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D-carcass-weight Dictionary

Carcass weight

The weight of the dressed carcass after slaughter

All termsIntroduced in M9Open the Toolkit
An open dictionary on a farm office desk
Plain meaning
The weight of the dressed carcass after slaughter
How to use it
Convert carcass prices to live-weight equivalents to compare buyers.
South African benchmark
South African abattoirs pay on graded carcass weight (Article 59).
Country notes
Namibia's all-grade carcass price was N$68.51 per kg in May 2025.
Go and read
M9-U2, M11-U2
Calculate it
T-M9-05 Market Price Comparator
Library sources
LIB-A059, LIB-A060, LIB-P-Beef
See also
Live weight, Dressing percentage
A live animal and its carcass with the dressing percentage between themLive weight, carcass weight and dressing percentage450 kg live247 kg carcass= 55%Dressing % = carcass weight ÷ live weight. Figures illustrative.
Carcass weight, shown as a diagram.

Introduced in M9 Beef.