The Beef Industry

Question 1

beef

Answer 1

meat from cattle

Question 2

define cow

Answer 2

female bovid that has given birth

Question 3

heifer

Answer 3

female bovid that has not given birth

Question 4

bull

Answer 4

intact adult male bovid

Question 5

define steer

Answer 5

castrated male bovid

Question 6

bovid

Answer 6

mammal of the cattle family

Question 7

cull

Answer 7

selected and removed from a large quantity

Question 8

Importing cattle to America

Answer 8

Columbus in 1493
– cattle drives, utilized range, large spaces

Question 9

Rail Cars

Answer 9

1860s – shipped live cattle
–> put on train and taken to stock yards
–> KC stock yards

Question 10

Refrigerated Rail Car

Answer 10

1880 – ship the product

Question 11

Beef Cow Inventory

Answer 11

Peaked in the 70s and then decreased due to producing more meat per cow and a decrease in consumption

Question 12

US Meat Consumption

Answer 12

highest = chicken (cheap)
chicken, turkey, pork = leaner
DECLINE IN BEEF DUE TO CONSUMER CONCERN (fat content) AND COST

Question 13

Cow/Calf

Answer 13

-focus on breeding cow to get the calf
-MO = cow/calf state

Question 14

Feeder Operations

Answer 14

stocker, backgrounding, feedlot

Question 15

stocker

Answer 15

let animals graze 3-4 months before going to feedlot

Question 16

backgrounding

Answer 16

fed dry forage, silage and grain, 90-120 days before feedlot

Question 17

feedlot

Answer 17

where livestock are fed and fattened before slaughter

Question 18

Seedstock

Answer 18

-purebred –> specific breeds
-commercial –> crossbred with particular purpose in mind

Question 19

Beef Cattle Inventory per US Farm

Answer 19

smaller farms 1-49 heads of cattle
–> 1-9 most common

Question 20

MO Rank in Number of Farms

Answer 20

2nd

Question 21

MO Rank in Number of Beef Cattle

Answer 21

3rd

Question 22

MO Rank in Cow-Calf Operations

Answer 22

3rd

Question 23

Exports

Answer 23

Japan
South Korea
China, Mexico, Canada, Others(20)

Question 24

Imports

Answer 24

Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Other(13)
–> fat products, add back into US product