MARKET CLASSES AND GRADES OF LIVESTOCK 
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There are six grades for Feeder and Stocker Cattle and Calves. 
They are: Fancy, Choice, Good. Medium, Common, and Inferior. 
(Fig. 7.) 
The properly determined grade of a Feeder or Stocker animal 
generally indicates the grade it may attain as a finished animal. (See 
Technical Bulletin No. 665, Relationships Among Production and 
Grade Factors of Beef; Department Bulletin No. 1464. Market Classes 
and Grades of Catt le : and Circular No. 505, Market Classes and Grades 
of Feeder and Stocker Cattle.) 
SCHEDULE 
MARKET CLASSIFICATION FOR FEEDER AND STOCKER CATTLE 
AND CALVES 
Class 
Age group 
Grade 
/Calves 
Fancy 
Choice 
Good 
Yearlings ... ... 
Medium 
Common 
Inferior 
Fancy 
Choice 
Good 
2-year-olds and older. _ __ 
Medium 
Common 
Inferior 
Fancy 
Choice 
Good 
/Calves 
Medium 
Common 
Inferior 
Fancy 
Choice 
Good 
Yearlings . 
Medium 
Common 
Inferior 
Fancy 
Choice 
Good 
2-year-olds ... 
Medium 
Common 
Inferior 
Fancy 
Choice 
Good 
Cows . --. . -.. 
All ages . 
Medium 
Common 
Inferior 
Choice 
Good 
All ages.. 
Common 
Inferior 
Choice 
Good 
Common 
Inferior 
MARKET CLASSIFICATIONS FOR SWINE 
The term "Swine" is used to designate animals commonly known 
as hogs and pigs. Market hogs and pigs are grouped according to 
uses, classes, ages, weights, and grades. 
USES 
Swine are divided into two major market groups according to the 
immediate purposes for which they are to be used. They are Slaughter 
Swine and Feeder and Stocker Swine. 
