Weight of meat on a goat

The Weight of Meat on a Goat calculator approximates the weight of meat on a goat based on its weight, either live or dressed.

INSTRUCTIONS: Choose weight units and enter the following:

• (W)  Weight of Goat
• (LD) LIVE or DRESSED.  Indicate if the weight is for live or dressed (gutted) animal (Choose One).

Weight of Meat (WM): The calculator computes the approximate weight (W) of meat on the goat in kilograms.

Goat Information

• LIVE Weight - This refers to the weight of the animal before internal organs are removed
• DRESSED Weight - This refers to the weight of the animal after internal organs are removed

There are over 300 breeds of goats.  Goats have been domesticated for over 10,000 years.  Goat provide fur, skins, meat and milk.  Milk from goats is often processed into goat cheese.  Females are called nanny goats, and males are called billy goats.  Neutered males are called wethers.  There are nearly a billion domesticated goats on Earth.  Goat range in size from about 20 kg to 140kg depending on breed, sex and age.

Meat on a Goat

The amount of meat yielded from a goat can be generally calculated based on some approximations. The dressed or hanging weight can be assumed to be around 44-47% of the live weight. About 55-57% of the carcass weight will end up as usable meat. This value can vary due to many factors such as boneless or bone-in cuts, the amount of fat left on cuts and not trimmed,  the ratio of fat to lean in any  ground meat,  the fat and muscle composition of the specific animal, the specific breed of goat, and more.

Obviously it is impossible to calculate exactly how much meat a goat will yield before hand, and other people may assume a higher or lower percentage of the animal will be meat  but this equation will give you a decent ballpark idea of what you can expect.

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See Also:

• http://www.acga.org.au/goatnotes/H007.php
• http://www2.ca.uky.edu/agcomm/pubs/asc/asc179/asc179.pdf
• http://meatsuite.com/page/weights-and-pricing
• http://animalscience.psu.edu/extension/meat/pdf/The%20Butcher%20Stole%20My%20Meat.pdf