elk / Price List

We are going to use some average weights for both bulls and cows as examples only. we will say a bull's average field-dressed weight is around 364lbs and a cow's average is around 294lbs. A field-dressed carcass is an animal that has been gutted with the lower legs, head and hide removed. 

Finished meats should be around 56-60% of the carcass weight (hanging weight). So on a bull that has a carcass weight of 364lbs, we should expect to see around 218lbs of finished meat. For a cow that has a carcass weight of 294lbs, we should expect to see around 176lbs of finished meats. Things that might affect that total would be, for example, meat that was not properly taken care of in the field (starting to rot) or an animal that was shot multiple times would have areas of meat that would need to be cut away and disposed of. Cleanliness of your field dressing goes hand in hand with meat yield as does shot placement. Please keep all these things in mind after you have an animal down on your hunt.