Grass fed ribeye question with pics

Looks good to me

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That ain't no grass-fed I've ever seen... (Nice chuck-end cut)

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It was, but a little tougher than choice or prime.

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Nice. Yeah grass fed cattle will always be a little tougher than grain fed due to the leaner diet. But that's one of the major marketing benefits - along with the sometimes slightly gamier taste.

"Grass-fed" isn't a regulated term so many suppliers can apply it through loopholes - even something as simple as allowing the cattle access to open grass fields. If it doesn't say "grass finished" on the label then it is 99.999% likely they finished it on grain to increase the weight and shorten the time on the field. It increases the yield, and decreases labor cost, while also taking advantage of "grass-fed" marketing prices.

Yeah it doesn’t say, “100%” grass fed . Even if it does, sometimes farmers feed the animals “silage” which can include corn yet still be 100% grass fed according to the USDA

I’d be much more worried about paying for a ribeye and getting a chuck steak.