Beef Quality Grading

Which of these animals is youngest?

• Calves

• Cattle

• Veal calves

• Bulls

A ____ is a male that was castrated before sexual maturity.

• steer

• heifer

• bull

• cow

A heifer has:

• had at least one calf

• not yet had a calf

• none of these

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What is a stag?

• A female that has had a calf

• A female that has not had a calf

• A male castrated later in life, after sexual maturity

• An uncastrated male

Grades of FEEDER CATTLE are determined by all of these except:

• Frame size

• Muscle thickness

• Calving ease

• Thriftiness

When learning about feeder cattle grades, which grade is the best?

• #1

• #2

• #3

• None of these

"Thriftiness" is another word for:

• Age of the animal

• Overall health of the animal

• Size of the animal

• Type of animal

"Frame size is basically what?

• The size of the animal's skeleton. "How big it is"

• The age of the animal

• The sex of the animal

• The color of the animal's fur

When thinking about the muscling of a steer, which thickness grade would show the most muscled animal?

• #2

• #6

• #4

• #1

Which of these feeder cattle grades would be the "Best?"

• Large frame #1

• Medium frame #2

• Inferior

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