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Beef-Class Structural
                                                                               Scoring Range
                                           How to do Beef-
                                           Class Structural    Trait        Key  Assessment Guide
                                                                                                   1. Docile
                                           Assessments         Docility     D     1   2   3   4   5  3. Restless
                                                                                                   5. Aggressive
                                             BEEF CLASS EXPLAINED
                                            For docility– 1 is Ideal   Front Feet Claw Set  FC     1. Open/Divergent
                                           (Docile), 3 is less ideal   Rear Feet Claw Set  RC      5. Good
                                                                                                   9. Scissor Claw
                                           (restless) and 5 is                  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9
                                           aggressive. (Scores of 1
                                           and 2 are preferred).  Front Feet Angle  FA             1. Stubbed Toe
                                                                     BEEF CLASS STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT GUIDE
            HOW TO DO BEEF CLASS STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENTS      TRAIT Rear Feet Angle  KEY RA  SCORING RANGE  5. Good
                                          For traits scored 1-9:                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  9. Shallow Heel
            For docility - 1 is Ideal (docile), 3 is less ideal (restless) and 5 is   Docility  D     1    2    3    4    5  1. Docile

                                                                                                     3. Restless
            aggressive (Scores of 1 and 2 are preferred).  • 4 and 6 show slight                   1. Straight
                                                                                                     5. Aggressive
                                           variation from ideal   Rear Legs Side View  RS          5. Good
                                                                                                     1. Open/Divergent
                                                                                                     5. Good
                                           but this includes most   Front Feet Claw Set  FC    1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  9. Sickle Hocked
                                                                           RC
            For traits scored 1-9:         animals. Any animal   Rear Feet Claw Set    1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  9. Scissor Claw
                                           scoring 4 and 6 would                                   1. Bow Legged
                                                                                                     1. Stubbed Toe
                                                               Rear Legs Hind View
            4 and 6 show slight variation from ideal but this includes most   Front Feet Angle  FA RH  5. Good
                                           be acceptable in any
                                                                                                     5. Good
                                           breeding program.
            animals. Any animal scoring 4 and 6 would be acceptable in any   Rear Feet Angle  RA   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  9. Cow Hocked
                                                                                                     9. Shallow Heel
            breeding program.                                                   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9
                                          •3 and 7 shows greater                                   1. Bow Legged
                                                                                                     1. Straight
                                                               Front Legs Front
            3 and 7 shows greater variation but would be acceptable in   Rear Legs Side View   RS FF  5. Good
                                           variation, but would
                                                                                                     5. Good
                                                                                                     9. Sickle Hocked
                                           be acceptable in most
            most commercial breeding programs, but seed stock producers   View    1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 9  9. Knocked Knee
                                                                                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8
            should be wary.                commercial breeding
                                                                                                     1. Bow Legged
                                           programs, but seed stock                                1. Dropped Fore Qtr.
                                                                                                     5. Good
                                                               Udder Evenness
                                           producers should be
            2 and 8 are low scoring animals and should be looked at closely   Rear Legs Hind View  RH UE   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  5. Good Balance
                                                                                                     9. Cow Hocked
            before purchasing.             wary.                                1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  9. Dropped Rear Qtr.
                                                                                                     1. Bow Legged
            1 and 9 should not be catalogued and are considered culls.                             1. Very Small/Thin
                                          •2 and 8 are low scoring
                                                                                                     5. Good
                                                               Teat Size and Shape
                                           animals and should be   Front Legs Front View  FFTZ    1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  5. Good
                                                                                                     9. Knocked Knee
                                                                                                   9. Very Large/Bulbous
                                           looked at closely before             1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9
                                           purchasing.                                             1. Pendulous
                                                                                                     1. Pendulous
                                                               Sheath & Navel
                                                                                                     3. Good
                                                             Sheath & Navel Score  SN SN           3. Good
                                          •1 and 9 should not be   Score            1    2    3    4    5 5  5. Clean/Tight
                                                                                                     5. Clean/Tight
                                                                                  1   2   3   4
                                           catalogued and are
                                           considered culls.
                                                                                                   1. Lacking Capacity
                                                               Capacity     CP                     3. Medium
                                                                                  1   2   3   4   5  5. Large Volume
                                                                                                   A. Very Heavy
                                                               Muscle Score  LM                    C. Medium
                                                            10                    A   B   C   D   E  E. Light
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