Creative Applications for Learning Environments Lab

North American International Livestock Exposition

The Meat You Eat!

Market animals are produced to provide people with food. Every species of animal has specific wholesale and retail cuts of meat. Wholesale cuts are found in packing houses. These cuts are divided into smaller pieces called retail cuts, which you see in the grocery store.
As a consumer, it is important that you can identify different cuts of meat. This knowledge will help you choose the correct type and best quality of meat to cook.
By looking at the pictures of the wholesale and retail cuts of meat, see if you can answer the questions below.

Retail Cuts of Meat

Beef Beef

Lamb Lamb

Pork Pork

Wholesale Cuts of Meat

Beef

Lamb

Pork

1.	Back Round Shank	A leg of lamb is to the 1. _________ of a beef carcass as the rib of a beef carcass is to the
2.	Rack Back Rib	2. _____________ of a lamb.
3.	Neck Breast Shoulder	A chuck of a beef carcass is to the 3. ______________ of a lamb as the foreshank of a lamb is to a
4.	Shank Brisket Shoulder	4. ___________ of a beef carcass.
5.	Blade Chop Riblets Fore Shank	A hock of a hog carcass is to the 5. _______ _______ of a lamb carcass as the lamburger of a lamb carcass is to the
6.	Ground Beef Chuck Shortribs Brisket	6. _________ ________ of a beef carcass.
7.	Rolled Rump Rib Chop Blade Chop	The rib chop of a lamb is to the 7. _______ _______ of a hog carcass as the breast of a lamb is to a
8.	Brisket Shortplate Rib	8. ____________ of a beef carcass.
9.	Tip Steak Brisket Flank Steak	The lamburger of a lamb carcass is to the 9. _______ ______ of a beef carcass as the hock of a hog carcass is to the
10.	Chuck Shortribs Crosscut Shank Brisket	10. ____________ ___________ of a beef carcass
11.	Top Loin Roast Sirloin Chop Jowl	The loin roast of a lamb carcass is to the 11. _______ ________ ________ of a hog carcass as the sirloin of a hog carcass is to the
12.	Stew Meat Round Steak Sirloin Steak	12. _______ _______ of a beef carcass.
13.	Top Loin Steak Rib Roast T-bone Steak	The rib roast of a beef carcass is to the 13. _______ _______ of a lamb carcass as the spare ribs of a hog carcass is to the
14.	Stew Meat Short Ribs Brisket	14. __________ _________ of a beef carcass.
15.	Stew Meat Blade Roast Chuck Shortribs	The neck slices of a lamb carcass is to the 15. _______ _________ of a beef carcass as the leg of lamb carcass is to the
16.	Loin Bacon Ham	16. ___________ of a hog.
17.	Center Cut Ham Slice Sirloin Top Loin Roast	The round steak of a beef carcass is to the 17. _______ _________ ________ ______ of a hog carcass as the blade roast of a beef carcass is to the
18.	Top Loin Roast Blade Boston Roast Belly or Bacon	18. _________ ________ ______ of a hog carcass.
19.	Flank Rack Loin	The sirloin of a beef carcass is to the 19. ________ of a lamb as the spare ribs of a lamb carcass is to the
20.	Belly or Bacon Picnic Roast Spare Ribs	20. __________ _________ of a hog carcass.

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