UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1464 
Washington, D. C. 
January, 1927 
MARKET CLASSES AND GRADES OF CATTLE 
DON J. SLATER, Marketing Specialist 
Division of Livestock, Meats, and Wool 
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 
Has been rev«g 
— see rev.edJ 
binders at 
end of file J 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Introduction 1 
Systems of Standard Market Classes and Grades of Live- 
stock 2 
Basis for Standard Market Classes and Grades of Cattle . 3 
Classifying and Grading Cattle 3 
Market Uses of Cattle 5 
Slaughter Cattle 5 
Definition of Slaughter Cattle 5 
Slaughter Cattle Schedule 6 
Definition of Terms 7 
Classes of Slaughter Cattle . 12 
Relative Importance of Market Classes of Slaughter 
Cattle 13 
Age Selection Groups of Slaughter Cattle .... 16 
Weight Selection Groups of Slaughter Cattle ... 17 
Grades of Slaughter Cattle 17 
Slaughter Cattle Grading Chart 18 
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Slaughter Cattle — Continued. 
Grades of Slaughter Steers 25 
Grades of Slaughter Heifers 35 
Grades of Slaughter Cows 44 
Grades of Slaughter Bulls 51 
Grades of Slaughter Stags 57 
Feeder and Stocker Cattle 60 
Definition of Feeders and Stockers 60 
Feeder and Stocker Cattle Schedule 61 
Basis for Classifying and Grading 61 
Grades of Feeder and Stocker Cattle 62 
Feeder and Stocker Cattle Chart 63 
Grades of Feeder and Stocker Steers ...... 66 
Grades of Feeder and Stocker Heifers 75 
Grades of Feeder and Stocker Cows 80 
Grades of Feeder and Stocker Bulls 84 
Grades of Feeder and Stocker Stags 88 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1927 
