Source: Alan Newport, BEEF PRODUCERS, 10/31/13

Johann Zietsman has a very simple way of describing the efficient kind of cow or bull: He says they should look like eight pounds of sugar in a five-pound package; -- an "8-in-5 package."

In contrast, he says most modern cattle look more like nine pounds of sugar in a 10-pound package – a "9-in-10 package."

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