how much will beef yeild
The dressed beef (or carcass) will yield approximately 569 lbs. (further details below) of red meat and trim (take home meat-which includes the average weight of 27 lbs of variety meat: liver, heart, tongue, tripe, sweetbreads and brains) and 146 lbs of fat, bone and loss.he locker operator purchased the side from a meat packer on a hanging weight basis and also sells it to the consumer that way. Some sides of beef are fatter than other sides of beef. Because excess fat is removed during cutting, carcass fatness will affect how much take-home meat a side of beef will yield.