• Every day, 76 million Americans eat beef.

• Beef is meat from full-grown cattle about 2 years old.

• A live steer weighs about 1,000 pounds and yields about 450 pounds of edible meat.

• More beef is consumed on Memorial Day than any other day of the year. The Fourth of July and Labor Day typically tie for second place.

• Beef is one of the most important dietary sources of iron. To obtain the same amount of iron found in a 3-ounce serving of beef, you’d have to eat at least 3 cups of raw spinach.

• There are more than 800,000 ranchers and cattle producers in the United States.

• More than 97 percent of beef cattle farms and ranches are classified as family farms.

Source: National Cattlemen’s Beef Association