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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.
What else can I help you with?
What if you don't milk a dairy cow and use it for beef?
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.
When to slater beef cattle?
You usually slaughter beef cattle around the age of one year, at this time they have the ideal amount of conditioning (beef).
How long does a Limousin cow live for?
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.
When you slaughter a cow why do you eat a hamburger and not a cowburger?
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
How much does it cost to feed a beef cow to maturity?
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.
What is meat from a cow that is less than one year old called?
The name that is applied to meat that comes from a cattle that is over one year old is "beef."
How heavy is a average beef cow?
the average beef cow is 1,333lbs
What is a slaughter cow?
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.
What is the beef of the horse?
horses do not have beef. beef is on a cow.
Is beef made out of pig or cow?
cow
How long do cows live?
That all depends on how productive they are, living conditions, health history and how favourable they are to a producer's cow herd. Typically age of a cow is determined by the producer. If a cow is no longer productive for some reason or other, she is culled and sent to the slaughter plant. Occasionally a producer will let a cow, particularly one that is a "foundation" cow, live to old age. How old is old age depends on the cow: some will live until they are 15 to 20 years of age or more. Others may only live until they are 3 to 5 years because they had to be culled for health, temperament or unproductive reasons and sent to slaughter.
What is a cow raised mainly for its meat?
A beef cow or a beef steer (castrated male bovine).
