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WorksheetsBeef Unit Review
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is a steer?
Intact male
Castrated male
Female that has calved
Female that has not calved
What is the weight and age of a market steer?
3-4 months; 800-1000 lbs
12-13 months; 1000-1200lbs
18-24 months; 1000-1200lbs
24-30 months; 1500-2000 lbs
What is heifer?
Female that has not had a calf
Female that has had a calf
Intact female
Intact male
What is the difference between a cow and a heifer?
Age
Weight
Calving ease
Cow had a calf, heifer hasn't
What is a bull
Intact male
Castrated male
Hereford
Market Steer
What two factors determine the quality of meat in a beef animal?
Fat and Condition
Prime and Choice
Breed and Age
Age and Marbling
What does the term finish mean?
Degree of fatness
Muscle size
Condition
Marbling
Is it better to have small or large calves when they are born?
Large
Small
What parts of the beef animal would you look at to determine the amount of fat?
Loin, ribs, rump
Tailhead, flank, brisket
Neck, body, rump
Legs, back, shoulder
To determine muscling you look at? Multiple correct answers
Length
Height
Back end stance
Width
What parts of the beef animal have the most value? Multiple correct answers.
Loin
Rump
Ribs
Brisket
What breed of beef is known as the best meat or carcass breed?
Hereford
Charolais
Angus
Brahma
What breed of beef has a white face and red body?
Charolais
Brahma
Hereford
Santa Gertrudis
What breed of beef has been used as a foundation breed?
Shorthorn
Longhorn
Brahma
Angus
What breed of beef is 1/2 brahma, 1/4 shorthorn, 1/4 hereford?
Santa Gertrudis
Beef Master
Shorthorn
Brangus
What breed is best known for heat tolerance and insect resistance?
Charolais
Hereford
Angus
Brahma
What is a large framed white breed from France?
Shorthorn
Polled Hereford
Charolais
Scotch Highland
Select two breeds that originated in the United States.
Polled Hereford
Longhorn
Santa Gertrudis
Polled Angus
What is a ruminant
Animal with 1 stomach
Animal with 3 stomachs
Animal with 2 stomachs
Animal with 4 stomachs
True or False. The four stomachs of a ruminant are the Rumen, Reticulum, Omassum, Abomassum.
True
False
True or False. The term polled means it has horns.
True
False
What is bloat?
Rumen produces to much gas
Abomasum has to much fermentation
Reticulum has a nail stuck in it.
To much gas in the Omassum
What is the highest quality grade of beef sold?
Prime
Choice
Select
Utility
Presence and distribution of fat/ lean in a cut of meat
Fat
Muscle
Marbling
Condition
Which breed originated in Scotland?
Hereford
Charolais
Shorthorn
Angus
What does USDA stand for?
United States Department of America
United States Department of Angus
United States Department of Animals
United States Department of Agriculture
