beef

beef

1. the meat of cattle other than the young calf. It may be bullock, yearling, bull, cow beef or beef treated in various ways including corned, biltong, jerked or its origin may be specified, e.g. grass-fed, lot-fed. See also meat.

2. pertaining to cattle used for the production of beef.

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baby beef

slaughter cattle weighing 700-1000 lb at 9 to 15 months of age and grading good or better for quality.

block beef

beef suitable for sale as blocks for conversion at the retail site into consumer cuts.

boning beef

beef suited for manufacturing and processing.

beef breeds

include aberdeen angus, afrikander, aquitaine blond, beevbilde, belgian blue, belted galloway, bonsmara, boran, braford, brahman, brangus, braunvieh, charbray, charolais, chiana, chiangus, devon, drakensberger, droughtmaster, fulani, galloway, gelbvieh, hariana, hereford, japanese black, limousin, maine-anjou, meuse-rhine-yssel, murray grey, n'dama, pinzgau, polled Hereford, romagna, santa gertrudis, salers, shorthorn, simmental, south devon, texas longhorn, west highland and many other less well known indigenous breeds.

beef feedlot

see feedlot.

beef grading

grading of carcass beef according to quality for the information of the consumer and to provide the trade with a basis for pricing. The grade allotted depends on local requirements for consumers but usually takes into account marbling with fat, absence of excess fat, age and cutability.

hamburger beef

see hamburger beef.

beef herd

comprises the bulls, the mature cows, the heifers yet to calve for the first time, the yearlings including bred heifers and calves not yet weaned. Where calves are not sold off for fattening elsewhere there will also be a bullock group.

beef industry

includes the beef production, breeding, fattening, marketing, slaughtering and processing and sale of the end product.

beef measles

see taeniasaginata.

beef production systems

include extensive grazing, intensive grazing, feedlot, cow-calf operations or suckler herds, breeding herds.

beef production targets

see performance target.

beef tapeworm

see taeniasaginata.