carcass weight

carcass weight (countable and uncountable, plural carcass weights)

1. The weight of an animal after slaughter and removal of most internal organs, head, and skin.
   • 2007, Temple Grandin, chapter 9, in Livestock handling and transport, →ISBN, page 143:

     In cattle hauled an average of 1023 km, almost one-half of the shrinkage was due to loss of carcass weight (Self and Gay, 1972).

• live weight