Table 4.
Item | Pigs | Cattle | Sheep | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | kg | % | kg | % | kg | |
Market live weight | 100 | 600 | 60 | |||
Whole carcass | 77.5 | 77.5 | 63.0 | 378.0 | 62.5 | 37.5 |
Blood | 3.0 | 3.0 | 18.0 | 4.0 | 2.4 | |
Fatty tissue | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 24.0 | 3.0 | 1.8 |
Hide or skin | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 36.0 | 15.0 | 9.0 |
Organs | 7.0 | 7.0 | 16.0 | 96.0 | 10.0 | 6.0 |
Head | 5.9 | 5.9 | ||||
Viscera(chest and abdomen | 10.0 | 10.0 | 16.0 | 96.0 | 11.0 | 6.6 |
Feet | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 2.0 | 1.2 |
Tail | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 6.0 | ||
Brain | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 0.156 |
USDA 2001