Beef Cattle Production Test 1 Questions & Answers Already Graded A+

the average cow herd in the U.S is..........head - Answer-41 plus or minus 7 depending on whether replacement heifers are kept most .......are in the feedyard and most.........are in the pasture - Answer-steers, cows the majority of the herds in the U.S. are in what range? - Answer-100-499 head what websites tell you the head count in the U.S.? - Answer-LMIC, cattlefax, USDA, and Nass how often does the USDA do the head count? - Answer-2* per year are ranchers required by law to fill out a census given out by NASS? - Answer-yes what is the top three cow-calf producing states? - Answer-Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri what is the top 3 cattle on feed states? - Answer-Nebraska, Texas, Kansas Seedstock operations' Products produced and Traits of economic importance - Answer--breeder bulls, breeder cows, breeder heifers -%calf crop, weaning weight, stock longevity, genetic potential Cow Calf operation products produced and traits of economic importance - Answer--steer calves, heifer calves, cull bulls, cull cows -% calf crop, weaning weight, cow longevity, Stocker products produced and traits of economic importance - Answer--feeder steers , feeder heifers - survivability, adaptability, performance potentialFeeder products produced and traits of economic importance - Answer--slaughter steers, slaughter heifers, slaughter bulls, slaughter cows -ADG, Feed efficiency packer products produced and traits of economic importance - Answer--box beef, Carcasses -quality grade,yeild grade, shelf life purveyor products produced and traits of economic importance - Answer--carcass, retail cuts -yeild grade, quality grade, shelf life Retailer products produced and traits of economic importance - Answer--retail cuts -yeild grade, quality grade, shelf life Consumer products produced and traits of economic importance - Answer--NONE -tenderness, juiciness, lean to fat ratio, lean to bone ratio, consistency how long will it typically take for a beef animal to get all the way through the cycle, from seedstock to the consumer? - Answer-typically 5-12 years with a typical market weight of a steer at ......... what will the yield % be? - Answer-1280 lbs 62.5% yeild=800 lbs at the packer, what will the average % of red meat, loss, and auffal be? - Answer-80% red meat and trim, 20% bone and loss, and 32lbs of auffal what % is round of the carcass? - Answer-21.8% what % is loin of the carcass? - Answer-16.2%