Beef Production

• When are bullocks castrated?

  At 6 months.
• What is used to castrate bullocks, and why?


  Burdizzo is used as it's bloodless.
• Give 4 characteristics of bull beef.

  High daily weight gain, high FCR, high kill out, and poor meat quality.
• What is the expected daily weight gain for bull beef?

  2-3kg / day.
• What is the expected FCR for bull beef?

  2kg : 1kg
• What is the expected kill out in bull beef?

  75% meat.
• When is the slaughter date for bulls?

  At 24 months.
• Give 4 characteristics of bullocks beef.

  Low daily weight gain, low FCR, low kill out, and excellent meat quality.
• What is a bullock?

  A castrated bull.
• WWhat is castration?


  The removal or destrcution of the testicles.
• What is 'kill out / KO%'?

  The carcass weight compared to the live weight.
• What is the carcass / dead weight?


  The weight of the animals body after being slaughtered, skinned and eviscerated.
• Which body parts are removed after the animal is slaughtered to contribute to the carcass weight?


  External genetalia, limbs, the head, the tail, the kidneys, and the udder.
• Which factors contribute to bonuses in a farmers pay for carcass weight?

  If the cow is younger than 30 months, if the breed of the cow is a hereford angus, and if there's a bord bia audit.