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D-dressing-percentage Dictionary

Dressing percentage

Carcass weight as a share of live weight

All termsIntroduced in M9Open the Toolkit
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Plain meaning
Carcass weight as a share of live weight
How to use it
Multiply live weight by dressing percentage to estimate carcass weight, and use it to compare live and carcass prices.
South African benchmark
Concept term; South African abattoirs convert live to carcass weight by dressing percentage.
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M9
Calculate it
T-M9-05 Market Price Comparator
Library sources
LIB-A059, LIB-A060, LIB-P-Beef
See also
Live weight, Carcass weight
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.
Dressing percentage, shown as a diagram.

Introduced in M9 Beef.