now, and they are a year old. Hereford, Angus and crosses.

 

[blk mule]

I`m very pleased with WT tape, in 2006 I had hereford x angus
heifer and i used the tape on her 1st.birthday, tape showed her 805 lbs. took her to scales 9 miles away, goverment scales showed her at 800. Yes they are quite accurate. (my opinion).

blk mule

 

[HAY MAKER]

Getting Your Cattle Weights Without a Scale

If it is not possible to scale weigh cattle, tape measuring is a handy alternative way to estimate weight. Remember that it only gives you an approximation of the animal's weight.

How To Measure Your Beef Cattle:

Stand the animal with head in normal position and with the four legs set squarely under the body.
Pass the tape tightly around the body just back of the shoulders at the smallest circumference
it is recommended that the animal be kept off feed and water for 12 hours before measuring. An overnight shrink is enough.
The Following Table Indicates Beef Cattle Weight:





Heart
Girth
Inches
Weight
In
Pounds

30
91

42
236

54
484

66
834

78
1288

30½
95

42½
244

54½
496

66½
850

78½
1310

31
99

43
253

55
509

67
869

79
1332

31½
103

43½
262

55½
522

67½
886

79½
1353

32
108

44
271

56
535

68
903

80
1374

32½
113

44½
279

56½
548

68½
921

80½
1396

33
118

45
288

57
562

69
939

81
1418

33½
123

45½
297

57½
575

69½
957

81½
1440

34
128

46
307

58
589

70
975

82
1463

34½
133

46½
317

58½
603

70½
993

82½
1485

35
139

47
327

59
618

70
1011

83
1508

35½
145

47½
337

59½
632

71½
1030

83½
1531

36
151

48
347

60
647

72
1049

84
1555

36½
157

48½
358

60½
661

72½
1068

84½
1578

37
163

49
369

61
676

73
1087

85
1601

37½
169

49½
379

61½
691

73½
1107

85½
1624

38
176

50
390

62
707

74
1127

86
1648

38½
183

50½
401

62½
722

74½
1147

86½
1672

39
190

51
412

63
737

75
1167

87
1697

39½
197

51½
424

63½
753

75½
1186

87½
1721

40
205

52
436

64
770

76
1205

88
1745

40½
212

52½
448

64½
786

76½
1226

88½
1770

41
220

53
460

65
802

77
1247

89
1796

41½
228

53½
472

65½
818

77½
1267

89½
1821

 

[rattler]

Be careful when you do this had one kick the crap out of me while checking his weight.

rattler

 

[Farmgirl]

Try this link for a table of measurements and weights. This will get you close in most cases.

http://www.piedmontese-napa.com/Getting ... aScale.htm

Farmgirl

 

[Billdevaul]

thats the scale I used... I didnt have a tape measure that was cloth or flexible so i tied a string to a metal washer and tossed it under her then reached under and got it around her just behind the shoulders... pulled it up to where it was snug and tied a knott there to mark the lenth then later measured it... worked ok i guess the vet weighed her yesterday and i was off by 23 pounds... Thats pertty close id say..

sure apreciate all the help I get on here you all are great... Thank you.... Bill

 

[Billdevaul]

vet called today she should be in heat and get ai'd tommorow, I gave her the first shot and waited ten days and took her in to him... he gave the last shot and is watching her... I studi4ed enough about AI'ing to know to drop her at the vets for it... lol for $45.00 how can i go wrong. uhhh... wait a minute scratch that "how could I go wrong" on this board Id get 60000 e mails on how I could go wrong...lol...

hope she takes and all goes well... looking forward to a dec 17th calf

 

[Frankie]

vet called today she should be in heat and get ai'd tommorow, I gave her the first shot and waited ten days and took her in to him... he gave the last shot and is watching her... I studi4ed enough about AI'ing to know to drop her at the vets for it... lol for $45.00 how can i go wrong. uhhh... wait a minute scratch that "how could I go wrong" on this board Id get 60000 e mails on how I could go wrong...lol...

hope she takes and all goes well... looking forward to a dec 17th calf

What is she being bred to?

 

[Billdevaul]

breeding to Black angus....

 

[Alan]

Try this link for a table of measurements and weights. This will get you close in most cases.

http://www.piedmontese-napa.com/Getting ... aScale.htm

Farmgirl

I posted this question myself on another thread, but I'll ask it here with out hijacking this. How close are the weight tapes on new borns, to get the BW. I taped my new calf at 30.5 inches, 92 lbs. Just by picking him up, I don't think so, but he's the only calf so far so nothing to compare him to.

Alan

 

[hillsdown]

Try this link for a table of measurements and weights. This will get you close in most cases.

http://www.piedmontese-napa.com/Getting ... aScale.htm

Farmgirl

I posted this question myself on another thread, but I'll ask it here with out hijacking this. How close are the weight tapes on new borns, to get the BW. I taped my new calf at 30.5 inches, 92 lbs. Just by picking him up, I don't think so, but he's the only calf so far so nothing to compare him to.

Alan

I hate to admit this to anyone but when I first got into registered cattle I didn't have a calf scale so I would pick the calves up and compare them to my Scotch Collie because I knew he weighed 85 pounds.Thank goodness we used a calving ease bull for I don't know how I would have judged their weight if I couldn't lift them.