Why Beefalo... for the Packer?

There have been numerous studies by the individuals as well as a large study by Texas A&M (late 1970's) that show an increase in both dressing percentage and retail cut percentage . The Koch study cited in this previous post reported a dressing percentage for Bos Taurus of 60.7% and a retail cut percentage of 65.9% and for Bos X Bison 64.1% and 69.1%. If you work out the math for a 1,000 pound live animal, you find that you get about 44 more pounds of retail meat from a Bos Bison than you would get from a Bos Taurus. This 11% more meat per animal means that the packer makes more money from a beefalo even if he pays a higher price from it live.