How much meat from a short leg

[Fen Farm Dexters]

Taking a short leg steer in for slaughter in next couple of weeks, 27 months old. How much meat roughly might I expect him to yield?

[Rachael@BRIL]

Hi,

We've only had one done so far and we got back 70kg odd of meat after it'd been cut up/boned out! Not sure how that compares to others on here. There is a post/spreadsheet by someone on here with loads of info.

It is delicious meat, enjoy.
Rachael

[Rob R]

Taking a short leg steer in for slaughter in next couple of weeks, 27 months old. How much meat roughly might I expect him to yield?

It really depends how heavy he is now? We usually get between 80 - 100kg from most short legs at that age.

[Broomcroft]

30% less than a longie.

PS. edited, my limited records show shorties @ 80-100 and non-shorts 110-130 or thereabouts. Obviously, there's plenty of exceptions outside those ranges though.

[Fen Farm Dexters]

The steer weighs 140kg on the hook in the butchers. I'm still confused between dead, live and carcass weight. Is the on-the-hook weight called "dead weight", or is that "carcass weight?
From the weight on the hook, what percentage might we end up with as meat?

[Rob R]

Hook weight, carcass weight & deadweight are all the same thing. Expect about 65 -75% of that weight back as meat, depending upon how fat it was.