Getting Your Cattle Weights Without a Scale

If it is not possible to scale weigh cattle, tape measuring is a handy alternative way to estimate weight. Remember that it only gives you an approximation of the animal's weight.

How To Measure Your Beef Cattle:

1. Stand the animal with head in normal position and with the four legs set squarely under the body.
2. Pass the tape tightly around the body just back of the shoulders at the smallest circumference
3. it is recommended that the animal be kept off feed and water for 12 hours before measuring. An overnight shrink is enough.

The Following Table Indicates Beef Cattle Weight:

Heart Girth Inches	Weight In Pounds	Heart Girth Inches	Weight In Pounds	Heart Girth Inches	Weight In Pounds	Heart Girth Inches	Weight In Pounds	Heart Girth Inches	Weight In Pounds
30	91	42	236	54	484	66	834	78	1288
30½	95	42½	244	54½	496	66½	850	78½	1310
31	99	43	253	55	509	67	869	79	1332
31½	103	43½	262	55½	522	67½	886	79½	1353
32	108	44	271	56	535	68	903	80	1374
32½	113	44½	279	56½	548	68½	921	80½	1396
33	118	45	288	57	562	69	939	81	1418
33½	123	45½	297	57½	575	69½	957	81½	1440
34	128	46	307	58	589	70	975	82	1463
34½	133	46½	317	58½	603	70½	993	82½	1485
35	139	47	327	59	618	70	1011	83	1508
35½	145	47½	337	59½	632	71½	1030	83½	1531
36	151	48	347	60	647	72	1049	84	1555
36½	157	48½	358	60½	661	72½	1068	84½	1578
37	163	49	369	61	676	73	1087	85	1601
37½	169	49½	379	61½	691	73½	1107	85½	1624
38	176	50	390	62	707	74	1127	86	1648
38½	183	50½	401	62½	722	74½	1147	86½	1672
39	190	51	412	63	737	75	1167	87	1697
39½	197	51½	424	63½	753	75½	1186	87½	1721
40	205	52	436	64	770	76	1205	88	1745
40½	212	52½	448	64½	786	76½	1226	88½	1770
41	220	53	460	65	802	77	1247	89	1796
41½	228	53½	472	65½	818	77½	1267	89½	1821

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