TYPES AND MARKET CLASSES OF LIVE STOCK 



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A Chicago packer has computed from numerous tests the 

 following percentages of yields from a steer: 



Pounds 



Live weight 1200 



Carcass 700 



Hide 75 



Head, feet, knees 45 



Butter fat 80 



Liver 12 



Heart 3 



Lungs 20 



Tongue 5 



Cheek meat 5 



Rough tallow and entrails 84 



Liquid blood 46 



Paunch and contents 106 



Lips and weasand meat 4 



Tail, bungs, and casings 15 



Per cent, of 

 live weight 



58.3 

 6.2 

 3.7 

 6.6 

 1.0 

 0.25 

 1.6 

 0.41 

 0.41 

 7.0 

 3.8 

 8.8 

 0.3 

 1.2 



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The following table, giving the weights of the offal of steers, 

 was compiled from slaughter tests conducted by the Iowa Ex- 

 periment Station: 



