Usda Choice Marbling

This is a good option for backyard cooks.

Usda choice marbling. Usda prime beef has the highest marbling score or fat content followed by usda choice. Containing small to moderate marbling usda choice grade always delivers good beef flavor texture and tenderness. It is fairly tender but because it has less marbling it may lack some of the juiciness and flavor of the higher grades. There are actually three numbered sublevels of usda choice.

About half of all beef is marked usda choice. If you know what you are doing you can make this stuff tender. Noticeable marbling but not a lot. Yield grade the amount of fat between the outside of the ribeye and the skin fat that would basically turn to gristle when the steak is cooked.

The ribeye muscle may be slightly soft and in carcasses having the maximum maturity for this class the ribeye is moderately light red in color. Just over half of the beef graded each year earns this grade. Marbling is described by one of the following classifiers. Beef cuts with less marbling such as usda select can be cooked on the grill just like usda choice or usda prime grades but may need to be monitored a little closer and cooked a little less to keep it as tender as possible.

View the marbling image for slight jpg. It has at least a slight amount of marbling. Marbling the amount of intramuscular fat in the section of ribeye inspected by the usda. Otherwise get a higher grade.

For the choice grade the minimum degree of marbling required is a minimum small amount for carcasses throughout the range of maturity permitted in the bullock class. Usda select has only slight marbling. Our program has been assigned a usda g schedule number g 22 and can be reviewed through usda s ams service record.