One Cow Weighs 1200kg... Super Hanwoo Emerges in Jeju
Born weighing 40-50kg... Growth rate also exceptional
Called Super Hanwoo when exceeding 1000kg
A super Hanwoo weighing 1,200 kg was shipped from Jeju Island.
On the 25th, Jeju Livestock Agricultural Cooperative announced that on the 23rd, a 33-month-old super Hanwoo with a live weight of 1,205 kg and a carcass weight of 734 kg was shipped from Hanil Farm in Hallim-eup, Jeju City. Hanil Farm also shipped a 36-month-old super Hanwoo with a live weight of 1,070 kg and a carcass weight of 659 kg.
The meat quality of these Hanwoo cattle was all the highest grade (1++), and the meat yield grades were C and B, respectively.
The average weight of general Hanwoo cattle shipped from farms is about 700 kg, and those exceeding 1,000 kg are called super Hanwoo.
![Super Hanwoo cattle shipped from Hanil Farm in Hallim-eup, Jeju City on the 23rd. [Image source=Jeju Livestock Cooperative]](http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/img_view.htm?img=2023102520280129035_1698233281.jpg)
Super Hanwoo cattle shipped from Hanil Farm in Hallim-eup, Jeju City on the 23rd. [Image source=Jeju Livestock Cooperative]
View original imageUnlike ordinary calves, which have an average birth weight of around 25 kg, super Hanwoo calves are known to have a birth weight of 40 to 50 kg and an exceptional growth rate. Jeju Livestock Agricultural Cooperative explained that the super Hanwoo cattle produced this time are the result of Hanwoo improvement projects and the use of cooperative feed tailored to their growth.
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In Jeju, a super Hanwoo with a live weight of 1,265 kg and a carcass weight of 785 kg was shipped in March 2021 from Samsung Hanwoo Farm in Namwon-eup, Seogwipo City. The Hanil Farm super Hanwoo ranks fifth, following those weighing 1,242 kg in April 2021, 1,234 kg in September 2018, and 1,221 kg in July 2020.
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