Mike de Brie (Western Australia) wet blue hides are sourced from premium quality meatworks. Individually inspected, weighed and packed for export, the hides produce a wet blue of consistently high quality. Refer to our wet blue grading specifications for further details of our grade descriptions.
Ox / Heifer / Cow Categories - Wet Blue Full Substance
Product type and
grading categories
Estimated unfleshed
wet salted weight
Estimated average
wet blue weight
No hides per pallet / and per 20 ft FCL
Estimated finished
area in the range
T/R or A/ B Yearling
7/14 kgs
7.0/8.0 kgs
110 / 2200
16/24 sqft
T/R or A/B Ox / Heifer
14/18 kgs
11.0/12.0 kgs
85 / 1700
27/32 sqft
T/R or A/B Ox / Heifer
18/23 kgs
15.0/16.0 kgs
65 / 1300
33/37 sqft
T/R or A/B Ox or Cow / Ox
23/27 kgs
19.0/20.0 kgs
50 / 1000
38/42 sqft
T/R or A/B Ox or Cow / Ox
27/31 kgs
23.0/24.0 kgs
44 / 880
42/45 sqft
T/R or A/B Ox or Cow / Ox
31 Up kgs
28.5/30.0 kgs
35 / 700
46/50 sqft
Dairy Cow Categories - Wet Blue Full Substance
Product type
and
grading categories
Estimated unfleshed
wet salted weight
Estimated average
wet blue weight
No hides per pallet / and per 20 ft FCL
Estimated finished
area in the range
T/R Dairy Cow
18 kgs under
11.0/12.0 kgs
85 / 1700
28/34 sqft
T/R Dairy Cow
18 kgs up
15.0/16.0 kgs
65 / 1300
34/40 sqft
C Grade Categories - Wet Blue Full Substance (grades packed separately, specified on offer)
Product type and
grading categories
Estimated unfleshed
wet salted weight
Estimated average
wet blue weight
No hides per pallet / and per 20 ft FCL
Estimated finished
area in the range
C1 and C2 Ox / Heifer
18 kgs under
unspecified
120 / 2400
unspecified
C1 and C2 Ox / Heifer
18/23 kgs
15.0/16.0 kgs
65 / 1300
33/37 sqft
C1 and C2 Ox or Cow / Ox
23/27 kgs
19.0/20.0 kgs
50 / 1000
38/42 sqft
C1 and C2 Ox or Cow / Ox
27/31 kgs
23.0/24.0 kgs
44 / 880
42/45 sqft
C1 and C2 Ox or Cow / Ox
31 Up kgs
28.5/30.0 kgs
35 / 700
46/50 sqft
D Grade Categories - Wet Blue Full Substance
Product type
and
grading categories
Estimated unfleshed
wet salted weight
Estimated average
wet blue weight
No hides per pallet / and per 20 ft FCL
Estimated finished
area in the range
D Grade
23 kgs under
Unspecified
65 / 1300
Unspecified
D Grade
23 kgs up
Unspecified
50 / 1000
Unspecified
Grain Splits – Hides are split in the wet blue condition
Grain splits can be split to the required substance to satisfy individual customer specifications.
