. Types and market classes of live stock. bany, Detroit, and many other cities. The cattle whichclassify as beef cattle may be divided into five grades or minorgroups. A market grade is a division of a market class orsub-class, the division depending upon value. The grades ofbeef cattle are: (1) prime, (2) choice, (3) good, (4) medium,and (5) common. Each market class is divided up into vari-ous grades. For example, we speak of prime steers, Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 81 medium steers, good cows, common canners, choicefeeders, etc. Beef cattle dress from 55 to 67 per cent, andsuppl
. Types and market classes of live stock. bany, Detroit, and many other cities. The cattle whichclassify as beef cattle may be divided into five grades or minorgroups. A market grade is a division of a market class orsub-class, the division depending upon value. The grades ofbeef cattle are: (1) prime, (2) choice, (3) good, (4) medium,and (5) common. Each market class is divided up into vari-ous grades. For example, we speak of prime steers, Types and Market Classes of Live Stock 81 medium steers, good cows, common canners, choicefeeders, etc. Beef cattle dress from 55 to 67 per cent, andsupply the highest class of trade. Prime steers.—This is the most select grade of the beefcattle class. Buyers for eastern markets take most of thisgrade, and packers take the rest. Prime steers are practicallyabove criticism in quality and fatness. They show a high de-velopment of flesh in loin, back, thighs, twist, and rump, arevery broad and deep, and are free from paunchiness. Thehead is medium sized and clean-cut. The bone is clean and. Fig. 11. Prime Fat Steers. fine, the skin pliable and medium thick, and the outlines aresmooth and well rounded. The flesh is abundant in all parts,and is firm, yet 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 ca
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