Yield grade would be 5 if the animal is extremely fat with a very small ribeye size. Which option correctly represents that yield grade?

Yield grade would be 5 if the animal is extremely fat with a very small ribeye size. Which option correctly represents that yield grade?

• A. 1
• B. 5
• C. 3
• D. 4

Answer: (B)

Yield grade estimates how much boneless, closely trimmed retail beef a carcass will yield. It increases with backfat thickness and decreases with ribeye area. When an animal is extremely fat, backfat is thick; when the ribeye is very small, there’s less muscle to convert into saleable cuts. That combination pushes the yield grade to the highest value on the 1–5 scale, meaning the lowest yield. On that scale, the highest value is five. So the described animal would have yield grade five.

Yield grade estimates how much boneless, closely trimmed retail beef a carcass will yield. It increases with backfat thickness and decreases with ribeye area. When an animal is extremely fat, backfat is thick; when the ribeye is very small, there’s less muscle to convert into saleable cuts. That combination pushes the yield grade to the highest value on the 1–5 scale, meaning the lowest yield. On that scale, the highest value is five. So the described animal would have yield grade five.