This is often done at the 'finishing' level (I forget what it's technically called, if it is...), even if the cattle are pasture raised for the dominant portion

This is often done at the 'finishing' level (I forget what it's technically called, if it is...), even if the cattle are pasture raised for the dominant portion of their lives. You should see these places. Horrific shitholes, literally; cows stand knee deep in their own excrement and I believe they're fed dominantly corn to fatten them up for a few weeks before going off to freezer camp. These kinds of places are on public display on Texas highways and interstates. Even if the ranches where they're raised are 40,000 acres, the places they go before they hit your table may be a whole new world.