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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1796426" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>Well again, it's about muscle mass. And there's a difference between MM and being overly fat. Even some of the kill buyers seem to have a problem with differentiating between MM and fat,</p><p></p><p>I look at the tail head first. If it's got a lot of jelly (fat) under the skin and looks like a cow pie under the skin the cow is too fat and the rest of the carcass will likely be hanging at a high percentage but be a lot of trim. The brisket also accumulates fat. If a cow is too skinny it's hard to tell what she could be like with some time and better feed. But a cow in decent flesh, where you can't see prominent ribs or a fatty tail head... it's about the ratio between belly and the muscle overall. A well muscled cow will have some rump going down into the hock. Her shoulders and neck will be muscled and not thin.</p><p></p><p>If you sit at an auction with this in mind and watch how cows sell eventually you'll see how buyers bid based on body type.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1796426, member: 42463"] Well again, it's about muscle mass. And there's a difference between MM and being overly fat. Even some of the kill buyers seem to have a problem with differentiating between MM and fat, I look at the tail head first. If it's got a lot of jelly (fat) under the skin and looks like a cow pie under the skin the cow is too fat and the rest of the carcass will likely be hanging at a high percentage but be a lot of trim. The brisket also accumulates fat. If a cow is too skinny it's hard to tell what she could be like with some time and better feed. But a cow in decent flesh, where you can't see prominent ribs or a fatty tail head... it's about the ratio between belly and the muscle overall. A well muscled cow will have some rump going down into the hock. Her shoulders and neck will be muscled and not thin. If you sit at an auction with this in mind and watch how cows sell eventually you'll see how buyers bid based on body type. [/QUOTE]
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