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By-products as a percentage of market live weight
| 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
