What is the area of an "average" cattle hide at slaughter? What is the area of
the piece of leather that can be made from it?

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Request for Question Clarification by denco-ga on 10 May 2006 00:36 PDT

Howdy submergency-ga,

Would the following numbers help?

"Leather hide sizes vary and range from 38 to 70 square feet depending on
the area of the world they come from."
http://www.premierehts.com/sublevel.cfm?template=lounger&sub=Learn

"In Upholstery terms, the entire animal hide, averaging 45-55 square feet."
http://www.furniturefind.com/help/6_006_glossary.aspx

Small 20-25 [sq. ft.]; Medium 30-35 [sq. ft.] ... large 40-45 [sq. ft.].
http://www.hollywoodloverugs.com/nacoru.html

"... a standard 6x8 ft cow hide rug consisting of 48 square feet ..."
http://cowhidesinternational.com/customorders.html

Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher

These may be helpful:

http://www.ushsla.org/FinalDraftStandards-2005.pdf
http://animalscience.tamu.edu/ansc/publications/beefpubs/ASWeb121_LiveEvaluationForm.pdf

Rainbow~

Thank you eainbow-ga for your comments.  I have the Guide to
Evaluating Slaughter Cattle.  I hadn't seen the USHSLA Standards
document, which is interesting and relevent.

I am looking for the area of a standard hide, or preferably some way
of approximating the area of the resulting hide from the live weight
of an animal at slaughter.

Hi submergency,

I wasn't able to find the precise information you are looking for.
Hopefully another researcher will have better luck.

Best regards,
Rainbow

Maybe these sites also help:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=725648

http://www.leatherseats.com/products2.asp?c=9&id=361