How much does a cow weigh? And does any one know the average cost from farm to final cut per carcass?
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average cow weighs 1000-1100 pounds.  cows refers to females kept for breeding purposes, they do not enter the food chain until they either become old or unproductive.  they are a low quality beef product, hamburger, bologna etc.\n\n\nsteers and heifers(young females) become the top quality beef products---steaks, roasts + hamburger too.  they are usually 2 years old or less at processing.  wt-- about 1000 pounds.  about 65% of total weight becomes saleable beef.  the rest is hide, intrals, bones, waste. \n\ncosts vary, a calf changes hands several times before it winds up in grocery stores.  the farmer that raises it gets his money. he sells it to either a feedlot or another rancher that leaves it on grass pastures for several months.  the processors buy it from the feedlots.\n\nan average quality steer that sells to a processor weighs 1000-1200 pounds, an average price paid is 75 cents per pound.  prices change all of the time
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Wasn't sure if you meant a live calf or a stillborn one.\n\nFound an article that may explain stillborn births.\nhttp://extension.usu.edu/files/agpubs/beef36.pdf\n\nNot so sure about early live births ... though I'd consider the possibility that the cow had been knocked, or had slipped & fallen.
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Hey, are you one of the Norman7774 clones?  Does that mean that Norman7774 is going to get best answer?\n\nI don't know about waterfowl, but he could compute the weight of native americans quite handily...\n\nThe squaw on the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws on the other two hides.
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I guess if it were prime beef you have to divide the cow by just one person. In that case you wouldn't cut it up, you'd have to eat the whole thing in one bite.
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Yes, just as cows get bad calves!!  And NEVER try and pull the wool over a sheeps' eyes!! They'll get their own back on EWE!!
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2000 pounds Is A Ton\n\n5533 pounds Is More Than 2.5  Tons (By 533 Pounds)\n\nA Bale (Of Hay) Weighs About 80 pounds\n(Similar Weight To Marijuana)\n\nBy My Calculation, 70 Bales\n\n\n\n\n\n\nthe bad seed's Estimates Are Correct Also\nThe Amount "Bale" Is A Variable In The Equation\nA "Bale" Can Be Different Sizes And Weights\nDepending On The Application\n(40, 60, 80, 120 Pounds)\n\nA Grower / Shipper From South America \nWill Tend To Package Heavier\nTo Ship Less Pieces (Of Freight) A Farther Distance\n\nA Mexican Grower / Shipper \nWill Tend To Package More Pieces (Of Freight), \nSmaller And Lighter \nFor Faster, More Convenient Smuggling \nOver Shorter Distances
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In Average it weighs 8 Pounds!!
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assuming 1.39/lb.\nit would take 7.5 lbs.\nso it would cost $10.43
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About one-thousand pounds, and add fifteen to thirty pounds if milk sack is full.  Different kinds of cows produce more or less milk.
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Looks like roughly between 30% and 50% of the full weight (depending on which cuts are selected and what percentage of the animal was fat). With an average full weight beef steer of around 1200 lbs, that's roughly between 360 and 600 lbs of retail beef cuts.
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Keep it in the cow itself!!!
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I didnt have that type of surgery - I had the Lap-band on 4/19/06 and I was self-pay it cost about $10,700 for everything. I weighed 256 when I had surgery and yesterday I weighed in at 230. I have no regrets what so ever - but my surgery is not as invasive as yours will be. They didnt have to cut my stomach or any insides - I have only four very very small scares and I have only one medium scare.\nBut I wish you the best and good luck..
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You can't convert them without knowing how much topsoil weighs, I'm afraid - and that will depend on how wet it is, etc.\n\nAlternatively, how big are the bags?
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What it is for any cow. 10-12 years.
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Just the Facts \n\nAverage length \nfemales: 4.5 to 6 feet (tip of nose to tip of tail) \nmales: 5 to 6.5 feet \n\nAverage height\n26 to 32 inches (at the shoulder) \n\nAverage weight \nfemales: 60 to 80 pounds \nmales: 70 to 110 pounds \n\nAverage foot size\n4 inches wide by 5 inches long \n\nLength of Life\nup to 13 years in wild (usually 6 to 8 years) \nup to 16 years in captivity \n\nFur color\ngray, but can also be black or white \n\nNumber of teeth\n42 teeth \n\nBreeding season\nFebruary to March \n\nGestation period\n63 days \n\nWeight at birth\n1 pound \n\nLitter size\n4 to 6 pups \n\nPack size \n2 to 30 or more \n\nAverage pack size \n6 to 8\n\nPack territory size \n25 to 150 square miles in Minnesota \n300 to 1,000 in Alaska and Canada \n\nAverage travel speed \n5 miles per hour \n\nSprinting speed \n25 to 35 miles per hour for short distances \n\nCommon food \ndeer, moose, caribou, elk, bison, musk-oxen and beaver. \n\nMain threats to survival\nloss of habitat due to destruction, development and encroachment by humans; persecution by humans
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The USDA website has a lot of great data that lists the cattle numbers according to the Agricultural census. Every farmer/rancher should know how many cattle they have! You can't manage what you don't measure! Ask the the ranches that make the most profit per animal.
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Well, let's see.\n\n18 = b + s + c,  where b means bird(chicken)\n\ntotal number of legs:\nLt = 2b+4s+4c, right?\n\nLt = 3Ht +10 , total legs 10 more than 3 times number of heads\n\nI'd assume each animal only has one head, thus Ht = 18\n\nLt = 3*18+10 = 64\n\nLike most problems of this sort you must find integer solutions.\n\n18 = b + s + c\n74 = 2b + 4s + 4s\n\nA trial and error procedure is effective.  \nstart at \nb=s=c=6, -> Lt = 12+24+24 = 60, need more legs!\nb,s,c\n5,7,6, -> Lt = 10+28+24 = 62,\n4,7,7 -> Lt = 8+28+28 = 64 <------------- bingo\n\nNote that you can freely shift sheep and cows as long as the total is 14.  So, there are other solutions:\n\n4,14,0 -> Lt=8+56 =64....no cows.....