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A specialty cut of meat taken from the shoulder primal of beef, pork, lamb, or veal. The shoulder is generally cut for roasts, but when sliced approximately 3/4 inch thick, this cut becomes an arm steak.

A term customarily applied to the meat of a pig that is under a year old. The pig carcass is generally split into two sides of pork; each consisting of four primal cuts known as the shoulder, loin, leg/ham, and side/belly.

Refers to the smaller cuts of meat obtained from the larger primal cuts of an animal. For example, a beef chuck primal cut can be divided into the arm section and the blade section and from these sub-primals are cut the smaller market ready roasts and steaks.

A specialty cut of meat taken from the shoulder primal cut of beef, pork, lamb, and veal. It is generally cut as a roast, but can also be sliced into 3/4 inch thick steaks.

The primal cut of an animal that contains the most tender and the leanest sub-primal and market ready cuts.