date:Aug 25, 2014
has been around 630 pounds.
A decline of 592k head or so implies a reduction in cow meat of about 373,106 million pounds between Jan-Aug. And this is on a carcass weight basis. The rule of thumb is to figure a yield of 300 to 350 pounds from the 630 pound carcass is lean and extra lean grinding beef. In other words, we have had a decline of about 178 to 208 million pounds of lean grinding beef due to the decline in cow slaughter, a shortage that has been largely offset by the increase in Austr