Glossary
Breed

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 Breed of the animal - Animals which have a common origin and common characteristics which distinguish them from other groups of animals within that same species.
Breed End Date - Breeding end date of animal expressed as (mm/dd/yy). Any number greater than current year is assumed to be 19XX, e.g., 05/20/97 is assumed to be May 20, 1997.
Breed Start Date - Breeding start date of animal expressed as (mm/dd/yy). Any number greater than current year is assumed to be 19XX, e.g., 05/20/97 is assumed to be May 20, 1997.
Calf Due Date - Calf due date of animal expressed as (mm/dd/yy). Any number greater than current year is assumed to be 19XX, e.g., 05/20/97 is assumed to be May 20, 1997.
Condition Score - Condition score or Body condition score - A score on a scale of 1 to 9, reflecting the amount of fat reserves in a cow's body, where 1 = very thin and 9 = extremely fat.
Dam ID - Dam visual identification (ear tag) number.
Date Acquired - Date of acquisition of animal expressed as (mm/dd/yy). Any number greater than current year is assumed to be 19XX, e.g., 05/20/97 is assumed to be May 20, 1997.
Date of Weight - Date of last weighing of animal expressed as (mm/dd/yy). Any number greater than current year is assumed to be 19XX, e.g., 05/20/97 is assumed to be May 20, 1997.
Disposal Date - Disposal date of animal expressed as (mm/dd/yy). Any number greater than current year is assumed to be 19XX, e.g., 05/20/97 is assumed to be May 20, 1997.
Disposal Method - Disposal method of animal. Includes: Slaughter, Cull, Natural Death, Theft, Sale.
Fat Thickness - Fat or Fat thickness - Depth of fat in tenths of inches over the rib eye muscle at the 12th rib. It consists of a single measurement at a point three-fourths of the lateral length of the rib eye muscle from the split chine bone.
Frame Score - Frame score - A score based on subjective evaluation of height or actual measurement of hip height. This score is related to slaughter weights at which cattle should grade choice or have comparable amounts of fat.
Herd ID - Herd identification number.
Hot Weight - Hot weight - Weight of carcass just prior to chilling.
Kill Date - Kill date of animal expressed as (mm/dd/yy). Any number greater than current year is assumed to be 19XX, e.g., 05/20/97 is assumed to be May 20, 1997.
KPH % - Kidney, pelvic and heart fat (KPH) measurement - The internal carcass fat associated with the kidney, pelvic cavity and heart expressed as a percentage of chilled carcass weight. The kidney is included in the estimate of kidney fat.
Milestone - Milestone includes: Current, Weaning, Yearling, Cull, Transfer, Ship, Market, Weigh-in, Re-implant, Weigh-out.
P/H/S - Polled / Horned / Scurrs Polled - Naturally hornless cattle. Having no horns or scurs. Scurs - Horny tissue or rudimentary horns that are attached to the skin rather than the bony parts of the head.
Pelvic Area - Pelvic area measurement - It is generally agreed that pelvic measurements should be taken at 1 year of age (320 - 410 days) expressed in cm2 (centimeters squared). Many producers want to adjust pelvic measurements for age and sex. This is fine but please enter the raw measurements here.
Percent Cut (% Cut) - Percent cut or Cutability - An estimate of the percentage of salable meat (muscle) from a carcass versus percentage of waste fat. Percentage of retail yield of carcass weight can be estimated by a USDA prediction equation that includes hot carcass weight, rib eye area, fat thickness, and estimated percent of kidney, pelvic, and heart fat.
Procedure - Health procedure for the animal. Maximum of 6 separate procedures stored with animal.
Purebred Registration # - Purebred registration number.
Quality Grade - Quality grade or USDA quality grade - Measurement of carcass quality categorized into Prime, Choice, Select, Standard, and Utility with Prime being the highest and Utility the lowest.
Remarks - Remarks - can be any additional text or numbers to associate with the animal.
Rib Eye Area - Rib eye area is an indicator of muscling. - Area of the longissimus muscle measured in square inches at the 12th rib interface on the beef forequarter.
Service Sire VID - Service sire visual identification (ear tag) number.
Sex - Sex of animal: M (male) or F (female).
Sire ID - Sire visual identification (ear tag) number.
Tattoo - Tattoo of individual animal identification.
Tattoo Location - Tattoo Location - Location on the animal where the tattoo is located: left ear, right ear, both ears.
Treatment Date - Treatment date of animal expressed as (mm/dd/yy). Any number greater than current year is assumed to be 19XX, e.g., 05/20/97 is assumed to be May 20, 1997.
Treatment Temperature - Treatment temperature of animal expressed in degrees Fahrenheit.
Treatment Weight - Treatment weight of animal expressed in typical units (pounds for USA).
USDA Plant ID - USDA slaughterhouse identification number.
Visual ID - Visual identification (ear tag) number.
Weight - Weight of animal at last weighing expressed in typical units (pounds for USA).
Yield Grade - Yield grade or USDA yield grade - Measurements of carcass cutability categorized into numerical categories with 1 being the leanest and 5 being the fattest. Yield grade and cutability are based on the same four carcass traits.
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