Dairy Weigh Taping

	English/Metric Conversion Lookup Chart for
	Estimating Dairy Catttle Weights Based Upon Heart Girth

Dr. Karen L. Jacobsen, www.FARMLLC.org, USA cell: 706-340-0999

	IMPERIAL				METRIC

Heart	Holstein	Guernsey	Jersey	Heart	Holstein	Guernsey
Girth	Weight	Weight	Weight	Girth	Weight	Weight
Inches	Pounds	Pounds	Pounds	cm	kg	kg
27	82	69	57	68.6	37.2	31.3
28	84	72	62	71.1	38.1	32.7
29	87	76	69	73.7	39.5	34.5
30	91	82	77	76.2	41.3	37.2
31	96	90	86	78.7	43.5	40.8
32	104	100	97	81.3	47.2	45.4
33	114	111	109	83.8	51.7	50.3
34	125	123	122	86.4	56.7	55.8
35	137	136	135	88.9	62.1	61.7
36	150	149	149	91.4	68.0	67.6
37	164	163	163	94.0	74.4	73.9
38	178	178	178	96.5	80.7	80.7
39	193	193	193	99.1	87.5	87.5
40	209	209	208	101.6	94.8	94.8
41	225	225	223	104.1	102.1	102.1
42	242	241	238	106.7	109.8	109.3
43	260	258	253	109.2	117.9	117.0
44	278	275	268	111.8	126.1	124.7
45	297	292	284	114.3	134.7	132.5
46	316	310	300	116.8	143.3	140.6
47	336	328	318	119.4	152.4	148.8
48	356	347	337	121.9	161.5	157.4
49	376	366	356	124.5	170.6	166.0
50	397	386	376	127.0	180.1	175.1
51	418	406	396	129.5	189.6	184.2
52	440	426	416	132.1	199.6	193.2
53	462	447	437	134.6	209.6	202.8
54	485	470	458	137.2	220.0	213.2
55	508	494	480	139.7	230.4	224.1
56	532	518	504	142.2	241.3	235.0
57	557	544	528	144.8	252.7	246.8
58	583	570	554	147.3	264.4	258.6
59	610	597	582	149.9	276.7	270.8
60	638	625	610	152.4	289.4	283.5
61	666	653	638	154.9	302.1	296.2
62	696	683	668	157.5	315.7	309.8
63	726	713	698	160.0	329.3	323.4
64	758	745	730	162.6	343.8	337.9
65	790	777	762	165.1	358.3	352.4
66	820	809	794	167.6	371.9	367.0
67	858	843	826	170.2	389.2	382.4
68	893	878	860	172.7	405.1	398.3
69	929	912	894	175.3	421.4	413.7
70	965	946	927	177.8	437.7	429.1
71	1002	979	959	180.3	454.5	444.1
72	1040	1012	990	182.9	471.7	459.0
73	1079	1045	1020	185.4	489.4	474.0
74	1119	1077	1048	188.0	507.6	488.5
75	1159	1109	1074	190.5	525.7	503.0
76	1200	1140	1095	193.0	544.3	517.1
77	1248	1170	1112	195.6	566.1	530.7
78	1282	1200	1124	198.1	581.5	544.3
79	1324	1230	1134	200.7	600.6	557.9
80	1366			203.2	619.6
81	1408			205.7	638.7
82	1449			208.3	657.3
83	1490			210.8	675.9
84	1528			213.4	693.1
85	1564			215.9	709.4
86	1600			218.4	725.8
87	1636			221.0	742.1
88	1670			223.5	757.5
89	1703			226.1	772.5
90	1735			228.6	787.0
91	1767			231.1	801.5
92	1798			233.7	815.6