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Originally Posted by Rathji
For the record, half of cow is called a side of beef.
A uncut side normally has a hanging weight between 340-410lbs, with the average falling somewhere around 384lbs. Most retail (AAA or AA) beef is probably 384 or lower. Where you go from there depends on how you want it cut, but I guess you would lose easily 100lbs on a side from separating it into primals, even more if it was all boneless.
For AAA beef, my guess for beef produced would be 200lbs, but that depends on how fat the cow is. You might gain or lose 20 lbs on that, maybe more.
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Good info, about how much space would that take up?