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A Glossary of Australian Agricultural and Farm Business Terms
DSE tables as published in the "Farming Forum"
| Class of livestock |
|
Values of DSE |
No. of head equivalent to 100 wethers |
| Sheep |
|
|
|
| Dry sheep: |
wethers, ewes, hoggets, kept in store condition only |
1.0 |
100 |
| Drysheep: |
wethers, ewes, hoggets, lambs
fattening |
1.8 |
56 |
| Merino ewe: |
spring lambing (July to Sept) |
1.5 |
67 |
|
autumn lambing (April, May, June) |
1.8 |
56 |
| Large crossbred ewes: |
spring lambing (July to September) |
1.8 |
56 |
| Weaner sheep: |
3 to 5 months |
0.5 |
200 |
|
5 to 12 months (store) |
1.0 |
100 |
|
5 to 12 months (fattening) |
1.5 |
67 |
| Ram |
|
2.0 |
50 |
| Dairy cattle |
|
|
|
| Cows: |
milking or double sucking (350 to 500kg) |
14.0 to 16.0 |
6 to 7 |
|
dry cow or springer |
8.0 to 10.0 |
10 to 13 |
| Yearling steer or heifer |
|
6.0 to 7.0 |
14 to 17 |
| Weaner: |
3 to 6 months |
3.0 to 4.0 |
25 to 33 |
| Beef |
|
|
|
| Dry cow or steer
(350 to 450kg) |
8.0 to 10.0 |
10 to 13 |
| Yearling steer: |
fattening (250 to 400kg) |
8.0 to 10.0 |
10 to 13 |
|
store (250 to 350kg) |
5.0 to 7.0 |
114 to 20 |
| Fattening cattle: |
20 to 32 months (350 to 550kg) |
9.0 to 12.0 |
9 to 11 |
|
32 to 50 months (550 to 700kg) |
12.0 to 14.0 |
7 to 8 |
| Cow with calf at
foot (up to 8 months) |
12.0 to 14.0 |
7 to 8 |
| Bull (800kg) |
|
14.0 |
7 |
| Horse |
|
|
|
| Light |
|
10.0 |
10 |
| Heavy |
|
14.0 |
7 |
| Goats |
|
|
|
| Dry Angora |
|
0.66 |
150 |
| Breeding Angora |
|
1.0 |
100 |
| Dry milk goat |
|
1.5 |
67 |
| Milk goat lactating |
|
3.0 |
33 |
| Deer Red |
|
|
|
| Stag (250kg) |
|
5.2 |
19 |
| Hind (100kg) |
maintenance |
2.5 |
40 |
|
pregnancy |
3.0 |
33 |
|
lactation |
4.8 |
21 |
|
average for fawning hind |
3.4 |
29 |
| Caves |
|
|
|
| Deer Fallow |
|
|
|
| Bucks (80kg) |
|
2.2 |
45 |
| Does (50kg) |
maintenance |
1.5 |
67 |
|
pregnancy |
1.8 |
56 |
|
lactation |
2.9 |
34 |
|
average for fawning hind |
2.0 |
50 |
| Fauns |
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