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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 69, Issue 2 609-616, Copyright © 1991 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Deposition and distribution of carcass fat for steers differing in frame size and muscle thickness

K. E. Belk, J. D. Tatum and F. L. Williams Jr
Dept. of Anim. Sci., Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523.

Yearling feeder steers (n = 324) representing nine frame size (Large, Medium, Small) x muscle thickness (No. 1, No. 2, No. 3) subclasses were serially slaughtered at 28-d intervals during a 140-d finishing period. Weights for total dissectible (TDF) and subcutaneous fat (SQ) from each of nine wholesale cuts were recorded. Resulting data were analyzed using allometry (Y = aXb and Y = aXb10cx) to characterize deposition patterns for fat and to determine effects of feeder cattle frame size (F) and muscle thickness (M) on relative fat deposition and distribution. Patterns of TDF and SQ deposition were similar among cuts. As the steers became fatter, relative proportions of TDF and SQ in the abdominal and dorsal regions of the carcass increased and relative proportions of fat in the distal regions decreased. There was a tendency for the growth impetus of TDF and SQ to shift from the ventral portions of the carcass toward the dorsal region of the carcass as fattening progressed. Despite significant among-class differences in allometric coefficients, relative proportions of TDF and SQ in the nine wholesale cuts were remarkably similar for all nine F x M subclasses when compared at a constant percentage of total carcass fat. At endpoints of either a constant fat thickness measurement or a constant USDA marbling score, subclass differences in fat distribution were negligible.


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