Rudi to the Butchers

While I had the cows in the yards for tagging, etc. the calves it was a good opportunity to send Rudi to the butchers.  He was collected on Monday morning and was no trouble at all.  We collected his meat on the Friday two weeks following.  From a carcass weight of 356.2kg I only received 176.63kg of meat, which is 49.59% and much less than previous steers.  The butcher said this was because Rudi had a lot of fat wastage, although his meat was marbled, which is supposed to be a good thing.  The total cost was $767.15, including freight to the butchers.