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Actual Weight of Meat - Can we be honest?

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I must've done something wrong....My bull this year was around 185 lbs deboned on the scale at home iirc. Including trim pieces. I did not take any rib meat though
Are you talking just the meat between the ribs, or the meat covering the ribs(rib roll)? Because that all can add up in a hurry, especially on a bull.
 
Are you talking just the meat between the ribs, or the meat covering the ribs(rib roll)? Because that all can add up in a hurry, especially on a bull.
Didn't take the rib roll. Wouldn't have liked to of been a little more picky but it was over 80 degrees. And I was trying to get what I could to camp as quickly as I could. I took all 4 quarters including shanks, backstraps, T-loins, and pretty much all neck meat.
 
Guessing he was 180-200 on the hoof. No clue gutted. Final talley after butchering at home is 65lbs. Added 3lbs of fat to the 22lbs of ground so it came out to 68lbs total. Weight includes the heart, did not keep the liver.
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Didn't take the rib roll. Wouldn't have liked to of been a little more picky but it was over 80 degrees. And I was trying to get what I could to camp as quickly as I could. I took all 4 quarters including shanks, backstraps, T-loins, and pretty much all neck meat.
I think that weight sounds about average then. You would've been over 200 if you could have got all the rib meat. With those temps probably a good call though.
 
For this years cow elk I carried out 185 pounds of bone-in quarters, rib roll, and neck meat. We ended up with 112 pounds of finished meat excluding shanks. Of that 112, 66 pounds were for grind. We went heavier than usual on grind as we are still holding roasts and stews from last year.
 
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