Category: Premium Potential

Small change$, big returns

Date: Nov 19 2012

Change doesn’t have to be dramatic and sweeping to make an impact. Bill Rishel, a registered Angus breeder from North Platte, Neb., says little gains in efficiency, functionality and carcass merit all add up.

Stocker strategies affect value

Date: Sep 17 2012

Lung adhesions rob profit

Date: Jun 26 2012

Sick cattle are expensive cattle. Treatment is costly in itself, but the side effects of illness keep robbing through lower performance and carcass quality.

Market-toppers need proof

Date: Feb 29 2012

In most investment situations, you get a chance to evaluate the risk and rewards, do some research and make an informed decision. But when cattle pass through the sale barn in 30-second intervals, it’s not always easy for buyers to base decisions on anything more than appearance.

ASCC winds up four-year demo

Date: Feb 28 2012

The commercial Angus world warmed to the concept of AngusSource®, with more cattle enrolled each year from 2008 through 2011. During those years, the AngusSource Carcass Challenge (ASCC) saw entries totaling 6,188 with 58.3% accepted for the Certified Angus Beef® (CAB®) brand; nearly 13% of the total made USDA Prime, according to Ginette Kurtz, AngusSource manager.

It’s time to pay attention

Date: Oct 21 2011

With the Choice/Select spread the same, the Prime premium is $21.71/cwt., carcass basis, according to USDA.  So, Prime is worth another $184.54/head, in the meat,on top of the $47.90/head for Choice.

Cattle market ponderings

Date: Aug 10 2011

But ag commodities are sure showing some resiliency, particularly the two closest to our business, corn and cattle.

Register now for S.D. beef seminars

Date: Aug 02 2011

Profit. That’s a word cattlemen would like to hear more often in connection with their herds. “Managing for Success,” a seminar series focused on that very topic, is coming to South Dakota at the end of August.

Quality beef – It starts with you

Date: Apr 07 2011

As an upcoming CAB intern (officially this fall), I know that we often think about a few basic questions. What does it take to produce high quality beef? Good genetics? Certainly. Proper heard health management? Of course! But most of all it takes commitment – a commitment to managing for quality. This week I had […]