Because I am anal retentive/detail oriented, I was highly curious to see how my 230 pounds of hanging elk translated to eatable elk, so...I weighed and counted it all.
I ended up with:
25 pounds of pepperoni sticks
4.8 pounds of jerky(they start with 10 pounds of round that turns into jerky).
12 pounds of 'steak'(comes from the sirloin and tri-tip)
28 pounds of chops(tenderloin and loin(the butcher didn't like the term 'backstrap')).
99 pounds of ground meat(90 pounds of elk mixed with 9 pounds of pork fat).
So...I don't know how much fat they add to the pepperoni sticks, but...I was pretty pleased with 165 pounds of elk being harvested off that spike. The jerky and pepperoni (which cost more than burger and chops) were supplemented by some of my friends...and so I only kept one package of each. The rest I gave to the guys who helped pay, and then gave some pepperoni and 3 pound of ground to each of the guys who helped me get it out.
Should still be enough to make it through the year.
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