Emission Factor

Cattle for slaughtering - live weight (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for cattle for slaughtering, live weight. 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 market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/20199/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameCattle for slaughtering - live weight (market for)
SectorAgriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing
CategoryLivestock Farming
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2017
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 29Version log
  • Replaced by: 8ed688c7-ba09-41cf-8ded-eefe132bceed

API Reference

Activity ID
livestock_farming-type_cattle_for_slaughtering_live_weight_market_for_cattle_for_slaughtering_live_weight
UUID
e5a8e41a-d627-4435-bc15-86dc2b2469ef
Code Snippet
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