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Primal, Subprimal, and Secondary Cuts – Meat Cutting and ...
Primal, Subprimal, and Secondary Cuts Beef. The beef animal is broken down into sides. A side is onehalf of a dressed carcass that has been split lengthwise from the neck to the tail. The side can then be split into the front quarter and hind quarter.