livestock evaluation

____May be defined as a method of collecting records on beef cattle herds t be used for selecting most productive animals

• Production testing

• performance testing

• Progeny testing

• Power testing

____ Is the record of the ancestors of an animal

• performance test

• Progeny

• Production history

• Pedigree

______are given to explain the difference between animals that influenced their placing

• Oral reasons

• Performance data

• Progeny information

• Official placing

What is gestation?

• When the female stands for breeding

• When the producers insert CIDR's into females

• The length of pregnancy

• The forming of the corpus leteum

An average hog in the US today has approximately how much fat at the 10th rib?

• 0.3 inches

• 1.3 inches

• 1.8 inches

• 0.7 inches

Of the following quality grades which is the most desirable for palatability?

• Choice

• Standard

• Select

• Prime

Which of the following items is NOT used in determining the USDA yield grade for cattle?

• Dressing percentage

• Hot carcass weight

• Ribeye area

• Fat thickness

The gestation time for cattle is:

• 114 days

• 283 days

• 148 days

• 350 days

The avereage feed ratio for full beef cattle on full feed is:

• 6:1-7:1

• 3:1-4:1

• 10:1-12:1

• 2:1-3:1

What two items help derive dressing percentage?

• Hot weight and light weight?

• Marbling and Maturity?

• Carcass weight and Live weight?

• Marbling and live weight