ANS I 3-4 Quality Grades Beef

_______describes the proportion of an animal which is saleable meat

• Yield grade

• Cutability

• Saleability

• Marbling

The percentage of the live animal that forms the carcass

• cutability

• conformation

• dressing percentage

• mayonnaise

Percentage of the carcass which is saleable meat.

• Retail yield or saleable meat yield

• Conformation or body capacity

• Cutability or Quality grade

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True/False: Cutability is pretty consistent among all animals

• True

• False

Cutability is important to the farmer because:

• It affects how much money he/she makes

• It affects the flavor of the meat

• It affects how many animals he/she owns

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You look at a steer and it has a wide stance. What might this be a sign of?

• The steer wants to fight you

• The steer is heavily muscled

• The steer walks funny

• The steer is lightly muscled

When you're looking for muscling, one thing you will usually see is:

• A convex shape to the rump, loin, etc.

• A really prominent tailhead

• Legs set close together

• A sunken loin

In general, the beef from a steer with slightly abundant marbling that's fairly young (less than 30 months old) is going to grade:

• cutter

• choice

• select

• prime

A beef animal with an "E" maturity grade is about how old?

• 6 months

• 30 months

• 24 months

• 96 months

About 80% of all grain fed beef is graded:

• Prime

• Select

• Choice

• Cutter