Carcass grade

Esti-mated age, years

Sex

Dry matter con-tent, per cent

N con-tentper cent

Fat con-tentper cent

Colla-gen-con-tent, per cent

Elas-tin-con-ten-per cent

Colla-gen N in per cent of total N

Elas-tin N in per cent of total N

Choice

1

steer

25. 82

3. 59

2. 50

1. 08

0. 004

5. 4

0. 02

Choice

2

steer

27. 87

3. 55

4. 35

1. 89

0. 006

9. 4

0. 03

Good+

4

steer

29. 07

3. 25

7. 78

1. 19

0. 011

6. 5

0. 06

Good

young

cow

25. 16

3. 42

2. 99

1. 16

0. 001

6. 1

0. 005

Good

4

steer

29. 48

3. 30

7. 14

1. 33

0. 002

7. 2

0. 01

Good+

2

steer

26. 08

3. 57

3. 54

1. 49

0. 003

7. 4

0. 015

Medium+

1

heifer

23. 82

3. 34

0. 97

1. 05

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5. 6

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Medium+

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cow

26. 82

3. 34

4. 63

1. 59

0. 002

8. 5

0. 01

Medium+

3-4

steer

26. 83

3. 36

5. 18

1. 32

0. 008

7. 0

0. 04

Medium

3-4

steer

26. 12

3. 40

3. 62

1. 15

0. 032

6. 1

0. 16

Common+

old

cow

25. 22

3. 46

2. 92

1. 74

0. 004

9. 0

0. 02

Canner

14-15

cow

26. 62

3. 56

3. 51

0. 92

0. 008

4. 6

0. 04