Recommended Animal Handling Guidelines and Audit Guide

Recommended Animal Handling Guidelines and Audit Guide 2007 EditionRecommended Truck Loading Densities(Source: National Institute for Animal Agriculture)Feedlot Fed Steers Horned or Tipped or more than No Horns (polled)Or Cows, Avg. Wt. 10 percent Horned and Tipped800 lbs. (360 kg) 10.90 sq. ft. (1.01 sq m) 0.40 sq. ft. (0.97 sq m)1000 lbs. (454 kg) 12.80 sq. ft. (1.20 sq m) .00 sq. ft. (1.11 sq m)1200 lbs. (545 kg) 15.30 sq. ft. (1.42 sq m) 4.50 sq. ft. (1.35 sq m)1400 lbs. (635 kg) 19.00 sq. ft. (1.76 sq m) 8.00 sq. ft. (1.67 sq m)Lambs and Sheep Shorn Full Fleece60 lbs. (27 kg) 2.13 sq. ft. (0.20 sq m) .24 sq. ft. (0.21 sq m)80 lbs.(36 kg) 2.50 sq. ft. (0.23 sq m) .60 sq. ft. (0.24 sq m)100 lbs. (45 kg) 2.80 sq. ft. (0.26 sq m) .95 sq. ft. (0.27 sq m)120 lbs. (54 kg) 3.20 sq. ft. (0.30 sq m) 3.36 sq. ft. (0.31 sq m)Truck Space Requirements for Cattle(Cows, range animals or feedlot animals with horns or tipped horns;for feedlot steers and heifers without horns, increase by 5 percent)Avg. WeightNumber of cattle per running foot of truck floor(92 in. internal truck width or 233.7 cm.)*600 lbs. / 272 kg .9800 lbs. / 363 kg .71,000 / 453 kg .61,200 / 544 kg .51,400 / 635 kg .4Examples (1,000 lb. cattle):44 foot single deck trailer – 44 X 0.6 = 26 head horned, 27 head polled.44 ft. possum belly (four compartments, 10 ft. front compartment; two middle double decks, 25 ft. each; 9ft. rear compartment, total of 69 ft. of lineal floor space) - 69 X .06 = 41 head of horned cattle and 43 headof polled cattle.Measure the total lineal footage of floor space in YOUR truck. *In metric, this is the number ofanimals in each 31 cm. long segment of truck length.10AMIHandlingSlaughterGuidelines07.1AMIJune 11, 2007