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BULLETIN 14G4, U. S. 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
loose and the hair is oily and has a decided gloss, sheen, or silken 
appearance. 
This grade is composed almost exclusively of high-grade, crossbred 
or purebred individuals of beef -type breeding. In age they range 
from about 1 year old to 2 years old. They range in weight from 
around TOO to 1,200 pounds or more with relatively few of them 
weighing over 1,000 pounds. They are only occasionally offered at 
the smaller livestock markets but are nearly always on sale in limited 
numbers at Chicago and a few of the larger markets. Their season 
of greatest supply extends from May 1 through December 31 and as 
a rule they are in scant supply during the remainder of the year. 
Good or No. 2. — Good or No. 2 grade slaughter heifers have a 
moderately high degree of conformation, finish, and quality. They 
tend to be rectangular and are moderately compact, having a mod- 
Fig. 13. — Good grade slaughter heifer 
erately high measure of breadth and depth in proportion to length of 
body. The head is moderately short and wide, the neck is moder- 
ately short and thick, and the legs are moderately short and set 
moderately wide apart. The top and under lines tend to be even, 
straight, and parallel. The lines of the sides tend to be even and 
parallel, but as a rule converge slightly at a point in front of the 
animal. The animal is moderately thick in flesh, but as a rule the 
fleshing is slightly uneven, being slightly less thick over the fore 
quarters than over the hind quarters. As a general rule a heifer of 
this grade has moderately full lines, which give a moderately plump 
appearance. It will have a high proportion of loins, ribs, and rounds 
in the carcass, which is indicated by the development and balance of 
the parts. 
As a rule, they have a moderately thick covering of fat over the 
loins and rump, with the fat slightly less thick over the shoulders, 
