Use Withers Height Weight Class when you need to classify livestock frame size as small, medium, or large from the withers height in centimetres. Enter Withers height cm using the definitions and units below so the result can be reproduced.

Withers height cm

A finite measured or assumed value.

The published tool contract uses this rule: Classify livestock frame size as small, medium, or large from the withers height in centimetres.

Size class

The calculated size class.

The category is produced by fixed software thresholds. Those cutoffs may differ from a laboratory, field protocol, population, jurisdiction, or current professional guideline.

Retain the original Withers height cm values and their units alongside the result. Hip Height Index is useful when you instead need to compute the hip height index as a percentage of hip height over heart girth. 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.

• Hip Height Index

  Compute the hip height index as a percentage of hip height over heart girth.

• Heart Girth Weight Estimate

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

• Backfat Class Lookup

  Classify an ultrasound backfat measurement in millimetres as lean, optimal, or over-finished.