A sheep can be culled from the flock at any age. Generally culling means that the sheep is being removed from the breeding herd because of age, something wrong in the genetics, too closely related to other animals in the herd or illness, not necessarily strictly for being killed for meat. Culls can become someone else's pets!
Lamb that is grown specifically for meat are processed before one year of age.
Sheep older than one year are processed as mutton.
Nothing wrong with that. Dairy cows are slaughtered for beef as culls anyway, so it's no big deal if you slaughter a dairy cow and turn her into ground beef.
You usually slaughter beef cattle around the age of one year, at this time they have the ideal amount of conditioning (beef).
The average beef cow will live until they are about 15 years of age or longer, however, if they are being used for beef production they will live until they are about 1-2 years of age.
You only have half the story. It gets wierder. Why would you eat a hamburger made with beef? Ham comes from a pig. Beef comes from a cow, but we associate all things masculine with being "beefy." Why not big and cowfy? Phil
A cow is already at maturity because cows, whether they're beef or dairy, are female bovines that have had at least two calves and are at least 4 years of age, which is the age of maturity for a cow. So the question is pretty much pointless. But if you were to ask about a beef heifer or steer or calf that is such-and-such months of age, that's a different story.
the average beef cow is 1,333lbs
The name that is applied to meat that comes from a cattle that is over one year old is "beef."
A slaughter cow is a mature female bovine that has already given birth at least once or twice and has been culled from the breeding herd to be sent to slaughter.
horses do not have beef. beef is on a cow.
cow
A beef cow or a beef steer (castrated male bovine).
Corned beef comes from the brisket, once the cow is slaughtered, the brisket is then removed and brine-cured.