Table 3.
National Beef Quality Audit—2022: Instrument grading percentage distribution1 of carcasses stratified by USDA Quality and Yield Grades
| USDA Quality Grade, % | |||||
| USDA Yield Grade | Prime | Choice | Select | Other2 | Total |
| 1 | 0.06 (n = 2,525) |
4.12 (n = 177,541) |
3.41 (n = 146,923) |
0.28 (n = 11,960) |
7.87 |
| 2 | 1.11 (n = 47, 835) |
23.07 (n = 995,097) |
7.06 (n = 304,280) |
0.46 (n = 20,006) |
31.70 |
| 3 | 3.62 (n = 156,094) |
31.89 (n = 1,375,108) |
4.14 (n = 178,548) |
0.38 (n = 16,449) |
40.03 |
| 4 | 2.67 (n = 115, 098) |
13.31 (n = 573,896) |
0.94 (n = 40,365) |
0.15 (n = 6,482) |
17.07 |
| 5 | 0.73 (n = 31,388) |
2.45 (n = 105,601) |
0.13 (n = 5,741) |
0.04 (n = 1,639) |
3.35 |
| Total | 8.19 | 74.84 | 15.68 | 1.31 | |
1Carcasses with missing values for USDA Quality or Yield grades are not included.
2Other includes Standard, Commercial, Utility, dark cutter, blood splash, hard bone, and calloused ribeye.