Questions and Answers 2026-2027
Updated.
Okie - Answer No brahman influence
Feeder Cattle - Answer Frame size (small, medium, large) and muscle thickness (1, 2, 3, 4)
1, 2, 3, 4, and utility - Answer feeder pigs
Feeder lambs - Answer less than 100 pounds
Large steers - Answer >1200
large heifers - Answer >1000
Medium steers - Answer 1000-1200
medium heifers - Answer 850-1000
small steers - Answer >1000
small heifers - Answer >850
Grades - Answer designed to group animals according to relative merit within a market class
palatability - Answer eating quality
cutability - Answer leanness or trimness
Older the animal..... - Answer less tender and more flavor
males tend to have.... - Answer leaner meat
, muscling (1) - Answer thick
Muscling (2) - Answer average
Muscling (3) - Answer thin
Muscling (4) - Answer inferior
How long does beef take until its market ready - Answer 24 months
How long does pork take until its market ready - Answer 10 months
How long does chicken take until its market ready - Answer 5 months
As animal get older..... - Answer Ribs turn wider and flatter
quality grades of beef - Answer prime, choice, select, standard, commercial, utility, cutter,
canner
quality grades of lamb - Answer prime, choice, good, utility
acceptable-US 1, US 2, US 3, US 4. unacceptable-US utility. - Answer quality grades of pork
US A, US B, US C - Answer quality grades of poultry
Marbling - Answer intramuscular fat
Physiological age, look at bones. - Answer maturity
Lamb maturity - Answer spool or break joint
pork belly thickness - Answer .6
belly thickness makes.... - Answer bacon