#Beef Grades

What is your favorite beef breed?

A healthy cow yields a healthy steak. Dark red colored meat and yellow fat are signs to look for when choosing a steak. Avoid pale pink meat with pure white fat. #steak #redmeat #grassfed

It’s more than just colour… This picture has store beef(right), and farm beef(left). There is an obvious visible difference between the two but the differences don’t stop there! 1. You may notice the color difference in the picture. The store bought is pumped full of additives and preservatives, including propyl gallate, to protect against spoilage due to long term air exposure. 2. There isn’t a guarantee of where that beef came from, OR how many cows are in it. Yes, it may have the USDA label on it but as long as that animal was packaged in the US, it can be called a Product of the USA. And yes, the meat in the right package is not from one single cow, rather scraps from multiple cows. It may have come from Argentina, Canada, or Brazil. 3. The beef on the left is fresher, darker and is farm raised beef. It is filled with more nutrients & flavor. The ground is also from one cow and not just low quality scraps from multiple cows. What are your thoughts? Can you taste the difference? What about the impact on your health? #meat #meatlover #survival #wild #wildfood #organic #organicfood #carnivore #paleo #paleodiet #paleolifestyle

Here’s why so many people are switching: 🥩 Better Quality You get beef that’s 100% grass-fed and grass-finished, humanely raised, properly dry-aged, and flash frozen to lock in nutrients and flavor. 📦 A Full Variety of Cuts Instead of just ground beef, your freezer fills with a mix of steaks, roasts, ribs, and everyday cooking cuts. It’s how people used to eat—from the whole animal. 💰 Lower Cost Per Pound Buying in bulk saves money compared to purchasing individual cuts. You’re investing once and enjoying premium beef for months. 🌎 Support Real Ranchers When you buy a quarter cow, you’re supporting families who raise animals the right way—on pasture, with care for the land and the livestock. 🧊 Convenience Your freezer becomes your grocery store. No last-minute runs, no wondering where your meat came from. LINK IN MY BIO TO ORDER!!! Have questions??? Send me a message 💕 #quarterbeef #grassfedbeef #knowyourrancher #buyinbulk #realfood

Are USDA Beef Grades a good indicator of actual quality? Well, that depends on how you define quality. Most American consumers have come to expect marbled, fatty, grain finished beef….and the more bland flavor that comes with it. USDA beef grades are assigned based on marbling, color, and tenderness of the beef. No consideration is given for actual nutrition or flavor. Common feedback that we get from first time customers is that the flavor of our beef is so much better than the grain finished supermarket beef they’re used to. Some older customers even say that they haven’t had beef like ours since they were little kids in the 40s and 50s. The reason for that? Beef is a commodity in the USA. Producers are incentivized to produce animals that weigh a lot and have a lot of fat. Little to no consideration goes into the quality of what’s being fed to the cattle. At Shirttail, we’re focused on food as medicine. Not only do we want our customers to have a great eating experience but it’s equally important that people are getting the best possible nourishment to their bodies from animals that are raised on a healthy, species appropriate diet. That means 100% Grass Fed and Finished for our cattle. This is why our beef production starts with the soil and the forages we grow to feed our cattle. The foundation of our beef is the grass. Not cheap grains or processed protein supplements derived from urea and the like…just high quality forages, a relaxed life grazing on the pasture, and time. #grassfedgrassfinished #regenerativeagriculture #pastureraised #quality #texas

What are beef grades? #beef #walmart #meat #food #agriculture #agfacts #ag #education #cattle #beefcattle #prime #choice #select #usda #wagyu #grassfed #grainfed #kickedout

Real beef, directly from small local farmers, is dark ruby red, not pink. The version most of us are used to is from industrially produced factory farm beef you find at grocery stores that is often a light pink color.

USDA Select vs Choice vs Prime, what’s the difference? USDA beef grades — Select, Choice, and Prime — reflect both tenderness and marbling (fat content). Select is the leanest, with less marbling and a firmer texture; it’s typically less juicy and flavorful but can be tender if cooked properly. Choice offers more marbling, providing better flavor and tenderness, making it a popular middle-ground option. Prime has the most marbling, resulting in superior juiciness, tenderness, and flavor. Prime is hard to find in most grocery stores, but a good butcher shop like La Carniceria will always have you covered! #foodie #foodiesofinstagram #foodscience #steak #grilling #carneassada

yellow color means grass fed 🙏🏼 #healthyfood #animalbased #realfood #steak #animalbaseddiet #nutrition #rawfood

What’s the difference between Select, Choice & Prime beef? 🥩🤔 The USDA grades beef based on how much fat is in the meat. The more fat and marbling, the higher the grade. #meat #beef #beeflover #education #funfact #fact #facts #didyouknow #tip #tips #education #educational #cow #cows #cattle #farm #farming #ranch #ranching #theshilohfarm

American beef is classified into three grades according to fat content: prime, choice, and select. Here, @testcook shows us the differences. Watch the full episode of The Ultimate Prime Rib is Salted and Seared Twice | What’s Eating Dan? at the link in our bio

#askmeatanything Let’s talk grading! How does beef grading work, and is there a difference between Prime, Choice and Select? #meatscience #beef #Quality #Prime #Choice #Select #TheMoreYouKnow