Breeds
Cattle Terms
Facts
Production Systems
Industry Terms
100
Black breed of bovine that originated in France
What is Angus?
100
A castrated male bovine.
What is a steer?
100
The percentage of the world's cattle that is in the United States.
What is 10%?
100
Name three careers in the beef industry.
What is Cow/Calf operators, Feedlot operators, back grounding operators, Butchers, Marketers, and Hay producers.
100
Steers and heifers that will be processed into beef for human consumption.
What is slaughter cattle?
200
Horned and multi-colored breed of bovine originating from Spain.
What is Longhorn?
200
Technical term for cattle.
What is bovine?
200
Percentage of the world's beef produced by the United States.
What is 25%?
200
Purebred producers
What is the beef industry segment that produces genetically pure and superior bulls and heifers to improve stock.
200
Meat processed from cattle for human consumption.
What is beef?
300
Black and polled breed of bovine.
What is Limousin?
300
A mature female bovine, whom has birthed a calf.
What is a Cow?
300
Percentage of cattle operations that are family owned?
What is 97%?
300
Feedlot or Finishing Operations.
What is the last stage of cattle operations where cattle are fed up to slaughter weight.
300
Bulls and heifers that will be added or replacing existing breeding stock.
What is replacement cattle?
400
Red breed of bovine with white belly, face, and crest.
What is Hereford?
400
A mature male bovine.
What is a bull?
400
Missouri's rank in Beef Calf Production in the U.S.
What is 2nd?
400
Beef industry segment that grazes cattle on forages and small amounts of grain until the cattle are ready to be fed out by a Finishing Operation.
What is backgrounders?
400
Bovine genetically without horns.
What is polled?
500
Breed of bovine born from mixing 25% Hereford with 25% Shorthorn and 50% Brahman.
What is Beefmaster?
500
A young female bovine, whom has not birthed a calf.
What is a heifer?
500
Missouri's rank in total number of beef cattle.
Where is 3rd?
500
Cow/Calf Operation
What is an operation where cattle are bred to produce calves for meat consumption or replacement stock.
500
The result when two or more breeds of cattle reproduce to combine elements from each breed.
What is crossbred?
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