When consumers evaluated USDA Choice SV and LT, they found SV had more intense flavor and SV were more liked, but no differences were observed between USDA Select SV and LT for flavor intensity or overall liking (Kukowski et al., 2004). In the current study, consumers rated flavor and overall liking similarly for LL, GM, and SV within Select. Within Top Choice, however, LL received greater scores than SV for flavor and overall liking. Neely et al. (1998) reported more desirable overall liking scores for Top Choice top loin and top round compared to Select, but consumers showed no preference for higher quality grades of top sirloin butt. Aside from top loin, these results do not fully agree with the current findings. Moreover, those consumers (Neely et al., 1998) preferred top loin over top sirloin regardless of quality grade, as indicated by more desirable overall liking scores, which conflicts with the current results as Top Choice LL and GMhad similar scores for overall liking.