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Ham Leg Bacon Slab
Neck

Ribs Pork Loin
Bacon Strips

Example A. A 200-pound hog yields a chilled carcass weighing 140 pounds. Determine the
dressing percent:

Solution:
chilled carcass wt.
Dressing percent = ——————— x 100%
live wt.

140 lbs.
Dressing percent = ———— x 100%
200 lbs

= 0.70 x 100%
Dressing percent = 70%

COST
Raising livestock has one ultimate goal which is to bring a profit to the farmer, rancher and
retail market. When dealing with market animals the meat market will also need to determine the
price per pound dressed. From that value they can establish the amount of profit and profit margin
they need to stay in business and give them a return on their investment.

Example: The dressing percentage for most cattle is 58% to 63% at 1,000 pounds live weight.
What would be the price per lb. of dressed weight, if you bought calves with a total
weight of 2,700 lbs. for $115.50/cwt. of live weight? (use dressing % of 60%)

Solution:

( Price / cwt ÷ 100 # / cwt)
————————–——- = $/lb. dressed
dress %

( $115.50 / cwt ÷ 100 #/cwt)
——————————— = $/lb. dressed
60 %

( $1.1550 / #)
————— = $/lb. dressed
0.60 Converted % to decimal value

$1.925 = $/lb. dressed

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