Cows that are over 8 years old.

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A single commercial unit of cheese weighing 500 pounds.

Price paid for livestock before application of any premiums or discounts, expressed in dollars per hundred weight. [1]

The agreed upon adjustment to a futures price to establish the final price paid for livestock.[1]

A fuel comprised of mono-alkyl esters of long fatty acids derived from vegetable oils or animal fats.  Biodiesel blend stock must be at least 99 percent biodiesel, no more than 1 percent diesel fuel.  In Market News it is reported as a vegetable oil based diesel fuel.

Renewable materials such as a wood, agriculture crops or wastes used as a source of fuel or energy.  Biomass can be burned directly of processed into biofuels such as ethanol and methane.

A single commercial unit of cheese weighing either 40 or 640 pounds.

Slaughter cows expected to yield carcasses in the range of 80-85% lean.  Typically a cow with between .15-.35 inches of backfat at the 12th rib.

Comment used to identify cattle that possess a noticeable degree of the Brahman breed influence, usually 1/4 blood or greater.