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That's a pretty large steer. Assuming that the carcass weight is 40% of the steer's live weight, you'd get a carcass weight of 680 lbs; with that, minus the weight from bones, you could get about 620 lbs of meat off of him. But it's hard to say without knowing the carcass weight.
About 500 lbs, depending on the condition of the cow and her age. Typically carcass weight is ~50% that of live weight.
Since no carcass weight is the same, we will only use the average carcass weight taken from a Hereford-Angus cross steer that was finished at 1400 lbs. Doing the math, the carcass weight (dressing yield) of a 1400 lb steer is 0.58 x 1400 = 812 lbs. Then the amount of ready-to-eat meat (meat deboned and after cooking) from that carcass weight is 686 x 0.49 = 400 lbs. However, assuming by "meat" you are referring to the meat off the carcass and not from that cut off the carcass and cooked, we will use the carcass weight for this question. Thus, the number of animals it takes to get 560,000,000 lb of meat is: 560,000,000/812 = 689655.1724 = ~689,656 cattle.
the dead body of an animal is called 'CARCASS'
It depends on how much this "average" cow weighs and whether you're referring to the amount of ready-to-eat meat on a cow or the hot-carcass weight of that "average" cow. It also depends on whether you're referring to a "cow" or a cow, its type and breed.
The ratio of usable meat to bone and fat determines a carcass' yield grade
The ratio of usable meat to bone and fat determines a carcass' yield grade
Approximately 26% of the birds carcass is wastage...bone,fat and cartilage. So 3.7 lbs of usable meat should be available off a 5lb cooked chicken.
That's a pretty large steer. Assuming that the carcass weight is 40% of the steer's live weight, you'd get a carcass weight of 680 lbs; with that, minus the weight from bones, you could get about 620 lbs of meat off of him. But it's hard to say without knowing the carcass weight.
About 500 lbs, depending on the condition of the cow and her age. Typically carcass weight is ~50% that of live weight.
Since no carcass weight is the same, we will only use the average carcass weight taken from a Hereford-Angus cross steer that was finished at 1400 lbs. Doing the math, the carcass weight (dressing yield) of a 1400 lb steer is 0.58 x 1400 = 812 lbs. Then the amount of ready-to-eat meat (meat deboned and after cooking) from that carcass weight is 686 x 0.49 = 400 lbs. However, assuming by "meat" you are referring to the meat off the carcass and not from that cut off the carcass and cooked, we will use the carcass weight for this question. Thus, the number of animals it takes to get 560,000,000 lb of meat is: 560,000,000/812 = 689655.1724 = ~689,656 cattle.
Information about carcass can be found at BIXS Carcass Information, Department of Animal Science, Niche Carcass Information and Red Meat Market Information.
uhh, carcass?
The carcase is what the body of the sheep is called when it has been killed for meat.
The body of a dead animal that a carnivore (meat eater) eats.
The correct spelling is carrion (meat on a carcass, a predated animal).
Carcass Weight Equivalent