Hunt, Melvin C.Kropf, Donald H.Chen, V.Harrison, A.Corte, O.Kuntapanit, C.Smith, M.E.Thomas, J.Kastner, Curtis L.2011-03-042011-03-042011-03-04http://hdl.handle.net/2097/79371776-1976 "Buffalo to Beef" is known as Cattlemen’s Day, 1976Ten steers of known background, approximately 18 months old, and wintered on alfalfa and protein were finished on a brome and bluestem grazing program. Carcass characteristics were measured. The influence of conditioning carcass halves at 55 F until eight hours post-mortem was compared with conventional chilling at 36 F. Finally, the effects of vacuum storage and display on beef quality were evaluated.BeefQualityGrass-fed beefCarcass characteristicsConference paper