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beef class structural
                                         Beef-Class Structural
                    assessment guide
                                            Assessment Guide


        How to do Beef-    Trait        Key  Scoring Range
        Class Structural                                        1. Docile
        Assessments        Docility      D     1   2   3   4   5  3. Restless
                                                                5. Aggressive

         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
                                                                5. Good
                           Rear Feet Angle  RA                  9. Shallow Heel
       For traits scored 1-9:               1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

       • 4 and 6 show slight   Rear Legs Side                   1. Straight
        variation from ideal   View     RS                      5. Good
        but this includes most              1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  9. Sickle Hocked
        animals. Any animal
        scoring 4 and 6 would   Rear Legs Hind                  1. Bow Legged
        be acceptable in any   View     RH                      5. Good
        breeding program.                   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  9. Cow Hocked

       • 3 and 7 shows greater                                  1. Bow Legged
        variation, but would   Front Legs Front   FF            5. Good
                           View
        be acceptable in most               1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  9. Knocked Knee
        commercial breeding
        programs, but seed                                      1. Dropped Fore Qtr.
        stock producers should   Udder Evenness  UE  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  5. Good Balance
        be wary.                                                9. Dropped Rear Qtr.
       • 2 and 8 are low scoring   Teat Size and   TZ           1. Very Small/Thin
                                                                5. Good
        animals and should be   Shape       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  9. Very Large/Bulbous
        looked at closely before
        purchasing.
                           Sheath & Navel   SN                  1. Pendulous
                                                                3. Good
       • 1 and 9 should not be   Score        1   2   3   4   5  5. Clean/Tight
        catalogued and are
        considered culls.
                                                                1. Lacking Capacity
                           Capacity     CP                      3. Medium
       For trouble-shooting please            1   2   3   4   5  5. Large Volume
        contact Alastair Midgley:                               A. Very Heavy
          PH: (03) 612 6671  Muscle Score  LM                   C. Medium
        MOBILE: 0274 768 036.                                   E. Light
                                              A   B   C   D   E




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