Posted by pburchett on January 02, 2010 at 05:51:59 from (75.117.161.190):
In Reply to: Re: Freezer Beef posted by banjo on January 01, 2010 at 19:08:26:
Oh, I am unsure about the cheated part but it did run through my inexperienced mind.
The carcass weight to take home weight appears correct according to printed literature, just confused about the live weight to carcass weight. I THOUGHT I was pretty accurate at guestimating weight, so I thought it might be the type of breed.
I was also unsure of the pasture vs. the feed lot animal difference, as I raised these for the family dinner table, where as the feed lot animals are raised to gain weight and be put through the market at a profit.
I am just trying to make sense of it all. They do taste mighty good, so maybe that is all that matters, but I would like to do better with my other steers when they go to the butcher.
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