re: Dispelling Beef Misconceptions on the F&D board

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Chairmans Reserve Brand from Tyson Foods?

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So it looks like it’s a “Premium” Program not dissimilar to CAB or Sterling Silver. Specifies young cattle (A Maturity, 30 months or less of age) and “upper 2/3 Choice or Higher marbling scores” (Moderate 0 or higher). Should be pretty good stuff.

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"HEAVY" BEEF

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Hmmm. This I’m not totally sure about. Probably has something to do with carcass weights. I’m assuming (just spitballing here) that it means the carcasses were above a certain weight, which would theoretically mean it should have higher marbling. I do know that the further north you go, the typical cattle get heavier. My company had plants in TX, KS, NE CO and Canada. The smallest carcass weights were in TX and the heaviest were in Canada. I could be totally off on this point though