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'mPrime beef is from a purebred steer, in this country usually Angus or Hereford. Sold to high end restaurants.

Choice is sold to supermarkets and average restaurants. This grade is from crossbred steers and heifers. Almost always a dairy cross. A dairy cow has to calf every year in order to produce milk. They are bred, usually by insemination, unless they have a good bull, and then the calf is raised or sold for meat. This would never be prime grade meat. If a farmer has a high milk producer cow, he would bred with a dairy bull, hoping to get a female calf for milk. If it is male calf it would be raised for veal.

Select is a lower grade, used in prepared products.

If you go to Codys, you will see the meat in the case. Notice it is stamped US Choice.