I was wondering what is the meat to carcass ratio for an average pig. I am looking at how much lard, meat and skin one gets from a pig, of a certain carcass weight as well as for other animals.
The average British pig of 76.6 kg carcase weight and a P2 fat depth of 11.0 mm has an estimated lean meat content of 61.3%.
By lard we assume you mean fat tissue. A dissection of 20 carcases with an average dissected lean of 61.5% had the following components:
14.7 subcutaneous fat (inc skin)
4.2 intermuscular fat
3.0 head and cheeks
11.7 bone