The red blood cells will be replaced within a few weeks. You may donate whole blood once every 56 days, which allows plenty of time for your red cells to be replenished. Platelet (apheresis) donors may donate more frequently -- as often as once every seven days and up to 24 times per year.
An average beef animal weighs about 1200 (Â± 250) pounds and has a hanging hot carcass weight (HCW) of. about 750 (Â± 200) pounds. In general, freezer beef is sold using HCW as the basis.
The average beef cow herd is 40 head, but operations with 100 or more beef cows compose 9 percent of all beef operations and 51 percent of the beef cow inventory. Operations with 40 or fewer head are largely part of multi-enterprises, or are supplemental to off-farm employment.