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1. The cuts of meat obtained from the rib cages of beef, veal, lamb, and pork. Back ribs are cut from the beef rib primal and short ribs are cut from the chuck and plate.

Short ribs that have been cut from the beef chuck primal (ribs 1 through 5). They have plenty of meat and have less fat than short ribs from the plate.

Refers to the ends of the ribs contained within the plate primal cut of beef (ribs 6 through 12). Usually only the flat ends of ribs 6 through 9 and are used for plate short ribs because the ends of ribs 10 through 12 have more fat than meat, so they are not as desirable.

Beef ribs that are cut into 3 to 4 inch sections, consisting of meat, fat and bone. Short ribs are cut from the chuck and plate primal sections.