4.02 Beef Cattle

What is the grade for a feeder steer that is short in length and short in height, has slightly thin fat covering, and has moderate muscling?

• No. 1
• Medium Frame, No. 1
• Small Frame, No. 2
• Small Frame, No. 3

The age of the beef animal and the amount of marbling in the carcassaffect the:

• quality grades
• sex classes
• use classifications
• yield grades

The class or kind of animal, age or maturity, and marbling and firmnessare used to determine the beef carcass:

• By-product Grade 
• Quality Grade
• Sanitation Grade
• Yield Grade

What is the grade for a feeder heifer that has a long, tall skeleton inrelation to her age, slightly thin fat covering, and moderate muscling?

• Large Frame, No. 2
• Medium Frame, No. 2
• Large Frame, No. 3
• Small Frame, No. 3

If in doubt when determining the U.S. quality grade of grain-fedslaughter steers, what is the best educated guess since more than 80%has this grade?

• Choice
• Prime
• Select
• Utility

The intermingling of fat among the lean muscle fibers in the rib eyemuscle of beef is called:

• back fat
• cutability
• marbling
• yield grade

The yield of closely trimmed, boneless, retail cuts that come from the major wholesale cuts of an animal carcass is called:

• cutability
• degree of muscling
• marbling
• quality

Frame size, muscle thickness, and thriftiness are the three factors thatdetermine grades for:

• Feeder cattle
• Finish cattle
• Finish Swine
• Slaughter cattle

The type of livestock that has both yield grades and quality grades is:

• feeder cattle
• feeder pigs
• slaughter cattle
• slaughter hogs

The class of slaughter cattle that does not have a Prime grade is:

• bullocks
• cows
• heifers
• steers