Fair market animal weigh backs

[Till-Hill]

Any fair have a rule on acceptable weigh backs on beef and hogs? In a % I'd assume. What's acceptable at the commercial level for shrink?

We weigh Wednesday night for class breaks to show Friday for the beef. Then are weighed again Sunday. Most of them weights are acceptable every year. Ones I see go thru Sale barn on Monday and Thursday sometimes make you scratch your head. Had one at 26% shrink last year from Sunday to Monday am............

Haven't seen any weights on hogs but if we are going to make a rule it will be all weighed market animals.

 

[DLD]

So you have an official weigh in on Wednesday for a show on Friday, but you have to weigh back on Sunday?  No weigh back at show time?  Is this a terminal show, where the weights are used for selling the calf?  Sorry for the questions, just trying to understand.

Around here we turn in our own weights and the top 2-5 calves in each class are weighed back after the class, and must weigh back within 5% of the weight on the card.  If they don't they're disqualified.  We used to have an official weigh in a day or two before the show, with the same weigh back process.  5% is pretty typical for cattle and hogs, I believe 2 lbs. is allowed for sheep and goats.

 

[RyanChandler]

26% shrink didn't happen.  They stole your calf. 

5% is a common standard. 

 

[Till-Hill]

So you have an official weigh in on Wednesday for a show on Friday, but you have to weigh back on Sunday?  No weigh back at show time?  Is this a terminal show, where the weights are used for selling the calf?  Sorry for the questions, just trying to understand.

Around here we turn in our own weights and the top 2-5 calves in each class are weighed back after the class, and must weigh back within 5% of the weight on the card.  If they don't they're disqualified.  We used to have an official weigh in a day or two before the show, with the same weigh back process.  5% is pretty typical for cattle and hogs, I believe 2 lbs. is allowed for sheep and goats.

Wednesday is weight for Friday show. Sunday weight is what they sell at.

 

[Till-Hill]

26% shrink didn't happen.  They stole your calf. 

5% is a common standard.

Not my calf. I'm a superintendent. I'm thinking he was pumped Wednesday to Sunday...........then shrunk really bad over night stand at sale barn.......

 

[DLD]

I see.  I don't think you could even pump 26% without killing one.  That's 338 pounds if the full weight was 1300.  I gotta go with XBar on this one - didn't happen.  Somebody made a mistake, probably the sale barn - it happens (probably mixed up tag numbers). 

In that situation 5% is the higher end of normal.  In commercial transactions where shrink is accounted for it's generally 2-3%.

 

[Till-Hill]

I see.  I don't think you could even pump 26% without killing one.  That's 338 pounds if the full weight was 1300.  I gotta go with XBar on this one - didn't happen.  Somebody made a mistake, probably the sale barn - it happens (probably mixed up tag numbers). 

In that situation 5% is the higher end of normal.  In commercial transactions where shrink is accounted for it's generally 2-3%.

It wasn't a sale barn mistake. Seen the steer sell online at market. We have pumped 40 gallons into down dairy cows before.