Name_______________________________ Animal Science Unit: Meats

Retail Meat Prices Activity

This activity will teach you about the retail prices of meat. These questions can be answered by visiting a grocery store or a retail butcher. Beef 1) What is the most expensive cut of meat per pound?_______________________________ a. What primal cut did it originate from?___________________________________ 2) What is the least expensive cut of meat per pound?_______________________________ a. What primal cut did it originate from?___________________________________

Pork 1) What is the most expensive cut of meat per pound?_______________________________ a. What primal cut did it originate from?___________________________________ 2) What is the least expensive cut of meat per pound?_______________________________ a. What primal cut did it originate from?___________________________________

Lamb 1) What is the most expensive cut of meat per pound?_______________________________ a. What primal cut did it originate from?___________________________________ 2) What is the least expensive cut of meat per pound?_______________________________ a. What primal cut did it originate from?___________________________________

Summary 1) Which primal cuts provide the most valuable cuts of meat?

a. How should this effect how a livestock producer chooses their breeding stock?

Pork
Ham Rump Portion Shank Portion Center Slice Loin Back Ribs Blade Chop Blade Roast Butterfly Chop Center Loin Roast Center Rib Roast Country Style Ribs Loin Chop Rib Chop Sirloin Chop Sirloin Cutlets Sirloin Roast Tenderloin Roast
Top Loin Chop or Roast Top Loin Double Roast

Lamb
Breast Riblets Breast Leg American Style Roast Center Slice Frenched Style Roast Sirloin Chop Sirloin Half Shank Portion Rib Rib Chop Loin Chop Loin Roast Shoulder Arm Chop Blade Chop Neck Slice Shoulder Square Cut Square Cut Flank Loin Chuck Brisket

Beef
Brisket, Whole Brisket, Corned Flat Half (boneless) Point Half (boneless) Arm Roast or Steak Arm Pot Roast (bnls) Arm Steak (bnls) Blade Roast or steak Chuck Eye Roast Mock Tender Roast or steak Seven Bone Roast or steak Top Blade Steak Flank Steak Porterhouse Steak Sirloin Steak T Bone Steak Tenderloin Roast or Steak Top Loin Steak Top Loin Steak Top Sirloin Steak Plate Short Ribs Skirt Steak Rib Eye Roast/Steak Large End Roast or Steak Small End Roast or Steak Round Bottom Round Roast or Steak Eye Round Roast or Steak Tip Roast or Steak Top Round Steak Shank Various Cross Cuts Beef for Stew Cube Steak Ground Beef

Shoulder

Arm Picnic or roast Arm Steak Blade Boston Blade Steak

Side Various

Bacon Ground Sausage Sausage Links

**Note: This list of meat cuts is just a guide and is not complete. Some retail names may be slightly different, but should be similar enough to match them