. Types and market classes of live stock. et mellow and springy to the touch. There areno ties, rolls, or patches of flabby fat, but a smooth, even, deep,firm fleshing everywhere. Prime steers weighing from 1200to 1400 pounds are in greatest demand, although they fre-quently weigh up to 1600 pounds. Very few steers come tomarket which grade as prime. At the conclusion of the Inter-national Live Stock Exposition, which is held at the UnionStock Yards in December, most of the fat cattle are sold, and 82 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock these are usually prime, but it requires much searchin
. Types and market classes of live stock. et mellow and springy to the touch. There areno ties, rolls, or patches of flabby fat, but a smooth, even, deep,firm fleshing everywhere. Prime steers weighing from 1200to 1400 pounds are in greatest demand, although they fre-quently weigh up to 1600 pounds. Very few steers come tomarket which grade as prime. At the conclusion of the Inter-national Live Stock Exposition, which is held at the UnionStock Yards in December, most of the fat cattle are sold, and 82 Types and Market Classes of Live Stock these are usually prime, but it requires much searching tolocate cattle of this sort at other periods of the year. Choice steers.—If a steer is not quite right in quality orcondition, but still possesses to a marked degree the charac-teristics most sought by packers and shippers, he is called achoice steer. Good steers.—Good fat steers may be of very good qual-ity, but noticeably lacking in condition or finish; they may befinished or in prime condition, yet lacking in quality; or they 1. Fig. 12. Choice Steer. may be noticeably deficient in both quality and condition, butstill good enough to be above the average grade of fat cattlereaching the market. By far the largest number of steers be-longing to the good grade may be said to be a little (?n thecoarse order; they are fat and of good weight, but ratherplain. Medium steers.—These are of about average quality andcondition, lacking to a marked degree the finish and quality Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 83 demanded in a prime steer. They are generally too paunchyand too lacking in condition and quality to dress a high per-centage of beef or show a good proportion of fat. The beeffrom such steers is not good enough to meet the demands ofdealers in beef of the best quality, nor is the proportion ofthe high-priced cuts large. Common rough steers.—This is the lowest grade ofsteers coming to the market. They are very much lacking inform, quality, and condition. Steers o
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