Journal of Animal Science, Vol 73, Issue 11 3333-3340, Copyright © 1995 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Relationship between shear force and trained sensory panel tenderness ratings of 10 major muscles from Bos indicus and Bos taurus cattle

S. D. Shackelford, T. L. Wheeler and M. Koohmaraie
Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, ARS, USDA, Clay Center, NE 68933-0166, USA.

The present experiments were conducted to determine 1) the relationship between shear force and overall tenderness of 10 major beef muscles, 2) the effect of Bos indicus inheritance on the tenderness of various beef muscles, 3) whether differences in tenderness between genotype are affected by method of cookery, and 4) the relationship between tenderness of the longissimus and tenderness of other muscles. To meet the first objective, shear force and trained sensory panel overall tenderness were determined for psoas major (PM), infraspinatus (IS), triceps brachii (TB), longissimus (LD), semitendinosus (ST), gluteus medius (GM), supraspinatus (SS), biceps femoris (BF), semimembranosus (SM), and quadriceps femoris (QF) steaks from grain-fed steer carcasses (n = 16). Shear force did not accurately reflect differences among muscles in overall tenderness. To accomplish the remaining objectives, muscles were removed from grain-fed Bos taurus x Bos taurus (n = 31) and Bos indicus x Bos taurus (n = 18) steer carcasses and aged until 14 d postmortem. Shear force of LD, TB, SS, BF, and QF steaks and QF, BF, TB, and LD roasts was higher (P < .05) for progeny of Bos indicus sires than for progeny of Bos taurus sires. Shear force differences among genotypes were reduced slightly by roasting. Shear force of LD was not highly related to shear force of other muscles. Thus, systems that accurately predict the tenderness of LD of a carcass will likely do little to predict the tenderness of other muscles.

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