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<blockquote data-quote="Son of Butch" data-source="post: 1647877" data-attributes="member: 14585"><p>Industry standard for boxed beef is 600-900 lb h.w. carcasses</p><p></p><p>Actual individual live weights vary greatly based on gut fill.</p><p>Eye balling weight depends on the experience of the eye, a buyer who does it 4-5 days a week should be more accurate than a producer who does it 2-3 times a month. Processor pricing is by h.w. so no reason to report lighter than actual.</p><p></p><p>1300 lb str h.w. 718 = 55.2%</p><p>1100 lb hfr h.w. 492 = 44.7%</p><p></p><p>Sounds to me like you received very lean beef and both animals would have benefited from another 42 days (6 wks) of high energy (corn) feeding.</p><p>That does not mean they needed to be 42 days older. </p><p>In the future start finish feeding 6 weeks earlier. We all learn as we go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Son of Butch, post: 1647877, member: 14585"] Industry standard for boxed beef is 600-900 lb h.w. carcasses Actual individual live weights vary greatly based on gut fill. Eye balling weight depends on the experience of the eye, a buyer who does it 4-5 days a week should be more accurate than a producer who does it 2-3 times a month. Processor pricing is by h.w. so no reason to report lighter than actual. 1300 lb str h.w. 718 = 55.2% 1100 lb hfr h.w. 492 = 44.7% Sounds to me like you received very lean beef and both animals would have benefited from another 42 days (6 wks) of high energy (corn) feeding. That does not mean they needed to be 42 days older. In the future start finish feeding 6 weeks earlier. We all learn as we go. [/QUOTE]
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