Fed cattle prices have stabilized and improved in the later part of July, but are still lower than a year ago. With a backlog of cattle on feed longer, greater eligibility is joining up with higher quality grades to increase July certified head counts above those seen a year ago.
With goals of increasing CAB acceptance rate, the brand has updated Targeting the Brand™ requirements to help commercial producers improve beef quality through bull selection.
Breeders and bull studs use the Targeting the Brand™ logo to denote bulls that excel in the marbling EPD and the Grid Dollar Value Index. The genetic requirements were recently updated: so that commercial cow-calf producers better find sires that help them hit CAB brand specifications.
Seasonal factors are impacting the CAB carcass headcount. Feeders have older, heavier cattle and more in the yard, lending to a higher supply while CAB acceptance is staying at a steady 36%.
For a son and husband of teachers, education is a natural priority, with an open invitation to the ranch for any person or group who wants to learn. Between their open door policy and focus on high quality genetics, the Nobles earned the CAB Commercial Commitment to Excellence Award.
Art and Stacy Butler named the 2019 CAB Seedstock Commitment to Excellence Award winner. Their Spring Cove Ranch sits in Bliss, Idaho, where they target the Certified Angus Beef brand in every aspect of management.
“I wish I could just move west and buy a ranch.” It’s something I’ve heard my dad mutter for years. He’s been around agriculture all his life, stacking hay as a teen and raising Hereford steers for the freezer as an adult. But Maryland is not big country. These days, he’s living vicariously through his three daughters’ 4-H projects and FFA events (and my internship here at CAB of course).
I’ve always been fascinated with history. From the Founding Fathers in grade school to the battles of World War II, the stories of those who came before us and the great feats they accomplished continue to intrigue me. There’s a lot of history out on the range, too, as I’ve learned from ranchers whose operations have stood the test of time.
Could the Certified Angus Beef ® brand reach a billion pounds in sales? It was an audacious question back at the turn of the century when first considered. Some of the CAB team at the time were, candidly, more optimistic than me. We did the math and looked at so many of the trend lines that were in place from acceptance rates to certified head count.
WHAM! Tap-tap-tap. Some changes are noisy…like the current remodel and addition to our 115-year-old house.
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