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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 848897" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>inbredredneck - my meat buyer has assured me the scales are accurate and, as you show here, checked by the higher ups.</p><p></p><p>But it's really hard to *not* wonder when the largest cow in my herd - who showed over 600 kg on the weighband - is weighed at just over 400 kg at the meat works. And every year I have mature cull Jersey cows weighed at less than 300 kg liveweight although they're obviously far larger than the in-calf heifers weighed at 350 - 400 kg. Yes, I know the calf and a bit of fat cover on the bones makes a difference, but surely not that much - that's 25% less than what they should weigh in theory.</p><p></p><p>That's one reason why I'd like to have an on-farm set of scales. Till then, I have to simply trust that the weights I'm paid for are accurate - and simple logic suggests that's unlikely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 848897, member: 9267"] inbredredneck - my meat buyer has assured me the scales are accurate and, as you show here, checked by the higher ups. But it's really hard to *not* wonder when the largest cow in my herd - who showed over 600 kg on the weighband - is weighed at just over 400 kg at the meat works. And every year I have mature cull Jersey cows weighed at less than 300 kg liveweight although they're obviously far larger than the in-calf heifers weighed at 350 - 400 kg. Yes, I know the calf and a bit of fat cover on the bones makes a difference, but surely not that much - that's 25% less than what they should weigh in theory. That's one reason why I'd like to have an on-farm set of scales. Till then, I have to simply trust that the weights I'm paid for are accurate - and simple logic suggests that's unlikely. [/QUOTE]
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