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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2017 21:25:11 GMT
I have seen a number of people posting hanging weights that they have gotten. I have seen 450 up to 750 and on animals that are not that old 18 to 20 months a few a little older. I have seen many posted that fall in the upper 500 and 600s. Really they are still going to call them Dexters at that weight? I have never had anything close to even their low end numbers. So what hanging weights do the rest of you get?
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Post by genebo on Oct 3, 2017 22:40:57 GMT
The little steer called Seventeen weighed 509 live weight, 310 hanging weight, and yielded 202 packaged steaks, roasts and ground beef.
We didn't take any soup bones, suet or organ meats.
Hanging weight was 62% of live weight.
Yield was 65% of hanging weight and 39% of live weight.
He was a short legged Traditional Dexter, about 36" tall and fat as a butterball.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2017 19:54:54 GMT
most of mine have been in the 300# range or just under. The biggest one I have had was a bull I just took in 350 hanging at 29 months.
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Post by lakeportfarms on Oct 4, 2017 20:37:56 GMT
Ours seem to range from 320-430 lb. hanging weights for 25-28 months of age. The highest was a 30 month long leg steer at 460 lbs., who was grass finished fattened on 4x per day rotational grazing, and many, many apples from our apple tree in mid-October. He was the product of a 3 year old 36" tall short leg cow and was weaned at 9 months of age from her. The 4x per day rotational grazing really packed on the lbs. in the last 5 months.
The lowest weights are the short leg steers. They are also the steers that we have the largest demand for from our customers.
I suspect many people lay on the high percentage protein grain, more than they let on.
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