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    - A typical 250 lb hog will yield a 184 lb carcass containing 140 lbs of pork meat and 44 lbs of skin, fat, and bone. - The carcass will be broken down into various cuts including: ham (45 lbs), side/belly (34.9 lbs), loin (33.8 lbs), Boston butt (14.7 lbs), picnic (16.6 lbs), and miscellaneous parts (39.2 lbs). - Each cut yields different retail cuts that are commonly purchased and consumed.

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    - A typical 250 lb hog will yield a 184 lb carcass containing 140 lbs of pork meat and 44 lbs of skin, fat, and bone. - The carcass will be broken down into various cuts including: ham (45 lbs), side/belly (34.9 lbs), loin (33.8 lbs), Boston butt (14.7 lbs), picnic (16.6 lbs), and miscellaneous parts (39.2 lbs). - Each cut yields different retail cuts that are commonly purchased and consumed.

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    - A typical 250 lb hog will yield a 184 lb carcass containing 140 lbs of pork meat and 44 lbs of skin, fat, and bone. - The carcass will be broken down into various cuts including: ham (45 lbs), side/belly (34.9 lbs), loin (33.8 lbs), Boston butt (14.7 lbs), picnic (16.6 lbs), and miscellaneous parts (39.2 lbs). - Each cut yields different retail cuts that are commonly purchased and consumed.

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    - A typical 250 lb hog will yield a 184 lb carcass containing 140 lbs of pork meat and 44 lbs of skin, fat, and bone. - The carcass will be broken down into various cuts including: ham (45 lbs), side/belly (34.9 lbs), loin (33.8 lbs), Boston butt (14.7 lbs), picnic (16.6 lbs), and miscellaneous parts (39.2 lbs). - Each cut yields different retail cuts that are commonly purchased and consumed.

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    HOG CARCASS BREAKDOWN 7.6 pounds of country-style ribs, 5.

    7 pounds of sirloin
    roast, 1.6 pounds of tenderloin, 1.6 pounds of trimmings
    With a market weight of 250 pounds and a yield of and 3.4 pounds of fat and bone
    73.6 percent, the typical hog will produce a 184-pound
    carcass. The carcass will yield approximately 140 pounds Picnic - 16.6 pounds, 9 percent of the carcass
    of pork and 44 pounds of skin, fat and bone. 12.6 pounds of boneless picnic meat and 4 pounds of skin,
    fat and bone
    Ham - 45 pounds, 24 percent of the carcass
    25.5 pounds of cured ham, 2.3 pounds of fresh ham, Boston Butt - 14.7 pounds, 8 percent of the carcass
    5.8 pounds of trimmings and 11.4 pounds of skin, fat 4.4 pounds of blade steaks, 7.8 pounds of blade roast,
    and bone 1.7 pounds of trimmings and 0.8 pounds of fat

    Side (Belly) - 34.9 pounds, 19 percent of the carcass Miscellaneous - 39.2 pounds, 22 percent of the carcass
    19 pounds of cured bacon, 5.8 pounds of spareribs, 15.4 pounds of jowls, feet, tail, neck bones, etc., 22
    9.1 pounds of trimmings and 1 pound of fat pounds of skin, fat and bone and 1.8 pounds of shrink
    and miscellaneous loss
    Loin - 33.8 pounds, 18 percent of the carcass
    3.2 pounds of backribs, 10.7 pounds of boneless loin, Source: National Pork Producers Council

    WHOLESALE CUTS OF PORK


    Back Fat

    Clear Plate
    Loin

    Boston
    Butt Spareribs
    Bacon
    Ham

    Picnic
    Jowl

    Hind Feet
    (Pig’s Feet)

    RETAIL CUTS OF PORK


    BOSTON BUTT LOIN HAM HIND FEET
    Blade Steak Blade chop Ham Pig’s feet
    Blade Boston roast Ribs Center cut ham slice
    Top loin roast
    Blade loin
    Rib chop
    Loin chop
    Tenderloin
    Center loin
    Sirloin chop
    Sirloin cutlet
    Sirloin

    JOWL PICNIC SPARERIBS BACON / BELLY


    Jowl Picnic roast Spareribs Bacon
    Arm steak
    Hock

    12 Source: University of Kentucky College of Agriculture

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