Cutting Chart

meat cutting chart

 CHUCK
209.5 lbs. (29% of total carcass)

RIB
65.7 lbs. (9% of total carcass)

cut lbs. cut lbs.
Blade roasts & steaks

33.9

Rib roast 23.0
Stew or ground beef

83.3

Rib steak 9.2
Arm pot roasts & steaks 35.5 Short ribs 8.6
Cross rib roast  24.4 Ground beef, stewing, etc. 16.5
       
TOTAL 178.1 TOTAL 57.3
Fat and Bone 31.4 Fat and Bone 8.4

THIN CUTS
135.4 lbs. (18.9% of total carcass)

LOIN
115.7 lbs. (16% of total carcass)

cut lbs. cut lbs.
Flank steak 3.6 Porterhouse steak 19.6
Pastrami Squares 2.9 T-bone steak 9.8
Outside skirt 2.2 Strip steak 15.0
Inside skirt 2.2 Sirloin steak 15.3
Boneless brisket 16.0 Tenderloin steak 6.8
Ground beef, stewing, etc. 87.3 Ground beef, stewing, etc. 22.7
       
TOTAL 114.5 TOTAL 89.2
Fat and Bone 20.1 Fat and Bone 26.5

ROUND
155.8 lbs. (22% of total carcass)

MISC.
32.8 lbs. (4.5% of total carcass)

cut lbs. cut lbs.
Top round 34.6 Kidney, hanging tender 4.9
Bottom round 31.2 TOTAL 4.9
Rump 7.8 Fat, suet, cutting losses 27.8
Ground beef, stewing, etc. 33.4    
       
TOTAL 114.5    
Fat and Bone 20.1    

NOTE:

A 1,150 lb. steer yields a 714 lb. carcass ( 62% of live weight) which the packer sells to a retailer who trims away 146 lbs. of fat, bone and waste, leaving 568 lbs. of beef that he cuts, wraps and sells to consumers.

This does not include the variety meats -- liver, heart, tongue, tripe, sweetbreads and brains, which account for about 27 lbs.

These figures are averages.  Carcass data varies according to cutting method and type of cattle.

The above information provided to us by the Arkansas Beef Council. 

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