1. Matsusaka beef ranks as one of Japan's top three luxury beefs (alongside Kobe and Omi beef).
2. Due to the fat's low melting point, Matsusaka beef has a superb "melt in your mouth" quality.
3. All Matsusaka cattle are carefully fattened virgin females of the Japanese Black breed. (Male Matsusaka cattle do not exist.)
4. Matsusaka beef offal (organ meat) is a local delicacy that is rarely available outside of Matsusaka.
5. It is the highest valued beef in Japan. A single cow sold for a record-setting 50 million yen in 2002.