An apparatus for the SEUROP classification of the conformation of carcasses of slaughtered cattle, comprising: - an acquisition unit adapted to acquire at least one digital image of an outer face of a side of a carcass of a slaughtered bovine, the side comprising a region of the rump and of the lower limb and a remaining region of the side; - a processing unit configured to receive the acquired digital image and to calculate from the digital image at least one angular parameter AC, AC1, AC2, AC3, AC4, the above-mentioned angular parameter being calculable with at least one landmark (P1-P4) located in the region of the rump and of the lower limb shown in said digital image; wherein the region of the rump and of the lower limb shown in said digital image comprises: - a tibiotarsal articulation comprising a calcaneus and a tendo calcaneus; - a thigh having a caudal profile with a first landmark, at the boundary between the caudal profile and the tendo calcaneus; - a gluteus; - a flank; - a second landmark corresponding to the lower part of the flank located between the thigh and the flank; - a third landmark corresponding to the ischial tuberosity; - a ventral profile; wherein the acquisition unit is configured to acquire the digital image in a condition in which the side hangs at a fourth landmark of a free end portion of the calcaneus from an outer support member and wherein said at least one angular parameter is one of the following angular parameters AC, AC1, AC2, AC3, AC4, wherein: - AC represents the angle defined in said digital image between a vertical straight line and a straight line (Tl) tangent to the caudal profile of the thigh and passing through the first landmark; - AC1 represents the angle defined in said digital image between a vertical straight line and a straight line passing through the second and the third landmarks; - AC2 represents the angle defined in said digital image between a straight line tangent to the caudal profile of the thigh passing through the fourth landmark and a straight line tangent to the ventral profile passing through the fourth landmark; - AC3 represents the angle defined in said digital image between a vertical straight line and said straight line tangent to the caudal profile of the thigh passing through the fourth landmark; - AC4 represents the angle defined in said digital image between the straight line tangent to the caudal profile of the thigh and passing through the first landmark and a horizontal straight line; wherein the processing unit is configured to assign the carcass to one of the six classes of the SEUROP classification on the basis of the value of said at least one calculated angular parameter, by a comparison between said at least one angular parameter calculated and reference thresholds defined in the following table: Angular parameters Conformation classes S E U R O P Superior Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor AC >78-73 72-61 60-47 46-41 40-36 ≤35 AC1 >45-41 40-36 35-32 31 30-29 ≤28 AC2 >56-51 50-47 46-42 41 40-38 ≤37 AC3 >44-41 40-36 35-33 32 31-29 ≤28 AC4 >167-156 155-147 146-132 131-127 126-122 ≤121 - an acquisition unit adapted to acquire at least one digital image of an outer face of a side of a carcass of a slaughtered bovine, the side comprising a region of the rump and of the lower limb and a remaining region of the side; - a processing unit configured to receive the acquired digital image and to calculate from the digital image at least one angular parameter AC, AC1, AC2, AC3, AC4, the above-mentioned angular parameter being calculable with at least one landmark (P1-P4) located in the region of the rump and of the lower limb shown in said digital image; - a tibiotarsal articulation comprising a calcaneus and a tendo calcaneus; - a thigh having a caudal profile with a first landmark, at the boundary between the caudal profile and the tendo calcaneus; - a gluteus; - a flank; - a second landmark corresponding to the lower part of the flank located between the thigh and the flank; - a third landmark corresponding to the ischial tuberosity; - a ventral profile; - AC represents the angle defined in said digital image between a vertical straight line and a straight line (Tl) tangent to the caudal profile of the thigh and passing through the first landmark; - AC1 represents the angle defined in said digital image between a vertical straight line and a straight line passing through the second and the third landmarks; - AC2 represents the angle defined in said digital image between a straight line tangent to the caudal profile of the thigh passing through the fourth landmark and a straight line tangent to the ventral profile passing through the fourth landmark; - AC3 represents the angle defined in said digital image between a vertical straight line and said straight line tangent to the caudal profile of the thigh passing through the fourth landmark; - AC4 represents the angle defined in said digital image between the straight line tangent to the caudal profile of the thigh and passing through the first landmark and a horizontal straight line;