We entered some steers in a hoof and hook competition which we did well on the hoof but missed on the hook. Largely because our meat colour was to light, scoring 0 out of 10 from a total of 54 points which pretty much eliminates them. Dark meat colour scores 5 out of 10. All six of our steers had light meat colour and about half of all steers entered. Am wondering if the is something feed related we could change to affect this. They where pretty much grass finished with only a small amount of grain. Saw on the Tyson thread that more of your show cattle are dark cutters, what other things effect meat colour.