A "full-grown" beef steer would be one that is around 18 to 24 months of age, right before it is slaughtered. His weight would typically be around 1400 lbs, though smaller steers, or ones finished on grass typically are lighter, around 1200 to 1300 lbs.
The average hanging weight of a 20-month-old Hereford Angus steer typically ranges from 600 to 800 pounds. Factors such as diet, genetics, and overall health can influence this weight. Generally, beef cattle at this age are well-developed, contributing to a substantial hanging weight when processed.
A mature Angus beef typically weighs between 450 to 1,100 kilograms (about 1,000 to 2,400 pounds). The weight can vary based on factors such as age, diet, and genetics. On average, a finished Angus steer ready for market is often around 600 to 800 kilograms.
How much you get for them depend on how much they weigh. You can sell them off hoof for a lower price or you can sell them on the rail, which you get money depending on how much the carcass weighs.
the average beef cow is 1,333lbs
A first-calf Holstein heifer should ideally weight at least 1000 pounds at the time of calving. A mature, large-framed Holstein cow in her fourth or later lactation may weigh up to 1800 pounds.
Usually when it is around 18 to 24 months old.
The average hanging weight of a 20-month-old Hereford Angus steer typically ranges from 600 to 800 pounds. Factors such as diet, genetics, and overall health can influence this weight. Generally, beef cattle at this age are well-developed, contributing to a substantial hanging weight when processed.
The flesh of a slaughtered full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow.
Lamb is not beef, it is lamb. Beef is from cow. Supposedly 8oz is an average weight for cuts of meat. :)
A steer with two short legs and two long legs is "lean beef."
The beef shank is the shank (or leg) portion of a steer or heifer
Beef meat is from cattle. If the meat is from cow, steer, bull, calf, does not matter it is beef.
Generally the beef eaten in America is from a cow or a steer. Bull beef is not usually available to consumers.
A beef cow or a beef steer (castrated male bovine).
That all depends on the breed and frame-size of the animal. Weights range from over 1500 lbs to under 1000 lbs.
Assuming that the hanging weight of the BS steer is 40% of the liveweight of that steer, then the liveweight may be around 1265 lbs, which is around the optimum slaughter weight of a brown Swiss steer.Keep in mind that the Brown Swiss breed is a dairy breed, which means that you won't get as much meat off of the carcass as you will with other beef breeds including Angus, Charolais, Simmental or Shorthorn. So when I say it is a dairy breed, I mean that it does not put on muscle and fat as efficiently as the beef breeds listed.Thus, if you had to slaughter a beef steer and not a dairy steer, you would definitely have a higher percentage hanging weight than the one I calculated for you. So, to compensate for the type of animal you had slaughtered AND the breed it was, you have to calculate for a lower percentage of hanging weight of that steer.Now if I calculated the hanging weight to a higher percentage, say 75% or 55%, the liveweight would be the following:Hanging weight (506 lbs) is 75% of liveweight = 674 lbs liveweightHanging weight (506 lbs) is 55% of liveweight = 920 lbs liveweightNeither of the above make any sense because, for one, they do not account for the type of animal in question, nor do they count for the viscera, blood, head, tail, and legs which come from the animal. Hanging weight being 75% of the liveweight is ridiculously high, and 55% of the liveweight is also ludicrous because both percentages don't take into account the fact that a brown Swiss steer is a dairy steer (poorer ability to put on weight in muscle and fat than beef steers), and the amount of "waste" that has to be removed before it is hanged for a few weeks.
How much you get for them depend on how much they weigh. You can sell them off hoof for a lower price or you can sell them on the rail, which you get money depending on how much the carcass weighs.