U-GRADES in the prime cattle kill in Northern Ireland have fallen from 20% in the five weeks before the introduction of mechanical grading last March to 12% in the five weeks after. In April 2010, 22% ...

CARTHAGE, Mo. (RFD NEWS) — More cattle are qualifying for the highest quality beef grades, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is taking a closer look at whether current grading standards ...

MU Extension is partnering with the Show Me Youth Ag Academy, Missouri State University and Acrisure-Gibson Insurance to hold a Feeder Cattle Grading, Feeding and Marketing Workshop at 6 p.m. Dec. 9, ...

USDA Prime, Choice, Select and Standard have been the staples of graded beef, at least since the system was overhauled in the 1970s. The Choice grade may have been made too broad for effective use, ...

And the 3.25 million cattle processed nationally under MSA grading earned an additional $204 for producers, according to the analysis done by Meat and Livestock Australia. In the MSA annual outcomes ...

Nursing calves can be seen across Texas' landscape. Ranchers have hit their first management target with each birth -- a live calf. To squeeze a profit from that calf at sale time, cattleraisers ...