Meat, Poultry & Seafood Processing worked example
Cut Yield at 78% target cut yield: a worked example
Push target cut yield up to 78% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when you need to track finished product yield from a primal, side, or whole carcass to confirm cutting room performance against target yield standards.
The inputs for this scenario
- Finished saleable cut weight: 165 lb (unchanged)
- Starting carcass or raw material weight: 250 lb (unchanged)
- Target cut yield: 78 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 68)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (Cut yield rate = finished cut weight / starting raw material weight x 100) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 66 % for cut yield rate, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 12 points for gap to target yield.
- At this operating point the engine returns 165 lb for finished cut weight.
- At this operating point the engine returns 250 lb for starting raw material weight.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where target cut yield sits at 68% and the headline result is 66 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 66 %.
- It computes cut yield as finished saleable weight divided by starting raw weight, plus the gap in points to your target yield. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.
Results at a glance
- Cut yield rate: 66 % (headline result)
- Gap to target yield: 12 points
- Finished cut weight: 165 lb
- Starting raw material weight: 250 lb
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live Cut Yield calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.