West Central Iowa | corn48 - 1/26/2024 15:56
I sold some nice feeder calves to some folks a year ago. they had them slaughtered this past dec. they said the butcher wasnt happy with how big they were. they said the steaks were kind of tough. other than their feeding process what would cause this?
I looked at a bunch of studies on this, and wrote a paper about it in college. It mostly boils down to three things; muscle shear force (which is largely genetic), marbling (which is largely genetic), and age of animal (as they get older they get tougher). Some breeds on average are bad, and some individuals in all breeds are bad. If I remember correctly; Piedmontese, Shorthorn, and Angus were the most tender. There were some of the continental breeds that had terrible average tenderness.
Edited by nkline 1/27/2024 12:44
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beef steaks tough
