Beef

Beef

Beef is the meat attained from bovines especially cattle. Beef can be cut into steaks, roasts or short ribs.

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cutability

Meat products; Beef

The percentage of meat from the carcass deemed suitable for sale.

dressing percent

Meat products; Beef

(Chilled carcass weight after the hide, head, feet and gut are removed) / (live warm weight) * 100.

F1

Meat products; Beef

The offspring calf from two purebred parents of different breeds.

Also know as the ribeye muscle. It's used to determine the ribeye area and is measured between the 12th and 13th rib. Target measurements are between 11 to 15 square inches or 1.8 square inches per ...

marbling

Meat products; Beef

Intramuscular fat distributed in the muscle of cattle. The USDA appraises marbling in the rib-eye between the 12th and 13th rib and it's appraisal is a large determining factor of grading. Cattle ...

maturity

Meat products; Beef

The chronological age of cattle. When the chronological age is not know, a test may estimate the age by assessing the bones and cartilage of the cattle. Most cattle are slaughtered before 30 months ...