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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 16843"><p>The cattle weight tapes have both USA and metric numbers on them. Assuming you are using the USA numbers, there are 3 rows of numbers relating to the estimated "condition" of your cattle. We generally use the "properly finished" (middle) row of numbers since we keep our cattle in very good condition.</p><p></p><p>The tape is wrapped around their chest from behind the front legs to straight up on back (withers on horse). Don't pull tape too tight, just nice and snug. Read the weight shown.</p><p></p><p>Lot easier with larger calf or mature animal if two people do measuring with animal in a squeeze chute or "Medina Hinge" device (unless animal is halter-broke). Make sure they are standing on level ground and not bouncing around. Little hay or cubes helps to distract the fidgety ones.</p><p></p><p>We figure the tapes are accurate enough for 205, 365 day weights as well as de-wormer injections. Probably +/- 5% weight error, depending on who's doing the measuring and how the animal is standing. (Incidentally, we've found these tapes fairly accurately "weigh" a human too! Assuming they don't have a large pot-belly...lol).</p><p></p><p>Bill</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:info@runningarrowlonghorns.com">info@runningarrowlonghorns.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 16843"] The cattle weight tapes have both USA and metric numbers on them. Assuming you are using the USA numbers, there are 3 rows of numbers relating to the estimated "condition" of your cattle. We generally use the "properly finished" (middle) row of numbers since we keep our cattle in very good condition. The tape is wrapped around their chest from behind the front legs to straight up on back (withers on horse). Don't pull tape too tight, just nice and snug. Read the weight shown. Lot easier with larger calf or mature animal if two people do measuring with animal in a squeeze chute or "Medina Hinge" device (unless animal is halter-broke). Make sure they are standing on level ground and not bouncing around. Little hay or cubes helps to distract the fidgety ones. We figure the tapes are accurate enough for 205, 365 day weights as well as de-wormer injections. Probably +/- 5% weight error, depending on who's doing the measuring and how the animal is standing. (Incidentally, we've found these tapes fairly accurately "weigh" a human too! Assuming they don't have a large pot-belly...lol). Bill [email=info@runningarrowlonghorns.com]info@runningarrowlonghorns.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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