72 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 



600 pounds of gain cheaper by $1.70 than did the latter, nevertheless 

 this 600 pounds gain of the beef steer brought $7.18 more on the 

 market. When $1.70 is deducted from $7.18 there is left $5.48 profit 

 in favor of the beef animals, or a total of nearly $22 for the four head. 

 Nor does this represent all the financial advantage of the beef-type 

 steer, for the value of the initial weight (685 lbs. ) of the beef steer was 

 increased to a greater degree by feeding than was the value of the 

 initial weight of the dairy-type steer. The report of the experiment 

 furnishes no initial valuations, hence a complete accounting in this 

 regard cannot be made. 



Following are the weights of the cuts from the carcasses, expressed 

 in percentages of the total carcass weight ; also the wholesale and re- 

 tail prices of these cuts: 



Weights in Wholesale price Retail price 



percentages per pound per pound 



Beef Dairy Beef Dairy Beef Dairy 



Ribs 9.27 8.80 12.25 10.25 17.6 16. 



Chuck 25.97 26.78 5.5 5.1 10. 10. 



Brisket 5.92 5.72 4. 4. 6. 6. 



Plate 3.85 3.48 4. 4. 6. 6. 



Navel 3.00 2.72 4. 4. 



Shank meat 53 .66 5. 5. 



Shank beef 2.60 3.04 2.5 2.5 



Loin 17.55 17.09 14.9 12.5 



Round 17.74 18.88 7. 7. 



Rump 5.19 4.78 7. 7. 



Flank steak 66 .58 10. 10. 



Flank beef 2.16 1.67 5. 5. 



Cod fat 1.98 1.56 3.5 3.5 



Suet 3.48 4.18 3.5 3.5 



NOTE: S, sirloin; P, porterhouse. 



It will be observed that the carcasses were cut up into a greater 

 number of parts than result from the regular method of cutting ex- 

 plained in the previous chapter, but the differences in the cuts are not 

 great enough to prevent a full understanding of the above table. 



On the basis of the above figures we are able to determine the 

 relative profits of the beef- and dairy-type steers to the wholesaler or 

 packer. This is shown as follows: 



Beef steers Dairy steers 



Cost of 4 live steers $242.52 $170.64 



Cost of killing at $1.50 per head 6.00 6.00 



Cost of carcasses and offal $248.52 $176.64 



Received from sale of hides, tallow, and tongue 36.13 30.27 



Cost of dressed beef $212.39 $146.37 



Cost of dressed beef per lb 0715 .0583 



Actual wholesale returns when beef was sold 232.61 179.83 



Margin between cost and selling price of dressed beef 20.22 33.46 



The last item in the above table is interesting. It shows that 

 there was $20.22 margin for the beef- type steers and $33.46 for the 



