LSU ANSC 2050 EXAM 3 - MARK WILLIAMS QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Intact Male Cattle - Answers - Bull
Castrated Male Cattle - Answers - Steer
Female (pre-calving) cattle - Answers - Heifer
Female (Post calving) cattle - Answers - Cow
Young cattle - Answers - Calf
Act of parturition - Answers - Calving
Group of cattle - Answers - Herd
Scientific term of cattle - Answers - bovine
What is considered the single largest money-generating commodity in all of agriculture?
- Answers - The beef industry
Gross annual income from beef in US - Answers - Roughly $45 billion
The U.S. owns about ____% of the world's cattle, but produce nearly ___% of the
world's beef and veal - Answers - 6%; 18%
What two countries are the top producing beef countries in the world? - Answers -
United States and Brazil
What is the purpose of the beef cattle industry? - Answers - make use of resources that
would otherwise go to waste, predominantly grass
Segments of Beef Industry, in chronological order - Answers - Seedstock-->Cow-Calf--
>Stocker-->Feedlot-->Packer/Processor-->Retail-->Consumer
Seedstock Production - Answers - (Only production segment that does not produce
animals where the primary use is for meat consumption) The primary goal is to produce
breeding stock; Greatest demand: Bulls
Commercial Cow-Calf Production - Answers - first phase of producing animals whose
primary use is for meat consumption;
Product is 6 to 10 month old cross bred calves that weigh from 300-700lbs
Calves are sold at weaning to a feedlot or stocker operation
,Goal: produce the heaviest calves possible with the least amount of cost
Stocker Phase - Answers - growing calves to heavier weights on low-priced forage
before calves enter the feedlot
Calves in this phase have received health procedures such as vaccinations, deworming,
castration, dehorning, bunk broke (to become familiarized with feeding from feed
bunks), etc.
Feedlot phase (Finishing phase) - Answers - Cattle normally introduced to feedlot at
around 1 year of age;
600-850 lb cattle are finished to market weight (900-1400 lbs);
Usually stay in feedlot for ~60-200 days;
Majority of slaughter cattle in the U.S. are fed grain in feedlots prior to slaughter
Packer Phase - Answers - Harvest finished cattle purchased from feedlots
Retailer Phase - Answers - Purchases product from packers and processors
Consumer Phase - Answers - behavior and purchasing trends influence subsequent
decisions made by every other segment of the beef system
Breed - Answers - Race of animals within a species
Breed association - Answers - An organization that defines animal type for a breed;
provides base genetic material for beef cattle breeders
What are some considerations for choosing a breed? - Answers - Environmental
capabilities and Market Demand
Maternal Breeds Advantages - Answers - Good mothering
Excellent fertility
Early sexual maturity
Carcass traits
Milking ability
Maternal Breed Disadvantages - Answers - Light muscled
Not Fast growing
Fatty carcasses
Terminal Breeds Advantages - Answers - Fast growing
Heavily muscled
Good feed efficiency
Terminal Breeds Disadvantages - Answers - Large nutrient demands
High birth weights
Large framed
, Late sexually maturity
Lower quality carcasses
Heat Tolerant Breeds Advantages - Answers - Disease resistant
Parasite resistant
Good mothering ability
Longevity
Strong will to survive
Heat Tolerant Breeds Disadvantages - Answers - Temperament (Bos indicus)
Late sexual maturity
Poor carcass characteristics
composite breeds - Answers - A breed that has been formed by crossing two or more
breeds, designed to maintain heterosis (qualities superior to parents) in future
generations without crossbreeding and maintained as a purebred
Angus Cattle - Answers - ENGLISH BREED
Very hardy; most common breed of beef cattle in US; polled; solid black
Hereford Cattle - Answers - ENGLISH BREED
Hardy and thrifty breed; prone to eye cancer; polled and horned; red (deep cherry red to
a light buckskin-orange color), white on face, withers, chest, bottom line, tail switch and
feet
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Intact Male Cattle - Answers - Bull
Castrated Male Cattle - Answers - Steer
Female (pre-calving) cattle - Answers - Heifer
Female (Post calving) cattle - Answers - Cow
Young cattle - Answers - Calf
Act of parturition - Answers - Calving
Group of cattle - Answers - Herd
Scientific term of cattle - Answers - bovine
What is considered the single largest money-generating commodity in all of agriculture?
