Category: News Release

Beef prices near sustainable levels

Date: Apr 03 2017

Cattle markets are widely reported in farm and ranch media, but beef and competing protein prices underlie it all.

Quality beef grade, dressing percentage and grids

Date: Mar 15 2017

The average cattle feeder wants to be rewarded for above-average beef quality, and many have turned to some type of value-based “grid” marketing to earn premiums.

News Release: Future CAB honorees wanted

Date: Feb 27 2017

CAB does that at its annual conference in the fall, but first the brand must choose from a worthy field of partners along the supply chain. Nominations for these honors are open through March 31.

News release: Building premiums, cut by cut

Date: Feb 24 2017

In 2016, U.S. packers saw Choice beef production increase by 8.1% while that of the Select grade held steady.

News release: Bigger, better beef herds

Date: Feb 20 2017

A bigger beef cattle herd. A younger cow herd. In the face of declining cattle prices, these two facts can bring hope.

News Release: Finding flavor, incentivizing more

Date: Feb 15 2017

Life is not always heads or tails, black and white or pass-fail.

When it comes to beef, certain traits, like tenderness, are easier to quantify than others.

News Release: Here’s the Premium

Date: Jan 30 2017

While the cattle market fell from record highs in 2014 in a steep dive to last fall’s low, the relative demand for quality and premium bids for Angus calves fared better.

Why beef quality grades are improving

Date: Dec 08 2016

Prices have eased, but a 10-year uptrend in beef quality from U.S. grain-fed cattle remains in place. That’s partly because lower quality beef has sold at a widening discount to average quality, says a beef cattle specialist with the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand.

Loud and clear

Date: Dec 01 2016

The beef market tells you what it wants. You just have to pay attention. “We know there are signals out there in the marketplace for quality. As you move further away from the end product, we know those signals are…not quite as distinct,” said Mark McCully, Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB) at the 2016 Angus Convention in Indianapolis in November.

In the shoes of the customers, buyers

Date: Nov 28 2016

Angus bull buyers paid record-high prices in 2015. The calves from those sires are going to market now, and breeders should be helping their customers get the most out of the investment. That was the message from three panelists at the 2016 Angus Convention in Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 4-7.