62 BULLETIN 1464, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
ing degrees of conformation, finish, and quality the basis for the 
different grades of feeder and stocker cattle. 
Definitions of the classes, age-selection groups, weight-selection 
groups, and grades of feeder and stocker cattle would not differ 
materially from those previously given for slaughter cattle and need 
not be repeated here. 
GRADES OF FEEDER AND STOCKER CATTLE 
At most large central livestock markets trading in feeder and 
stocker cattle is done largely on the basis of their grade, and in 
actual market practice there are six more or less generally recog- 
nized grades of feeder and stocker cattle. The grades, ranging from 
highest to lowest grade, are fancy or No. Al, choice or No. 1, 
good or No. 2, medium or No. 3, common or No. 4, and inferior 
or No. 5, and the detailed method of arriving at these grades is 
graphically illustrated in the feeder and stocker cattle-grading chart, 
which follows. A detailed explanation of the chart is not given 
here, as the method of arriving at the grade is similar to that 
outlined in the case of the slaughter cattle grading chart. 
