Title: Identify lamb and goat quality and/or grade standards.
Course: Livestock Production Management (18301-II) > Section: Exploring Sheep and Goat Production

Identification should include

- wholesale/primal vs. retail cuts
- quality grades of sheep (e.g., prime, choice, good, utility, cull)
- yield grades (i.e., 1-5)
- selection grades of goats (i.e., USDA selection grades 1-3).

Teacher Resource: Meats Evaluation and Technology CDE, Virginia FFA

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the difference between lamb and mutton?
- Why is fat cover important when evaluating carcass quality?
- Why are lambs and goats evaluated differently than beef or pork?
- How does breed type influence expected quality characteristics?