Table 4.
National Beef Quality Audit—2022: Frequency of USDA Quality Grade by day of week graded (n = 3,353,588)
| USDA Quality Grade, % | ||||
| Day of the week graded | Prime | Choice | Select | Other1 |
| Monday | 10.89 | 75.60 | 12.36 | 1.15 |
| (n = 60,581) | (n = 420,438) | (n = 68,718) | (n = 6,417) | |
| Tuesday | 8.63 | 74.73 | 15.32 | 1.32 |
| (n = 52,657) | (n = 455,851) | (n = 93,424) | (n = 8,056) | |
| Wednesday | 7.69 | 75.06 | 15.83 | 1.41 |
| (n = 46,798) | (n = 456,703) | (n = 96,311) | (n = 8,604) | |
| Thursday | 7.40 | 74.59 | 16.45 | 1.56 |
| (n = 46,315) | (n = 467,028) | (n = 102,999) | (n = 9,760) | |
| Friday | 7.51 | 74.26 | 16.63 | 1.60 |
| (n = 47,420) | (n = 468,599) | (n = 104,909) | (n = 10,085) | |
| Saturday | 7.37 | 75.30 | 15.90 | 1.44 |
| (n = 23,728) | (n = 242,387) | (n = 51,170) | (n = 4,630) | |
1Other includes Standard, Commercial, Utility, dark cutter, blood splash, hard bone, and calloused ribeye.