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Correlations between Grades and Gains of Hereford Cattle at Different Stages of Growth and between Grades at Different Times¹

New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station²

Abstract

Correlations between grades and gains of Hereford cattle at various stages of growth have been obtained. The study included 424 steers from 68 bulls, fed out during a 13-year period, and 59 calves representing two different types of cattle fed out over a 3-year period.

Grade at the beginning of a period tended to be negatively associated or not associated at all with the subsequent gain.

Gain during the fattening period was associated with the subsequent grade.

Yearling grade had a low, but significant, association with carcass grade.

No correlation exists in these data between weaning grade and carcass grade. Possible explanations for this lack of association are presented.

¹ Published with the approval of the Director of the New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station as paper No. 79 in the journal series.

² Department of Animal Husbandry in cooperation with the Bureau of Animal Industry, U.S.D.A. and the state experiment stations under Western Regional Project W-1 on Beef Cattle Breeding Research.