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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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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center;" | Trait
! Growth
! style="text-align: center;" | Trait
|-
! style="text-align: center;" | Trait
| [[Gain | Average daily gain]]
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| [[Birth Weight]]
|-
| [[Days to finish]]
|-
| [[Feed Intake|Dry matter intake]]
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Average Daily Gain
| [[Gain]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |
| [[Hip Height/Frame | Frame score]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |  
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Back Fat]]
| [[Hip Height/Frame | Hip height]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Birth Weight]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Body Condition Scores]]
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |
| [[Mature Height and Weight | Mature height]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |  
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Calving Difficulty]]
| [[Mature Height and Weight | Mature weight]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Calving Ease]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Calving Interval]]
| [[Muscle score]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Carcass Weight]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |
| [[Slaughter Weight | Slaughter weight]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |  
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Days to Calving
| [[Weaning Weight | Weaning weight]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Days to Finish]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Docility]]
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Drop Weight
| [[Yearling Weight | Yearling weight]]
| style="text-align: center;" | Dry Matter Intake
|}
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{| class="wikitable"
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| style="text-align: center;" |
! Reproduction
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | Feedlot Survival
| [[Calving Interval]]
| style="text-align: center;" | Feed Efficiency
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Foot and Leg Scores]]
| [[Gestation Length | Gestation length]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Hip Height/Frame | Frame Score]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Gestation Length]]
| [[Heifer Pregnancy]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |
| [[Stayability | Length of productive life]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |  
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Heifer Pregnancy Rate]]
| [[PG30]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Hip Height/Frame | Hip Height]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |
| [[Reproductive Tract Scores | Reproductive tract score]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |  
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |
| [[Scrotal Circumference | Scrotal circumference]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |  
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Stayability | Length of Productive Life]]
| [[Stayability]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |  
| [[Stayability|Sustained Cow Fertility]]
| style="text-align: center;" |  
|}
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Marbling Score]]
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Maintenance Energy
! Carcass
| style="text-align: center;" | Mature Weight
| style="text-align: center;" | Muscle Score
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |
| [[Back Fat Thickness | Back fat thickness]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |  
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Parasite Egg Count
| [[Hot Carcass Weight | Carcass weight]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Pelvic Measurements | Pelvic Area]]
| style="text-align: center;" | Precocity Score
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Pre-weaning Survival
| [[Dressed Carcass Yield | Dressing percentage]]
| style="text-align: center;" | Pulmonary Arterial Pressure (PAP)
| style="text-align: center;" |  
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |
| [[Marbling score]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Marbling Score | Quality Grade ]]
| [[Quality Grade | Quality grade]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
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|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |
| [[Ribeye Area | Ribeye area]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |  
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Reproductive Tract Scores]]
| [[Measures of Tenderness | Shear force]]
| style="text-align: center;" | Ribeye Area
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |
| [[Ultrasound back fat thickness]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Scrotal Circumference]]
| [[Ultrasound intramuscular fat]]
| style="text-align: center;" | Semen Volume
| style="text-align: center;" | Serving Capacity
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Shear Force
| [[Ultrasound rib eye area]]
| style="text-align: center;" | Shedding Scores
| style="text-align: center;" | Slaughter weight
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Stayability]]
| [[Ultrasound rump fat]]
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |  
| [[Yield Grade | Yield grade]]
| style="text-align: center;" |  
|}
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{| class="wikitable"
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| style="text-align: center;" | Tick Score
! Management/Convenience
| style="text-align: center;" | Tooth Score
| style="text-align: center;" | Twinning Rate
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |
| [[Body Condition Scores | Body condition score]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |  
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Udder Score | Teat and Udder Scores]]
| [[Calving Difficulty | Calving Difficulty]]
| style="text-align: center;" | Ultrasound Back Fat
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | Ultrasound Intramuscular Fat
| [[Docility]]
|-
| [[Feed Efficiency]]
|-
| [[Feed Intake]]
|-
| [[Foot and Leg Scores | Foot and leg score]]
|-
| [[Maintenance energy]]
|-
|[[Methane|Methane Production]]
|-
| [[Pelvic Measurements | Pelvic area]]
|-
| [[Hair Shedding | Shedding score]]
|-
| [[Teat and Udder Scores]]
|-
| [[Tooth score]]
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
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| style="text-align: center;" | Ultrasound Rib Eye Area
! Health
| style="text-align: center;" | Ultrasound Rump Fat
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |
| [[Bovine respiratory disease (BRD)]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | Warner-Bratzler Shear Force
| [[Parasite egg count]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Weaning Weight]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
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| style="text-align: center;" |
| [[Pre-weaning survival]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Yearling Weight]]
| [[Pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP)]]
| style="text-align: center;" | Yield Grade
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |
| [[Tick score]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
|}
| style="text-align: center;" |
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Latest revision as of 00:30, 20 November 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
Methane Production
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