Beef overview — growth and finishing
What this page helps you do
Section titled “What this page helps you do”Beef → Overview brings weighing, growth, finishing forecasts and carcass feedback into one starting point. Use it to decide which animals need another weighing, which groups may be nearing finish, and where to inspect a processor result. The forecast is a planning estimate; it does not move, sell or slaughter an animal. This menu is available for Beef or Mixed farms where your access permits it. A Dairy-only farm shows a feature-access message instead.
Read the headline measures
Section titled “Read the headline measures”| Measure | How to read it |
|---|---|
| Avg DLWG (30d) | Average daily liveweight gain, in kg/day. For each animal with at least two distinct farm-day weights in the last 30 farm days, the system divides the first-to-last weight change by the days between them, excludes implausible rates, then averages the remaining animals. — means no usable rate, not zero growth. |
| Animals weighed | Distinct animals with any recorded beef weighing, with the latest session date underneath. This is an all-time count, unlike the 30-day DLWG. No sessions yet means there is no weighing date. |
| Overdue finishers | Animals whose latest recorded live weight is at least 650 kg and who have no carcass record. This fixed alert threshold is separate from the breed-based finishing forecast. The current count is based on weighing/carcass records and can still include an animal that left the farm without a carcass; confirm the animal is active before planning work. |
| Carcasses (90d) | Carcass records with a slaughter date in the last 90 farm days. The hint shows mean kill-out percentage when available, or No carcass data yet. Kill-out relates carcass weight to live weight; check the underlying record before using it commercially. |
If the KPI request fails, the page offers Retry. Record a correct weight or review an imported carcass if a measure seems stale; the tiles are derived from saved records.
Plan with the finishing window
Section titled “Plan with the finishing window”The Finishing window estimates days to target from each candidate’s latest weight and observed daily gain. It uses one canonical weight per farm day from the most recent 60 farm days, needs at least two different weighing days, and excludes animals already linked to a carcass. Targets come from the animal’s breed where configured; a breed without a target falls back to 600 kg. The single target shown in the heading is the cohort’s average target, so individual animals can have different targets.
The current forecast does not separately remove an animal that left the farm for a reason other than slaughter. Treat a candidate that is no longer active as stale and use the Animals list as the current-status check before acting.
| Bucket | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Ready now | Latest weight meets or exceeds that animal’s target. |
| 0–30d, 31–60d, 61–90d, 90d+ | Projected time to target at the animal’s observed positive daily gain. |
| Stalled (zero or negative growth) | Shown in the heading, outside the forward-time buckets. Review weighing accuracy, dates and animal condition rather than assuming a finish date. |
If there are no eligible observations, the page asks you to record another weighing session. A projection is not a booking or a sale decision. Compare it with current condition, buyer requirements and actual weights.
Take the next action
Section titled “Take the next action”| Control | What happens |
|---|---|
| Record weight in the heading or New session in the weighing card | Opens the weight-session form for one or more animals, if you have recording permission. See Weight sessions for each field and import rules. |
| Browse all sessions | Opens the dated session list to review existing weighings. |
| Upload kill sheet | Opens Carcass imports. Upload starts a staged review; unresolved tags and outliers must be checked before committing. Upload alone does not create accepted carcass records. |
| Carcass pricing grid | Opens reusable valuation rules for graded carcasses. |
| Carcass settlement types | Opens deduction and bonus line types used with settlement values. |
| Open lists | Opens Drafting lists, where you plan whether animals stay, move, sell or go to slaughter. Marking a plan does not change animal status; record the actual exit separately. |
On a phone, the floating + menu gives shortcuts to Record weight, Upload kill sheet, Drafting lists and Weight sessions. Actions requiring permission may be unavailable.
Compare breed and mob performance
Section titled “Compare breed and mob performance”Use Breakdown → By breed / By mob to switch the table. Each row starts from the current active-herd segmentation and shows animal count, animals weighed during the last 30 farm days and their proportion, average 30-day DLWG when calculable, carcasses in 90 days and average kill-out. On a small screen the same information appears as cards. Mob means an animal group; create groups under Animals → Groups if that view is empty. Ungrouped contains active animals with no current group. A dash means the corresponding rate has insufficient data.
Carcass recording normally exits an animal as slaughtered. Because the current breakdown starts from the active herd, its 90-day carcass columns can omit those exited animals. Use Carcasses for the complete carcass list and treat the segment carcass columns as incomplete until this is corrected.
Download the performance report
Section titled “Download the performance report”The Performance report card describes headline KPIs and a per-animal table with latest weight, recent DLWG and carcass feedback. The animal rows cover non-deleted records that have Beef weighing or carcass data; they are not a complete current-herd register. Select CSV to analyse rows in a spreadsheet or PDF for a print-ready copy. The download uses the current farm date. If preparation fails, the page shows a failure message so you can retry. It does not offer an XLSX button.
For an individual animal’s weight history, daily-gain values and kill-out (when a carcass exists), open that animal’s detail page and its Beef tab. For cost, proceeds and margin across cattle, use Performance economics.