- Answers - The beef industry
Gross annual income from beef in US - Answers - Roughly $45 billion
The U.S. owns about ____% of the world's cattle, but produce nearly ___% of the
world's beef and veal - Answers - 6%; 18%
What two countries are the top producing beef countries in the world? - Answers -
United States and Brazil
What is the purpose of the beef cattle industry? - Answers - make use of resources that
would otherwise go to waste, predominantly grass
Segments of Beef Industry, in chronological order - Answers - Seedstock-->Cow-Calf--
>Stocker-->Feedlot-->Packer/Processor-->Retail-->Consumer
Seedstock Production - Answers - (Only production segment that does not produce
animals where the primary use is for meat consumption) The primary goal is to produce
breeding stock; Greatest demand: Bulls
Commercial Cow-Calf Production - Answers - first phase of producing animals whose
primary use is for meat consumption;
Product is 6 to 10 month old cross bred calves that weigh from 300-700lbs
Calves are sold at weaning to a feedlot or stocker operation
,Goal: produce the heaviest calves possible with the least amount of cost
Stocker Phase - Answers - growing calves to heavier weights on low-priced forage
before calves enter the feedlot
Calves in this phase have received health procedures such as vaccinations, deworming,
castration, dehorning, bunk broke (to become familiarized with feeding from feed
bunks), etc.
Feedlot phase (Finishing phase) - Answers - Cattle normally introduced to feedlot at
around 1 year of age;
600-850 lb cattle are finished to market weight (900-1400 lbs);
Usually stay in feedlot for ~60-200 days;
Majority of slaughter cattle in the U.S. are fed grain in feedlots prior to slaughter
Packer Phase - Answers - Harvest finished cattle purchased from feedlots
Retailer Phase - Answers - Purchases product from packers and processors
Consumer Phase - Answers - behavior and purchasing trends influence subsequent
decisions made by every other segment of the beef system
Breed - Answers - Race of animals within a species
Breed association - Answers - An organization that defines animal type for a breed;
provides base genetic material for beef cattle breeders
What are some considerations for choosing a breed? - Answers - Environmental
capabilities and Market Demand
Maternal Breeds Advantages - Answers - Good mothering
Excellent fertility
Early sexual maturity
Carcass traits
Milking ability
Maternal Breed Disadvantages - Answers - Light muscled
Not Fast growing
Fatty carcasses
Terminal Breeds Advantages - Answers - Fast growing
Heavily muscled
Good feed efficiency
Terminal Breeds Disadvantages - Answers - Large nutrient demands
High birth weights
Large framed
, Late sexually maturity
Lower quality carcasses
Heat Tolerant Breeds Advantages - Answers - Disease resistant
Parasite resistant
Good mothering ability
Longevity
Strong will to survive
Heat Tolerant Breeds Disadvantages - Answers - Temperament (Bos indicus)
Late sexual maturity
Poor carcass characteristics
composite breeds - Answers - A breed that has been formed by crossing two or more
breeds, designed to maintain heterosis (qualities superior to parents) in future
generations without crossbreeding and maintained as a purebred
Angus Cattle - Answers - ENGLISH BREED
Very hardy; most common breed of beef cattle in US; polled; solid black
Hereford Cattle - Answers - ENGLISH BREED
Hardy and thrifty breed; prone to eye cancer; polled and horned; red (deep cherry red to
a light buckskin-orange color), white on face, withers, chest, bottom line, tail switch and
feet
