Emission Factor

Cattle for slaughtering - live weight (fattening of calves for beef production - feedlot)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is fattening of calves for beef production, feedlot. The reference product is cattle for slaughtering, live weight. The product cattle for slaughtering, live weight is an animal farmed for meat. Beef cattle are typically farmed for 1-2 years. The product represents the animal alive before transferring and processing in a slaughterhouse. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/21260/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameCattle for slaughtering - live weight (fattening of calves for beef production - feedlot)
SectorAgriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing
CategoryLivestock Farming
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2016
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
livestock_farming-type_cattle_for_slaughtering_live_weight_fattening_of_calves_for_beef_production_feedlot
UUID
64b8f689-4422-4b4e-8c3c-7426bfb22039
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