Beef

Beef

Beef is the meat attained from bovines especially cattle. Beef can be cut into steaks, roasts or short ribs.

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spare ribs

Meat products; Beef

These ribs are fatty and come from the front of the rib cage

A yield grade is an estimate of the amount of trimmed and boneless cuts that will come from the cattle. A score from 1 to 5 is given after the evaluator inspects the hot carcass weight, the area of ...

Round

Meat products; Beef

The hind section of the cow that has decent flavour but can be a little tough because the muscles are well exercised.

Involution

Meat products; Beef

Organs returning, declining, to their original state after being enlarged usually though the process of giving birth in cattle.

Lactation

Meat products; Beef

The time which milk is formed in the utter of a dam as a result of giving birth to a calf.

Gestation

Meat products; Beef

The amount of time from conception to delivery of the calf. For cattle the average is about 283 days but other facters such as sex and if the dam is carrying twins can affect gestation.

Longissimus dorsi

Meat products; Beef

Also know as the ribeye muscle. It's used to determine the ribeye area and is measured between the 12th and 13th rib. Target measurements are between 11 to 15 square inches or 1.8 square inches per ...