Use Hip Height Index when you need to compute the hip height index as a percentage of hip height over heart girth. Enter Hip height cm and Heart girth cm using the definitions and units below so the result can be reproduced.

Hip height cm

A finite measured or assumed value.

Heart girth cm

A finite measured or assumed value.

The published tool contract uses this rule: Compute the hip height index as a percentage of hip height over heart girth.

Hip height index

The calculated hip height index.

A ratio or percentage can conceal the scale of its numerator and denominator and becomes sensitive to measurement error when the denominator is small.

Retain the original Hip height cm and Heart girth cm values and their units alongside the result. Withers Height Weight Class is useful when you instead need to classify livestock frame size as small, medium, or large from the withers height in centimetres. Heart Girth Weight Estimate provides another view by helping you estimate livestock weight in kilograms from heart girth and body length with the documented heart girth formula.

• Withers Height Weight Class

  Classify livestock frame size as small, medium, or large from the withers height in centimetres.

• Heart Girth Weight Estimate

  Estimate livestock weight in kilograms from heart girth and body length with the documented heart girth formula.

• Body Length Weight

  Estimate cattle weight in kilograms from body length and chest girth with the same-family length formula.