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Bola de lomovsSirloin tip

beef · Close equivalent

These cuts are closely equivalent — the same or nearly identical cut across different butchery traditions.

Same anatomical muscle group — the knuckle at the front of the round. Bola de lomo is the Argentine retail cut; sirloin tip / knuckle is the US–UK name. Same cut, different tradition.

Bola de lomo
Beef · Round

The ball-shaped muscle at the front of the round (the knuckle), sitting just below the cuadril on the Argentine hindquarter. Lean and fine-grained with almost no intramuscular…

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Sirloin tip
Beef · Round

The knuckle muscle group at the front of the rear leg, between the sirloin and the round — anatomically the *quadriceps* (rectus femoris and surrounding muscles). Leaner than the…

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Names by country

CountryBola de lomoSirloin tip
🇺🇸United States—Sirloin tip
🇬🇧United Kingdom—Top rump
🇫🇷France—Noix
🇪🇸Spain—Babilla
🇦🇷ArgentinaBola de lomo—
🇲🇽Mexico—Bola / Pulpa blanca
🇧🇷Brazil—Patinho
🇮🇹Italy—Noce
🇩🇪Germany—Kugel

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