How to Grade our Wagyu
Cowboy Wagyu Scale
Our product is rated on a separate scale, the Beef Marbling Standard (BMS), and given a score somewhere between 1-12 before our customers can convert it to the Japanese 1-5 scale or the Australian A1-A9 scale. In order to be rated A5 or A9 the marbling must score between 8-12 on the BMS scale. An A5 or A9 rating is extremely difficult to achieve. While the Japanese have perfected the grading standards for Wagyu over many centuries, the American Wagyu standards have been largely attempting to follow their lead