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This article is a list of traits commonly observed in beef cattle.  Some traits are economically relevant traits ([[Economically Relevant Traits | ERTs]]), directly affecting costs and income realized by an individual producer.  Depending on marketing strategy, the same trait may be highly relevant, largely irrelevant, or an [[Indicator Traits | indicator]] of an ERT.  Most of the entries in this table have links to a specific article with details about that trait.  Also, you are encouraged to see the [[:Category:Selection_and_Mating | Selection and Mating]] section for guidance on using traits.   
This article is simply a list of traits commonly observed in beef cattle.  Some traits are [[Economically Relevant Traits | ERTs]], depending on the [[Marketing | marketing]] strategy of an individual producer.  When a trait is not an ERT, it is potentially an [[Indicator Traits | indicator trait]].  Most of the entries in this table have links to a specific article with details about that trait.  Also, you are encouraged to see the [[Selection and Mating]] section for guidance on using traits.   


Authors, please feel free to add to this table, even if there is no specific linkable article with more details.
Authors, please feel free to add to this table, even if there is no specific linkable article with more details.


Also, if you make changes please arrange them in alphabetical order of within row/column.
Also, if you make changes please arrange them in alphabetical order within row/column.


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! style="text-align: center;" | Trait
! Growth
! style="text-align: center;" | Trait
! style="text-align: center;" | Trait
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| style="text-align: center;" | Average Daily Gain
| [[Gain | Average daily gain]]
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| [[Birth Weight]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Back Fat Thickness]]
| [[Days to finish]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Birth Weight]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Body Condition Scores]]
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| [[Feed Intake|Dry matter intake]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Calving Difficulty]]
| [[Gain]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Calving Difficulty | Calving Ease]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Calving Interval]]
| [[Hip Height/Frame | Frame score]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Carcass Weight]]
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| [[Hip Height/Frame | Hip height]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | Days to Calving
| [[Mature Height and Weight | Mature height]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Days to Finish]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Docility]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | Drop Weight
| [[Mature Height and Weight | Mature weight]]
| style="text-align: center;" | Dry Matter Intake
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| [[Muscle score]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | Feedlot Survival
| [[Slaughter Weight | Slaughter weight]]
| style="text-align: center;" | Feed Efficiency
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Foot and Leg Scores]]
| [[Weaning Weight | Weaning weight]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Hip Height/Frame | Frame Score]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Gestation Length]]
| [[Yearling Weight | Yearling weight]]
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! Reproduction
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Heifer Pregnancy Rate]]
| [[Calving Interval]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Hip Height/Frame | Hip Height]]
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| [[Gestation Length | Gestation length]]
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| [[Heifer Pregnancy]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Stayability | Length of Productive Life]]
| [[Stayability | Length of productive life]]
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| [[PG30]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Marbling Score]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | Maintenance Energy
| [[Reproductive Tract Scores | Reproductive tract score]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Mature Height and Weight | Mature Height]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Mature Height and Weight | Mature Weight]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | Muscle Score
| [[Scrotal Circumference | Scrotal circumference]]
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| [[Stayability]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | Parasite Egg Count
| [[Stayability|Sustained Cow Fertility]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Pelvic Measurements | Pelvic Area]]
|}
| style="text-align: center;" | Precocity Score
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| style="text-align: center;" | Pre-weaning Survival
! Carcass
| style="text-align: center;" | Pulmonary Arterial Pressure (PAP)
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| [[Back Fat Thickness | Back fat thickness]]
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| style="text-align: center;" |  
|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Marbling Score | Quality Grade ]]
| [[Hot Carcass Weight | Carcass weight]]
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| [[Dressed Carcass Yield | Dressing percentage]]
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Reproductive Tract Scores]]
| [[Marbling score]]
| style="text-align: center;" | Ribeye Area
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| style="text-align: center;" |
| [[Quality Grade | Quality grade]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Scrotal Circumference]]
| [[Ribeye Area | Ribeye area]]
| style="text-align: center;" | Semen Volume
| style="text-align: center;" | Serving Capacity
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| style="text-align: center;" | Shear Force
| [[Measures of Tenderness | Shear force]]
| style="text-align: center;" | Shedding Scores
| style="text-align: center;" | Slaughter weight
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Stayability]]
| [[Ultrasound back fat thickness]]
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| [[Ultrasound intramuscular fat]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | Tick Score
| [[Ultrasound rib eye area]]
| style="text-align: center;" | Tooth Score
| style="text-align: center;" | Twinning Rate
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| [[Ultrasound rump fat]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Teat and Udder Scores]]
| [[Yield Grade | Yield grade]]
| style="text-align: center;" | Ultrasound Back Fat
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| style="text-align: center;" | Ultrasound Intramuscular Fat
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! Management/Convenience
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| [[Body Condition Scores | Body condition score]]
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| [[Calving Difficulty | Calving Difficulty]]
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| [[Docility]]
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| [[Feed Efficiency]]
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| [[Feed Intake]]
|-
| [[Foot and Leg Scores | Foot and leg score]]
|-
| [[Maintenance energy]]
|-
| [[Pelvic Measurements | Pelvic area]]
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| [[Hair Shedding | Shedding score]]
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| [[Teat and Udder Scores]]
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| [[Tooth score]]
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{| class="wikitable"
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| style="text-align: center;" | Ultrasound Rib Eye Area
! Health
| style="text-align: center;" | Ultrasound Rump Fat
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| [[Bovine respiratory disease (BRD)]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | Warner-Bratzler Shear Force
| [[Parasite egg count]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Weaning Weight]]
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| [[Pre-weaning survival]]
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| style="text-align: center;" | [[Yearling Weight]]
| [[Pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP)]]
| style="text-align: center;" | Yield Grade
| style="text-align: center;" |
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| style="text-align: center;" |
| [[Tick score]]
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Latest revision as of 15:44, 20 June 2024

This article is a list of traits commonly observed in beef cattle. Some traits are economically relevant traits ( ERTs), directly affecting costs and income realized by an individual producer. Depending on marketing strategy, the same trait may be highly relevant, largely irrelevant, or an indicator of an ERT. Most of the entries in this table have links to a specific article with details about that trait. Also, you are encouraged to see the Selection and Mating section for guidance on using traits.

Authors, please feel free to add to this table, even if there is no specific linkable article with more details.

Also, if you make changes please arrange them in alphabetical order within row/column.

Growth
Average daily gain
Birth Weight
Days to finish
Dry matter intake
Gain
Frame score
Hip height
Mature height
Mature weight
Muscle score
Slaughter weight
Weaning weight
Yearling weight
Reproduction
Calving Interval
Gestation length
Heifer Pregnancy
Length of productive life
PG30
Reproductive tract score
Scrotal circumference
Stayability
Sustained Cow Fertility
Carcass
Back fat thickness
Carcass weight
Dressing percentage
Marbling score
Quality grade
Ribeye area
Shear force
Ultrasound back fat thickness
Ultrasound intramuscular fat
Ultrasound rib eye area
Ultrasound rump fat
Yield grade
Management/Convenience
Body condition score
Calving Difficulty
Docility
Feed Efficiency
Feed Intake
Foot and leg score
Maintenance energy
Pelvic area
Shedding score
Teat and Udder Scores
Tooth score
Health
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD)
Parasite egg count
Pre-weaning survival
Pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP)
Tick score
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