Mast-, schlachtleistung und fleischqualität bayerischer rinderrassen

Bulls of the cattle breeds Fleckvieh, Gelbvieh, Braunvieh and Schwarzbunt (Holstein) were grown and slaughtered on a test farm of the Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture in Grub. The differences of all traits of fattening and slaughtering performance increased over the last 20 years between the dual purpose breeds Fleckvieh and Gelbvieh on the one hand and the dairy type breeds Braunvieh and Schwarzbunt on the other. Bulls of the breeds Fleckvieh and Gelbvieh performed clearly better than Braunvieh and Schwarzbunt in the traits net weight gain and dressing percentage. Although fat class were very similar, the breeds Fleckvieh and Gelbvieh where better classified than Braunvieh using the EUROP classification. Schwarzbunt performed inferior in all traits. The traits of carcass quality and the proportion of tissues confirmed the correctness of the classification as a basis for prize differentiation of carcasses. The comparison of carcass values resulted in the order FV < GV < BV < SB. The price of the calf turned out to cause the biggest differences in the variable costs between the breeds. Lower expected prices of the carcass of Braunvieh and Schwarzbunt were compensated by the cattle producer with lower prices for calves. Overall the profit for Fleckvieh was superieur to Gelbvieh, Schwarzbunt and Braunvieh.