Where the beef come from Quizizz

What is the name of the operation that keeps mature cattle to produce calves to sell to other producers?

• Backgrounders

• Cow-Calf

• Seedstocker

• Commerical

Name of a female that HAS had a baby before

• Cow

• Heifer

• Bull

• Steer

What is a female that has not had a calf before called?

• Cow

• Heifer

• Steer

• Bull

Calves at a cow/calf production range in age from _________ to ___________.

• 4 - 5 months

• 6-12 months

• 2-3 months

• 1 year

What is the act of a cow giving birth?

• Farrowing

• Lambing

• Foaling

• Calving

At what age are steers moved from the backgrounding operation to the feedlot?

• 7-10 months

• 6-8 months

• 3-5 months

• 12-18 months

Which comes first in the beef facilities that a steer/heifer will experience throughout its life?

• Feedlot

• Cow/ calf operation

• Backgrounder

• None of the above

In feedlot operations, cattle are fed until they are approximately _______ pounds.

• 900-1100

• 1250-1400

• 1500-1600

• 800-950

The finishing of cattle by feeding grain confined areas is normally referred to as?

• cow-calf

• breeder/stocker

• purebred

• feedlot

Which of the following is an operation that focuses on calf production through weaning?

• Backgrounding

• Cow/Calf Operation

• Feedlot

• No term