Keep carcass info on swine NORRISTOWN - Swine producers routinely market hogs Sleighing around 230 pounds. These animals normally yield a carcass equivalent to 70 percent of. their live body weight. The 30 percent weight loss, an average of 60 pounds, can be partially offset in large meat packing plants by the sale of by-products. The average 161-pound resultant carcass can vary in retail value, depending on the amount oi desirable muscling and the content of undesirable fat. The ham section Presents... eWays Gel More Profit Out Gf Your Feedin Program. Feeding a total mixed ration (TMR) can help you increase milk production... and profits... without adding a single cow to the herd. Agway has the TMR feeding machines that let you accurately weigh and thoroughly mix forage, grain and supplements to deliver a balanced bite every time. There's a machine to fit almost any ' feeding setup. 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Loin sections may vary from a 0.5-mch fat* covering to as much as 1.8 inches of body tat. An average hog yields ap- animals they produce. Local proximately 22 percent of its 'packing plants or locker carcass weight in the form of ham. • operations may allow you to record Results of swine carcass shows information on animals which are reveal that this figure can eanly packaged for your own use. vary over 25 percent. According to Recording of carcass the National Livestock and Meat measurements can be useful to hog Board, the shoulder content of the producers in their selection-culling average hog is about 18 percent of program. For more information, contact the nearest Agway location or Salesperson listed below. 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