Carcass & Market

What it is for

Carcass & Market covers market targets, readiness, sale events, carcass results and analysis, in three tabs: Market goals, Targets & readiness, and Carcass & Market (Analysis, Carcass results, Market events).

Market targets

A target is a rule with a scope, not a per-animal assignment: "Reaching at least 35 kg" for the lot Corderos E2E 2026, or "Reaching at least 40 kg ±2" for rams in Encaste 2026 with destination market/meat. Scoping a target to a group applies it to whoever is in that group today; where several match, the most specific wins. Destinations (market/meat, breeding, replacement, show, other) are set per animal in the profile or from the list.

Sale batches

A sale batch is a fixed set of animals sold together, with its date and priority. Animals are copied when it is created, so anyone joining the lot later does not join the batch. The card shows the target live weight, how many are assigned, ready, close, growing and already left, and the realized result: sold, live kg, income, average income per animal and per live kg.

Readiness and the forecast

"Ready for market" lists each animal with lot, goal, current weight, kilos to go, age, ADG since last weight, deadline, days left and status (ready, in withdrawal with the date it becomes saleable). Targets & readiness adds performance to market measured on confirmed sales: average age and weight at market, average ADG to market and the share that reached the target on time.

How the forecast works: a 30 kg lamb with a 40 kg target gaining 250 g/day is about 40 days away; BreedIQ shows the days and a forecast date and warns when the last weight is old. The profile's Performance tab shows the same objective for one animal with its growth curve against the P10–P90 band of its comparable group.

Carcass results

Each result records the animal, slaughter date, live weight, carcass weight, type (hot or cold) and the dressing percentage (carcass ÷ live). Where available, grade, conformation, fat score and the processor are shown ("Grade: R · Conformation: R · Fat: 4"). Results can be entered one by one or loaded by lot, and linked to a market event.

Decisions it supports

Which lambs to ship this week, whether a lot will make the buyer's date, which sire's lambs dress better, and what a batch actually earned per kilo.