How much does a sheep weigh?
63.5 kg140 lbWhich one: Katahdin ewe
A sheep weighs about 63.5 kg (140 lb).
Animals vary, so Tilt always names a specific, common adult: a worker bee, a house mouse, a Labrador, a bull rather than a calf. The label tells you which one. Source for this figure: The Livestock Conservancy.
How heavy is that?
- A sheep weighs about as much as 14 cats.
- A sheep weighs about as much as 310 smartphones.
- A sheep weighs about as much as 64,000 paperclips.
- It takes about 22 sheep to balance a car.
- It takes about 650 sheep to balance a Boeing 737.
About the same weight
More animals
- Labrador 30 kg
- Emperor penguin 34 kg
- German Shepherd 35 kg
- White-tailed deer 63.5 kg
- Great Dane 71.4 kg
- Red kangaroo 72 kg
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