[Tucker39]

Sounds like an old wives tale that isn’t true. What that tale says is actually impossible. The live weight of a market hog of 200 lbs will shrink to a carcass weight of about 150 lbs. after slaughter. A loss of 25%. With a beef the shrinkage is greater. A 1200 lb steer will yield a dressed carcass of only about 800 lbs. A loss of 33%. All figures are approximate, but a rule of thumb.

[dirtymac]

Sounds like an old wives tale that isn’t true
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I believe that was the intent. by faking weights ,Hormel would sell 200 lbs. out of a 190 lbs. hog.

As in cribbage, a fast moving game, ‘see two, count four, peg six’.

[redgolum]

Probably a bit of both.

Scamming on the payments was very common (on both sides).

My father raised hogs for a living, and would drive longer to avoid using Hormel since the other processor gave better live and hanging weights.