What do steak grades mean?

Question

For e.g MB3+, what does this mean when referring to a steak?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Or to keep it short,
– Prime: The best commercially available grade. Tender, juicy and flavorful. Great for steaks and amazing for burgers. Grass fed Prime offers amazing flavor.
– Choice: Standard-grade supermarket meat, in most cases the high-end supermarket beef. Believe it or not Omaha Steaks is basically Choice or less grades.
– Select: Walmart, pre-packaged bigbox frozen hamburgers, McDonalds, Burger King, etc.
– Cutter: Dog food, etc.