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Is it true that a steer is a male?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Yes. They still house a penis just like a bull does, just like any male mammalian species does, but they have been castrated when they were bull calves (since all male calves are born intact) so as to make them more docile and easier to handle, and the meat less lean and more tender.

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