boondocks
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Picked up 2 steers tonight from butcher. They looked pretty decently marbled, even for grassfed. Hanging weights were 734 and 780. That's up over 100 lbs per steer from last year and hopefully a sign that we are maybe, just maybe, getting the hang of this and adding some good genetics.
Customers always ask what the final weight was. Do ya'll step on a scale holding all the meat, or what? :lol: (Our butcher doesn't provide final weights). Online research estimates that anywhere from 10-35% is lost between hanging weight and packaged weight. I have discarded the 10% figure as an outlier; then assumed, since ours were lean, that we may be a touch toward the lower end; but then (wanting to be conservative and not PO customers) added a bit back on. In other words, guesswork! I suppose it would be safe-ish to tell customers to expect a 20-25% loss from hanging to final weight? Or is that too low?
Any advice/experience? Thanks!
Customers always ask what the final weight was. Do ya'll step on a scale holding all the meat, or what? :lol: (Our butcher doesn't provide final weights). Online research estimates that anywhere from 10-35% is lost between hanging weight and packaged weight. I have discarded the 10% figure as an outlier; then assumed, since ours were lean, that we may be a touch toward the lower end; but then (wanting to be conservative and not PO customers) added a bit back on. In other words, guesswork! I suppose it would be safe-ish to tell customers to expect a 20-25% loss from hanging to final weight? Or is that too low?
Any advice/experience? Thanks!