[Jacob-list] dress out weights

[Tom and Judy Riddolls]

is 50% really good for sheep? that sounds really high, for our boer goats we 
got 40% and they said that was high.  what do the meat sheep breeds dress 
out as?

so does anyone winter their freezer meat down where there is grass year 
round? anyone know what meat is like from a 1 1/2 old animal.

Thanks steve and trish

>From: "Steve and Trish Barrows" <agf777 at earthlink.net>
>To: "Tom and Judy Riddolls" <grey_wethers_farm at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] dress out weights
>Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 15:54:25 -0400
>
>Hi Tom,  I can tell you that our March lambs average about 65 pounds on the 
>hoof, live weight, by October 10th, and dress out about 50% processed meat. 
>We'll get about 32-33 lbs back from the butcher.  Our ram lambs right now 
>are about 35-40 lbs, and the ewes are a bit smaller.  I hope this helps!
>Steve and Trish Barrows
>Amazing Grace Farm
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom and Judy Riddolls" 
><grey_wethers_farm at hotmail.com>
>To: <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
>Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 11:11 AM
>Subject: [Jacob-list] dress out weights
>
>
>>so i have four big lambs growing fast and had some general questions about 
>>expected weights.  I don't grain my lambs at all.  I grain the mothers a 
>>little as the two month old lambs are still nursing some.  I have no 
>>interest in processing them early and would rather wait.  I was mentioned 
>>earlier that in the UK they let the grass fed lambs go a year or more, 
>>what does this do to the meat? we like the sounds of low fat (i assume 
>>grass fed will be lowest in fat??) but i don't want the meat shop to say 
>>it is too strong tasting or tough.  Also i have two "flocks" two girls 
>>that are the same size (they most be pushing 120 lbs) and three young ewes 
>>i just got from a flock that has adults hardly topping 80.
>>
>>what size lamb can i expect from a small ewe after a reasonable maturation 
>>time
>>
>>Also what is the average dress-out ratio with jacobs? i assume it is less 
>>than 40%?
>>
>>thanks
>>Tom
>>
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