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sists of shank, plate and flank. The 

 retail dealers subdivide these pieces so 

 as to get from the first row the neck, 

 chuck, prime rib, porterhouse, sirloin, 

 rump and round, the round being below 

 the rump; and from the second series 

 the shin, plate, flank and shank. In 

 European cities the subdivision is more 

 extensive. Thus in London, the upper 

 series of pieces runs cheek, clod and 

 sticking, chuck, fore rib, mid rib, loin, 

 topside, aitchbone and silverside; while 

 the lower series include brisket, shoul- 

 der, shank, forequarter flank, thin flank, 

 leg, street and shank. In the continen- 

 tal cities the classification of beef cuts 



FORE QUARTERS. 



Holstein 



Ribs 9.01 



Chuck 26.70 



Brisket 5.61 



Plate 3.23 



Navel 2.55 



Shank meat 68 



Shank beef 3.40 



HIND QUARTERS. 



Holstein 



Loin 17.17 



Round 20.91 



Rump 5.10 



Angus 

 9.76 

 26.56 

 5.77 

 3.88 

 3.00 

 5.00 

 2.05 



Angus 

 17.89 

 17.89 



5.00 



Fig. 161 A POOR TYPE OF FEEDER, LACKING IN DEPTH 



is still more complicated but need not 

 be described here. 



Percentage of dressed beef and cuts — 

 The percentage of dressed beef obtained 

 from slaughtered cattle varies some- 

 what according to breed, feed and other 

 factors, ranging ordinarily from 59 to 

 65 per cent. Good beef breeds, properly 

 fattened, should yield about 60 per cent 

 of dressed beef. The value of a carcass, 

 however, depends more on the relative 

 percentage of high priced cuts than on 

 the total amount of beef. In a recent 

 test at the Iowa experiment station, 

 when a Holstein steer was compared 

 with an Angus, the following percent- 

 ages of different parts were obtained : 



Flank steak 68 .62 



Flank beef 1.53 2.125 



Cod fat 1.30 1.625 



Suet 2.04 2.825 



In this test the retail value of the 

 Holstein carcass was $59.68 and that of 

 the Angus $94.51. The dairy type car- 

 ried -26 per cent of valuable cuts and 

 the beef type 27 per cent. A compar- 

 ison of the absolute weights of different 

 parts from these steers showed the fol- 

 lowing figures : 



Head 



Tongue 



Tongue trimmings 



Holstein 

 23.5 lbs 

 3.5 

 2.5 



Angus 

 25.5 lbs 

 2.0 

 1.5 



