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Meat Charts – Beef, Pork, Lamb, Goat

These meat charts for beef, pork, lamb and goat are a great resource to help you understand where various cuts of meat are located on the animal. Please note that each is the intellectual property of the organization or person listed below each chart.

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Beef Charts

Cuts Of Beef (2012)

Cuts Of Beef (2012), Visual.ly, JPG, 497KB

Angus Beef Chart (2007)

Angus Beef Chart (2007), American Angus Association, Adobe PDF, 380KB

Angus Beef Chart (2001)

Angus Beef Chart (2001), American Angus Association, Adobe PDF, 1.9MB

Beef Cuts & Cooking Methods (2013)

Beef Cuts & Cooking Methods (2013), Cattlemen’s Beef Board & National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Adobe PDF, 2.35MB

Retail Beef Cuts (2015)

Retail Beef Cuts (2015), Certified Angus Beef, Adobe PDF, 5.12MB

Retail Beef Cuts (2010)

Retail Beef Cuts (2010), Certified Angus Beef, Adobe PDF, 410KB

Beef Made Easy (2009)

Beef Made Easy (2009), Cattlemen’s Beef Board & National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Adobe PDF, 3.4MB,

Beef Made Easy (2005)

Beef Made Easy (2005), Cattlemen’s Beef Board & National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Adobe PDF, 661KB

Beef Made Easy (2000)

Beef Made Easy (2000), National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Adobe PDF, 1.2MB

Beef Cuts For Foodservice (2015)

Beef Cuts For Foodservice (2015), Federation of State Beef Councils, Adobe PDF, 4.19MB

Beef Chart (Australia)

Beef Chart (Australia), Aus-Meat Limited, Adobe PDF, 513KB, 6 pages

Beef Skeletal Chart

Beef Skeletal Chart, American Meat Science Association, Adobe PDF, 1MB

Good Eats Beef Map

Good Eats Beef Map, Alton Brown, GIF, 21KB

Identifying Tri-Tip

Identifying Tri-Tip, California Beef Council, Adobe PDF, 64KB, 2 pages

Pork Charts

Purchasing Pork

Purchasing Pork, National Pork Producers Council, Adobe PDF, 1.2MB

Hog Carcass Breakdown

Hog Carcass Breakdown, University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture, Adobe PDF, 354KB

Pork Chart (Australia)

Pork Chart (Australia), Aus-Meat Limited, Adobe PDF, 224KB, 2 pages

Pork Skeletal Chart

Pork Skeletal Chart, Source Unknown, JPG, 155KB

Cured Meats chart

Cured Meats Chart, Bay Area News Group, JPG, 272KB

Pork Chart

Pork Chart, Smithfield, PDF, 86KB

Lamb Charts

American Lamb Cuts

American Lamb Cuts, American Lamb Board, Adobe PDF, 200KB

Lamb Chart (Australia)

Lamb Chart (Australia), Aus-Meat Limited, Adobe PDF, 416KB, 4 pages

Goat Charts

Goat Chart (Australia)

Goat Chart (Australia), Aus-Meat Limited, Adobe PDF, 226KB, 2 pages

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