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An Evaluation of Feeder Cattle Grading Standards

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Kim B. Anderson
Kim B. Anderson*
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University of Kentucky
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Responding to the needs of the feeder cattle industry, the USDA (1979) implemented a new feeder cattle grading system which broke from the traditional method of using consistent grade terminology throughout the marketing process. The terms Prime, Choice, Good, etc. were replaced by three frame sizes (large, medium, and small) and three thickness scores (1, 2, and 3). The change from carcass quality terms to production-oriented terminology was deemed necessary because the product characteristics desired by cattle feeders differ from those desired at slaughter by the slaughterer-packer.

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , December 1980 , pp. 43 - 49
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1980

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