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WSU Carcass Calculator App : a quick and easy way to calculate carcass merit
Fact sheet (Washington State University. Extension), 317E, Washington State University Extension
12/2018
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/13984
Abstract
Various complex equations are used to determine carcass merit, such as dressing percentage, yield grade, and the cutability of a beef, lamb, or pork carcass. These equations are used by the USDA and throughout the US livestock industry by producers, university faculty, agriculture teachers, carcass graders, buyers, and livestock judges to evaluate carcass merit. Carcass merit and carcass weight are the primary factors used to determine the value of beef cattle, lambs, and pigs when marketed on a carcass basis. The WSU Livestock Carcass Grade & Cutability Calculator app provides users with a quick and easy way to calculate carcass yield grade, dressing percentages, and cutability of beef, lamb, and pork carcasses. Individuals can estimate these carcass merit factors from predicted live animal data of beef cattle, lambs, and pigs, in addition to calculating actual carcass merit from collected carcass data.
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- Title
- WSU Carcass Calculator App : a quick and easy way to calculate carcass merit
- Creators
- Sarah Maki Smith (Author)Jan Roger Busboom (Author)Natasha Moffitt-Hemmer (Author)
- Academic Unit
- Publications, WSU Extension
- Series
- Fact sheet (Washington State University. Extension); 317E
- Publisher
- Washington State University Extension; Pullman, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900501978101842
- Copyright
- Copyright Not Evaluated ; openAccess ; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Report