Introductory
This state is known as the "Beef State".
What is Nebraska?
This sterile breed is hardy and has good forage ability.
What is Beefalo?
This bushy tuft of hair at the end of cattle's tails are used to swat flies.
What is the switch?
This is the most important factor when judging market steers.
What is degree of muscling?
This is the intramuscular fat in meat.
What is marbling?
These 3 feed classifications are used in all cattle rations.
What is roughages, concentrates, and supplements?
This many days (+/2) are needed for a calf to fully form (gestation length).
What is 283 days?
This form of identification is colorful and placed in the ear to identify mothers and their calves.
What is an ear tag?
This identification that early ranchers use is still very prominent today.
What is branding?
This breed is heavily used in bulldog and roping rodeo events.
What is Corriente?
This is where the tailbone connects to the sacrum.
What is the tailhead?
The _____ of the steer is where you begin when judging and work _____.
What is the rear and forward?
These three meat classification cuts become progressively smaller the more you refine the meat compared to the original carcass.
What is primal, sub-primal, and retail?
These proteins can be used in feed rations.
What is cottonseed meal, soybean meal, fish meal, or dried milk?
This breeding technique increases the genetic diversity of your herd for one calf crop.
What is AI?
This tool castrates a calf without need for blood loss.
What is a calf bander, burdizzo, or chemically.
This event started the cattle industry.
What is the Civil War.
This breed was created by the King Ranch in Texas.
What is Santa Gertrudis?
This muscular and fatty mass that bulls have behind their neck.
What is the crest?
This term is used to describe cattle that lack set in their hock which severely limits flexibility in the hock.
What is post-legged?
This primal cut is taken from the lower back, just behind the loin and extending toward the hip bone.
What is the sirloin?
These six nutrients are needed for cattle health.
What is water, protein, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, and vitamins?
On a 1-9 scale this Body Condition Score is what producers should shoot for their heifers to be.
What is 7?
This item is passed through the esophagus to feed calves.
What is an esophageal feeder?
This rancher fenced off the first chunks of land in the Midwest.
Who is Bartlett Richards?
This breed is the less common Bos Indicus breed.
What is Nelore?
This area of the face includes the nose and mouth.
What is the muzzle?
Name one of the three areas that steers begin to accumulate fat when they are close being finished.
What is the brisket, cod, or tailhead?
What is between 823.5 and 837?
1350*.61= 823.5
1350*.62= 837
These factors make water so important to cattle.
What is it is required for all biochemical reactions?
OR
What is it acts as a carrier or dilutant?
OR
What is it maintains body temperature?
This chain is used to pull the calf, use the whole name.
What is the Obstetrical Chain?
These considerations should be taken when designing livestock equipment.
What is safety to cattle & people, and efficiency for people?
This year was when the Omaha stock yard closed.
What is 1973?
This double muscled breed has black points as a distinguishing feature.
What is the Piedmontese?
This joint is located between the cannon bone and the pastern.
What is the fetlock.
The fifth most important feature of breeding stock differs in males and females, define each.
What is femininity and masculinity & testicular development?
This name is used in slaughter for the collection of organs include the heart, lungs, and trachea.
What is the pluck?
These 8 parts make up the ruminant digestive system.
What is mouth, esophagus, rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum, small intestine, large intestine.
This first step of the calving process is preparation, explain it.
What is where the calf rotates into position, cow anxious and separates itself from herd, contractions will begin, and water bag will expel and break. 2-6 hours but may be longer with heifers?
This ingestible is a slow-release hormone that provides nutrients, minerals, and medicinal support.
What is a bolus?