2024 Feeder-Calf Marketing Guide
Navigating the Cattle Cycle
Feeder-Calf Marketing Guide
A resource center by the Angus Beef Bulletin
More return on your investment — that’s the goal of this annual resource. Find insights for raising quality calves, leveraging Angus programs and services, and navigating today’s feeder-calf market. Directories help you connect to seedstock providers, feedlots, auction markets, and the products and services you need.
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Charting the Course for the Cattle CycleThe U.S. cattle industry has followed a cyclical pattern for well over a century, even throughout the many shocks and changes that have occurred over the decades. As the saying goes, history rarely repeats itself, but it does often rhyme. That is especially true when it comes to cattle cycles, which gives us a guide for market expectations in the years ahead. CattleFax Market Analyst Patrick Linnell shares how.
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It Should Be an Exciting, Wild RideIn “Market Closeout,” Troy Marshall provides commentary to help producers understand the current market situation and how they can best position themselves for profitability. In this installment, Marshall comments on how to mitigate your risk for a roller-coaster ride in the feeder-calf market.
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Lessons From Cycle SurvivorsAdvice for how to navigate the cattle cycle from those who have lived it.
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Opportunities, Challenges in the Current Cattle CycleCertified Angus Beef’s Paul Dykstra discusses current market trends and what producers might expect in the coming year.
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First Grid Premium Offered for Genetic MeritProducers to be paid premium for AngusLink Beef Scores.
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Strong Feeder Markets Encouraging More Selling
Heifers are smaller percentage of mix, possibly signaling start of retention.
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In the Cattle Markets
K-State economist shares Cattle-on-Feed report and thoughts on herd expansion.
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The Link
There has never been a time in our industry when the supply chain has been more closely aligned. That bodes well for both short-term and long-term profitability prospects.
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Insight from the Packer with Chad Barker
On this episode of “Angus At Work” Chad Barker of National Beef joins host Miranda Reiman to discuss what cattle buyers are looking for, branded beef programs, increasingly heavy cattle going to market and more.
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Reimaging Red Meat Yield with Dale Woerner
The current red meat yield equation was rolled out in 1962. Cattle have changed, but calculations to compensate producers haven’t. At Feeding Quality Forum, Dale Woerner of shared technology to calculate a more accurate assessment of red meat yield.
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The Influential 10% with Paul Dykstra
Take a listen as Paul Dykstra with Certified Angus Beef chats with Miranda Reiman about recent data revealing an opportunity to access brand premiums. Of visually eligible cattle that fell short of carcass brand specifications, 10% were within 30 degrees of the lowest marbling score eligible for the Certified Angus Beef® brand.
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