OK. Seriously. So like I am so like you know a city grl but you know I always thought like the bulls were boys and their job was to so like get it on with the cows who were grls to so they could make more bulls and cows, and like the cows’ job was to have babies in between the giving us milk and cheese and organic low fat yogurt and like some of the baby bulls were like you know, un-masculineized (I think they call it castrated) so they like become steers and like the steers’ job was to grow big and tasty and become my favorite hamburger or steak.
So you mean to tell me that I’ve like been eating nice, sweet, doe eyed, milk giving, mommy grl cows? Yuk. I’ll eat more chicken! Actually tonight it’s Tai Pad Shrimp. But please don’t tell me anything I don’t want to know about the chickens or the shrimp. I really don’t want have to become like a vegetarian or something. Like you know?
It's an udder shame...
You've been eating the heifers (a cow that's never been bred) and steers (a bull that was castrated when young) that weren't fit for breeding.
You generally do not eat the female until they get much older, and are less productive (ie: not giving enough milk; not able to calve). The meat is usually hamburger because they are fairly tough with age. A heifer is a very young female.
What you generally eat is a steer, the neutered male, that fattens up very nicely.