Determining weight of a steer

[MikahMom]

How do you determine the weight of a steer without going to a truck weigh station? Is there a formula you can use? I have a tape that measures/estimates the weight of a horse, can I use that?







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Proud owner of 1 Polled Hereford steer, 2 Shire horses, 3 Nigerian Dwarf goats, 2 Yorkshire sows, 1 Duroc Boar and an assortment of Australorp chickens

 

[goodhors]

Well the tape was pretty accurate for our calf, who was gone after 500 pounds. I was surprised that the horse tape was right on the money for the calf. He was weighed within a couple days for Fair, came up the same weight on tape and scale. Not sure how big your steer is, but works fine for a small dairy breed steer.

 

[Acifex]

I know that this is an old thread, but I thought that I would share this with everyone. This is how you can weight a calf without a tape. They recommend not letting the cow eat or drink for 12 hours before you weigh it, but for my purposes of raising my one calf (SirLoin) this gives me a better idea then just guessing his weight.

piedmontese.org/GettingYourCattleWeightsWithoutaScale.htm