Marbling Beef Breeds

That said galloway hereford angus all make great crosses to increase marbling.

Marbling beef breeds. The high marbling breeds are wagyu which are usually so much higher in marbling than other breeds that they almost need a new chart and then jersey then angus. But beef marbling is not always a good gauge of tenderness in grass fed beef cattle. Red angus 590 4 94 angus 585 4 93. This breed is one of the largest breeds of cows you can raise this day in age.

Marbling is a measure of quality and as such the meat industry is always using meat science to make production more predictable and uniform to boost profits. Cattle breeds such as angus herefords murray grey shorthorns and wagyu also british white cattle and dairy breeds such as the jersey holstein friesian and braunvieh have higher marbling scores on average versus other cattle such as simmentals charolais or chianina. Like i said earlier some breeds are more inclined to marbling than others. I don t duoble that the highlands and the devons can be high marbling but i simply haven t seen results of high numbers of cattle in the research.

Of course i m going to say shorthorn but few breeds marble and have the tenderness that shorthorn does. Marbling can also be influenced by time on feed. The following factors affect marbling in beef. Also angus cattle require little maintenance during calving season are good mothers and are very feed efficient.

Via the cattle site. And some cattle breeds simply will not produce marbled meat no matter what they are fed how fat they get or how tender their beef is. But what makes this cow stand out so much is its size. It is actually a crossbreed that has been.

Simply won t allow for marbling comparable to asian breeds although dairy breeds such as holsteins which make up about 20 percent of the beef cattle industry do marble very well and without much backfat. This breed originated in italy but is now used as a beef breed all over the world. Johnson said the genetics of cattle breeds used in the u s. The black angus cattle breed came to the u s.

In the 19th century and gained its footing in kansas. In this article i will explain when marbling is a good gauge of beef tenderness when it is not and how else to gauge beef. This breed produces some seriously buff cows. Feed and finishing may also impact marbling with grass finished cattle offering a leaner beefier flavor whereas grain finished beef are much milder.

If you like lean beef you are probably going to go continental. Certain breeds have higher marbling scores on average due to the way they metabolize food. Wagyu beef for example can be extremely marbled due to its genetics so much so that it s prized for that marbling. One reason the breed is so popular is their carcass characteristics which are marketed as yielding well marbled flavorful beef.