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CH 12] Calculating Agriculture 12-19

Example: Tom turkeys dress at approximately 75% of live weight. If a customer wanted at least
250 lbs of dressed turkey, how many turkeys should be slaughtered when the birds
average 28.25 pounds / bird?

_________________# of birds
Solution:

# Required
———————— = # Birds
(Dress % )  (Avg Wt)

Convert % to decimal values

250#
——————— = 11.799 Birds  12 birds
(0.75 )  (28.25)

Pricing dressed birds. Live birds have a price per pound and when that price is multiplied by 12
the weight of the birds a total cost is derived. The price per pound dressed can be determined by
dividing the price live weight by the evisceration percentage.

Example: Turkeys cost 42¢ per pound live. What would be the per pound price when the dressing
percent is 75%?

Solution:
$/W Live
———— = $/lb. dressed
dress %
$0.42
——— = $/lb. dressed
75%
Convert % to decimal values

$0.42
——— = $/lb. dressed
0.75

$0.56 = $/lb. dressed

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