Mostly there
Date: Mar 05 2020
Cattle Markets & News Release & Premium PotentialCattlemen have made great progress when it comes to Prime, but Clint Walenciak, the brand’s director of packing, argues there’s still a lot of progress to be made.
Category: Premium Potential
$92 million reasons to aim high
Date: Mar 02 2020
Cattle Feeding & Cattle Markets & Grid Marketing & News Release & Premium PotentialPackers pay nearly $8 million per month in Certified Angus Beef® brand premiums, according to a recent survey. Those record high dollars come at a time when there’s been record quality through the system, too.
CAB annual premiums grow
Date: Feb 26 2020
CAB Insider & Cattle Markets & Grid Marketing & Premium PotentialCAB continues to pay producers who target the brand. Up to $92M in 2019 was paid back to feeders and producers. Steer and heifer carcass weights are at record highs, averaging 904 lb. the first six weeks of 2020.
Marketed best
Date: Feb 19 2020
Feeder Calf Marketing & Grid Marketing & News Release & Premium Potential & Retained OwnershipPaul Dykstra covered the value in feeder calf marketing at the Cattle Industry Convention touching on seasonality, quality, health, and relationships and how it all circles back to profit building.
Too much of a good thing?
Date: Feb 14 2020
Black Ink & Premium PotentialIn this month’s edition, Nicole Erceg asks whether our ride with high-quality beef is reaching its destination or if the trip is just getting started.
Opportunity cost of occupancy
Date: Jan 29 2020
CAB Insider & Cattle Markets & Grid Marketing & Premium PotentialCattlemen always try to lower cow cost while improving returns. Paul shares what pays in your cow herd and why you want above average cows to hold onto. CAB premiums averaged $116/cwt. in 2018 and 2019.
Continued growth and demand
Date: Jan 16 2020
CAB Insider & Consumer Connection & Premium PotentialThe passing of December holidays signals the end of late-year market popping demand for marbling-rich middle meats. Carcass cutout values for those items shift back towards normalized levels with notable seasonal changes.
Betting on beef
Date: Dec 20 2019
Black Ink & Premium PotentialWe will never be able to predict exactly how the chips will fall, but if there’s a safe bet to make, it’s to keep it on marbling. It’s the ace in our hand to stack play as a sure predictor of consumer satisfaction.
Carcass and maternal traits go hand in glove
Date: Dec 18 2019
CAB Insider & EPDs & Premium Potential & Research & Sire SelectionMore research shows marbling is not correlated to other traits, supporting its possible to have maternal function and carcass quality in one animal. Late December is showing more typical Choice grading trends.
Good things can happen when marbling leads selection criteria
Date: Dec 16 2019
EPDs & Maternal Function & News Release & Premium Potential & ResearchMaternal function vs. marbling. Is it an either/or? This report by Steve Suther discusses an Iowa State University research paper, and quotes long-time ISU animal scientist Dan Loy.