Whats the difference between live cattle and feeder cattle?
It depends upon the animal’s place in the cattle cycle. Feeder cattle are weaned calves just sent to the feedlots (about 6-10 months old), and live cattle are cattle which have attained a desirable weight (850-1000 pounds for heifers, and 1000-1200 pounds for steers), to be sold to a packer. The packer slaughters the cattle and sells the meat in carcass boxed form. Along with the carcass meat, the packer will also profit from the sale of what is referred to as the drop (hide, trimmed fat, variety meats, bones, blood, glands, etc.). The slaughtered cattle will be categorized by quality grade (prime, choice, good, etc.) and by yield grade (1 to 5, with the higher grades indicating a lower fraction of retail cuts). A 1000-pound choice yield grade 3 may produce a 650-pound carcass, which yields 495 pounds of salable beef. About 50 percent of the carcass is sold as steaks and roasts, 5 percent as stewing beef, and the remainder as hamburger. What are its uses? Beef is used almost exclusivel
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