National Beef Quality Audit - 2016: Survey of carcass characteristics through instrument grading assessments

• Published in: Journal of animal science Vol. 95; no. 7; pp. 3003 - 3011
• Main Authors: Boykin, C A, Eastwood, L C, Harris, M K, Hale, D S, Kerth, C R, Griffin, D B, Arnold, A N, Hasty, J D, Belk, K E, Woerner, D R, Delmore, R J, Martin, J N, VanOverbeke, D L, Mafi, G G, Pfeiffer, M M, Lawrence, T E, McEvers, T J, Schmidt, T B, Maddock, R J, Johnson, D D, Carr, C C, Scheffler, J M, Pringle, T D, Stelzleni, A M, Gottlieb, J, Savell, J W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.07.2017

The instrument grading assessment portion of the National Beef Quality Audit (NBQA) - 2016 allows the unique opportunity to evaluate beef carcass traits over the course of a year. One week of instrument grading data was collected each month from 5 beef processing corporations encompassing 18 facilit...