Carcass Grade

Prices for cull cows are based on their USDA carcass grade or their expected carcass grade. The most common grades, in order of worst to best, are: lean (90%), breaker (65-75%), breaker (75-80%) and boner (80-85).

Cuts of beef
Upper
  • Chuck
  • Rib
  • Short loin
  • Sirloin
  • Tenderloin
  • Top sirloin
  • Round
Lower
  • Brisket
  • Plate
  • Flank
  • Shank
Beef
Beef cattle
  • Argentine
  • Kobe
  • Cow-calf operation
  • Feeder cattle
  • Organic
Products
Cuts
  • Blade steak
  • Brisket
  • Carcass grade
  • Chuck steak
  • Filet mignon
  • Flank steak
  • Flap steak
  • Hanger steak
  • Plate steak
  • Ranch steak
  • Restructured steak
  • Rib eye
  • Rib steak
  • Round
  • Rump
  • Short ribs
  • Shoulder tender
  • Sirloin
  • Top sirloin
  • Skirt steak
  • Spare ribs
  • Standing rib roast
  • Strip
  • Shank
  • T-bone
  • Tenderloin
  • Tri-tip
Processed
  • Jerky
  • Mince
  • Bresaola
  • Cabeza
  • Corned beef
  • Frankfurter Rindswurst
  • Pastrami
  • Meat extract
Offal
  • Brain
  • Tongue
  • Tripas
  • Tripe
Dishes
  • Beef Wellington
  • Chicken fried steak
  • Italian beef
  • London broil
  • Mongolian beef
  • Pot roast
  • Roast beef
  • Steak and kidney pudding
  • Steak Diane
Related meats
  • Veal
  • American bison
  • Beefalo
  • Water Buffalo
  • Żubroń
Other
  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
  • Beef hormone controversy
  • Meat on the bone
  • Ractopamine - Beef
  • Beef ring
  • US beef imports in Japan
  • US beef imports in Taiwan
  • US beef imports in South Korea (2008 US beef protest in South Korea)

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