For most cattle raised for the purpose of being slaughtered in the first place (being steers and non-breeding or non-productive heifers), and that are raised on conventional feedlots, the average slaughter weight is around 1400 lbs. However, this is only average, since most cattle are slaughtered on a grade scale, not weight. Cattle must have a grade of Select, Choice or Prime (preferably the latter two) in order to be deemed ready to "harvest." Such animals appear to be on the verge of being overweight because no skeletal features are showing on their frame, and they are very deep in the hips and round as well as in the barrel and ribs. They have quite a round rump, with a ring of fat starting at the tail-head.
For those who raise their own slaughter steers or heifers, quite often they may choose to slaughter at a lighter weight: some may choose to slaughter when the steer is around 1100 to 1200 lbs, some even less. Of course this all depends on the breed that is being finished and what slaughter weight that particular breed is able to achieve. For example, a Jersey steer will finish at a lighter weight than a Charolais or Angus steer will.
It depends on the grade, condition, weight and age of the animal, any where between 40 to 67% of body weight. The higher the grade of the animal the higher the % weight of dressing.
Slaughter cattle are usually between 1200 and 1400 lbs. Slaughter cattle that are raised on pasture and direct marketed are often lighter than the feedlot-finished cattle by 200 lbs or more.
A steer typically weighs around 1300 lbs at slaughter. Cows, on the other hand, can be any weight, depending on their frame size.
A weigh-up cow is a cow that is late bred or poor-producing cow (one that has obviously been culled from a breeding herd) that is purchased to be fed to increase her weight. She is then sold afterwards for slaughter.
A cow could be sold to a slaughter house for a few hundred dollars. The meat of a cow is around 6 dollars a pound and only 175 pounds on the average cow can be used.
NFL player Jamoris Slaughter weighs 195 pounds.
NFL player Nathan Slaughter weighs 185 pounds.
A Belgian Blue cow can weigh an average of around 1500 lbs.
The pectoral muscle on a cow will vary depending on the type of cow it is and how big it is. A cow's pectoral muscle can weigh a couple hundred pounds.
A slaughter cow is a mature female bovine that has already given birth at least once or twice and has been culled from the breeding herd to be sent to slaughter.
1/4 of a whole butchered cow
1000 lbs
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about 16.6% of what it weighs on Earth