TEST 1 AGRICULTURE

The Beef/CattIndustry

A way for market price to be decided, is based on quality/yield/dressing/cattle performance - choice/select spread is the key factor

What’s grid marketing?

The age of the meat. The younger it is, the less connective tissue tehre is. Younger is better, A-E.

What’s Maturity?

The dispersing of fat within the meat. The more there is, the more flavorful it is

What’s Marbling?

Choice

What type of meat is cattle goals for famers?

Marbling and Maturity

What are the two affects of quality?

Prime, Choice, Select, Standard, Commercial, Utility, Cutter, Canner

What are the Quality Grades?

No

does meat quality matter in a yield grade?

The expected BCTRC of a carcass. YG1 would be a high percentage, while YG5 is the lowest.

What is the Yield Grade?

Boneless closely trimmed retail cut

What is BCTRC?

Dressing %

What is fat good in?

chilled carcass weight/live weight x 100

What’s the dressing % formula

Price

What does the buyer determine when purchasing cattle?

the finishing phase of the cattle industry - takes heavy cattle and slaughters them - most cattle in this phase are fed on grain while waiting for slaughter

What are feedlot operations

Growing the babies on low-price feed before sending them to feedlot - 3rd segment, risky profit business

What are the Yearling/Stocker operators

segment of the beef cattle industry, 1st segment, produces the breeding stock (greatest demand is bulls)

What are Seedstock Producers

Keeping cows to produce more babies to sell - goal is heaviest babies with least cost for feed - 2nd segment

What is Commercial Cow-Calf Production

7% of thw world’s cattle, 17% of meat produce

How much Cattle/Produce does the US contribute in?