A:   There are forage finished beef that do not receive grain. It usually take a longer period of time to finish these cattle (harvested at a specific weight or a specific backfat) as average daily gain is lower for forage finished diets. Forage finised diets will have yellow colored fat due to the carotene in foages. Most cattle in the United States are grain finished as there is an increase in efficiency of gain. The fat in grain finished cattle is white due to the grain. It takes between 70 and 80 days to convert yellow fat to white fat. Usually forage finished cattle are older at harvest and as cattle increase in age, tenderness will decrease.

So the answer to you question is no.