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The grades within the cutter and canner class are good, 

 medium, and common cutters; good, medium, and common 

 canners; and bologna bulls. 



Stockers and Feeders. 



Stockers and feeders include calves, yearlings, two-year-olds, 

 and older cattle. The difference between a stocker and a feeder 

 is that the stocker is usually a younger and thinner steer or 

 heifer, used mostly for grazing purposes and possibly fed out 

 after being grazed for a time, while a feeder is usually a steer, 

 older and in higher flesh than the stocker, and suitable for placing 



Fig. 30. Good Cutters. 



in the feed-lot immediately and feeding upon a grain ration. 

 Heifers are not commonly classed as feeders. The grades of 

 stockers and feeders are: Fancy selected, choice, good, medium, 

 and common feeders; feeder bulls; fancy selected, choice, good, 

 medium, and common yearling stockers; good, medium, and 

 common stock heifers, and stock and feeding cows. 



Fancy selected feeders. Very few of the fancy grade 

 reach the market, as breeders fortunate enough to own thin 

 steers of such quality usually hold them until finished as prime 

 steers, or sell them direct to neighboring feeders at good strong 

 prices. Fancy selected feeders must be uniform in size, type, 

 and color, and show unmistakable signs of good breeding. They 



