live weight

noun

The weight of a living animal before it is slaughtered for meat; used for example as a pricing basis in selling cattle for meat.

“The alternative to live-weight pricing is dressed-weight or carcass-weight pricing.”

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Meanings

nounlive weight (countable and uncountable, plural live weights)

plural live weights

  1. countableuncountableThe weight of a living animal before it is slaughtered for meat; used for example as a pricing basis in selling cattle for meat.

    The alternative to live-weight pricing is dressed-weight or carcass-weight pricing.

Translations

Finnish elopaino
  • elopainoweight of a living animal
German Lebendgewicht
  • Lebendgewichtweight of a living animal
Turkish canlı ağırlık
  • canlı ağırlıkweight of a living animal
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APA

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MLA

“live weight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/live%20weight. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “live weight,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/live%20weight.

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