Premium beef wins again
Date: Sep 25 2019
| CAB Insider & Cattle Markets & Grid MarketingKansas quality grades dip. The Certified Angus Beef LLC wraps up with another fiscal year of increased brand product sales signifying strong consumer demand.
Posts by Paul Dykstra :
Premium beef decline pushes incentives
Date: Sep 11 2019
| CAB Insider & Cattle Markets & Premium PotentialFed cattle prices took a hit at the beginning of September, while Texas fed cattle continue to see the low end of trade. Setback is partly seasonal-goodbye grilling weather after Labor Day. The Choice-Select spread remains strong.
Supply/demand shifts seasonal premium
Date: Aug 28 2019
| CAB Insider & Cattle Markets & Grid Marketing & Premium PotentialPacking plants absorb slack following Tyson fire, high-quality beef in demand, lighter carcass weights continue to reflect inflated heifer numbers.
As Choice declines, spread widens
Date: Aug 14 2019
| CAB Insider & Cattle Markets & Grid MarketingMarket update after the Tyson plant fire in Kansas shows cattle prices down. As Choice grades slip the CH/SE spread widens.
Summer quality spreads impress
Date: Jul 31 2019
| CAB Insider & Grid Marketing & Premium Potential & ResearchHear the market update, recent docility research and unseasonal quality spreads from the brand’s Paul Dykstra.
Promising efficiency and marbling results
Date: Jul 12 2019
| CAB Insider & Cattle Markets & Grid Marketing & Premium Potential & ResearchPaul Dykstra gives inside market updates for the shifting cattle prices. Research shows efficiency and marbling traits in cattle are not related and is good for cattlemen.
Strong CAB growth in retail
Date: Jul 10 2019
| CAB Insider & Cattle Markets & Grid Marketing & Premium PotentialPaul Dykstra talks gives a market update and shares CAB booming sales growth at retail. He notes the imbalance in market-ready fed cattle in Texas.
Grid guidance as prime presses higher
Date: Jun 26 2019
| CAB Insider & Cattle Markets & Grid Marketing & Premium PotentialPaul Dykstra shares lower market prices for the end of June. See how carcass traits need to be balanced but aren’t equal. CAB Prime pops under demand.
2018 year in review
Date: Apr 23 2018
| About the brand & Grid Marketing2018 beef cattle markets can be characterized by supply and demand. The U.S. beef cow herd remains in expansion, but slowing down. We need not fear a market more saturated with high-quality beef. Rather, we should embrace this shift, the fruit of a logical market response that will guarantee beef remains the preferred protein.
A winning formula
Date: Aug 19 2011
| BlogI took a trip this week to talk to cattlemen about producing Angus cattle that will meet the specifications for the Certified Angus Beef® brand.