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Certified Angus Beef Sales Resilient Amid Down Supply

Despite tightening supply and volatile market conditions, CAB celebrates 48 years with more than 1.224 billion pounds sold and record-setting Certified Angus Beef ® Prime sales.

Texas Ranch Received CAB Ambassador Award

Visitors to 2 Bar C Ranch near Luling, Texas, often describe the quiet first. That peace reflects low-stress cattle care, seedstock bred for the whole beef chain and a family that opens its gates, earning the 2026 CAB Ambassador Award.

Built For the Long Haul

Thirty-one inches of rain in 48 hours tested Biltmore Estate’s 130-year commitment to remain a profitable, working agricultural estate. Through Hurricane Helene recovery and high-quality Angus genetics, Biltmore stewards its land, livestock and community, earning the 2026 CAB Sustainability Award.

Jett Stream to Prime

In the Oklahoma Panhandle, four generations built a herd defined not by the odds against it, but by standards never lowered. That commitment drove decades of genetic and management improvements, taking Jett Ranch from struggling to reach Prime to more than 70% Prime today, and earned the ranch the 2026 CAB Commercial Commitment to Excellence award.

Nebraska Feedyard Recognized for Excellence

Motivation starts the feed truck before sunrise, keeps going through adversity and drives pursuit of the next goal. It has more than fueled daily routines for Terry Beller. It’s helped his family and crew build the multigenerational Beller Feedlot into one long-known for customer service and high-quality beef.

The Capstone Approach to Modern Cattle Feeding

Taking aim without a target is like fishing without bait. It just doesn’t work. The cattle market lures with premiums for targets hit, but the bar keeps rising. Getting better in this dynamic setting takes detailed feedback. Capstone Beef provides that to its commercial customers with report cards that track progress and reveal needed change.

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CAB Premiums Reach Record $182 Million

Annual grid, formula and contract premiums paid on CAB carcasses in 2021 totaled $182 million, up from the 2019 record of $92 million. Cattlemen who raise black Angus-influenced cattle that meet the brand’s specifications have the chance to earn more than ever before.

Producers Can Influence Sustainability

Sustainability is a new target for producers. While there are no plans to meet these goals yet, there is interest in how cattle can be part of the solution. It comes down to the adage, “trust but verify,” and verification will need to come from those raising beef.

Look Back and Learnings from the 2021 Cattle Market

Starting in March 2020, disarray set in motion a chain of events leading to the fed cattle backlog from plant closures slowing the supply chain throughout 2021. While the market likes to avoid the unkown, the last two years put the beef business in uncharted territory.

Nominations for CAB Rancher Awards Close Jan 17

It takes passion, drive and ability to build a top-quality beef program based on economics, ethics and sustainability. A legacy like that merits recognition from peers and those they affect throughout the supply chain all the way to consumers.

CAB Insider

Record Weights Support Fed Cattle Decline

Escalating fed cattle weights simply cannot be overlooked in the beef supply equation. Finished cattle weights, harvest throughput and feedlot currentness don’t have the same relationship today as they did just a few years ago.

Calm Before the Storm

With beef supplies tighter this year, year-to-date supplies are only fractionally smaller than a year ago. Yet the second quarter promises rapid tightening of fed cattle availability just as spring grilling demand will ramp up. Cattle supplies will be the opposite of robust, and boxed beef values will reflect it with sharp upward moves.

Fed Cattle Projections Factor in Carcass Value

Among cattlemen who understand the math to determine the price for a set of feeder cattle, the question becomes: “How are these feeder cattle bringing so much money?” Mind you, it depends a lot on one’s perspective and sector as to whether or not this conversation comes up. After all, prices are highly variable, as are cattle and regional supply/demand dynamics.

Behind the Brand

News Release: Future CAB honorees wanted

News Release: Future CAB honorees wanted

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.

Jerry & Mike to the rescue

Jerry & Mike to the rescue

Thirty-eight years after the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand’s first sale drew so much press that USDA canceled what it had just approved, the brand was honored with the Don L. Good Impact Award from Kansas State University (K-State).

Apply now for beef scholarships

Apply now for beef scholarships

Each year the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) Colvin Fund gives away thousands in scholarship dollars to students looking to make a difference in the beef community. The annual Colvin Scholarship awards recognize Louis M. “Mick” Colvin, co-founder and executive director of the CAB brand for 21 years. After he retired in 1999, CAB established the fund to carry on his legacy of making dreams a reality and inspiring others to be their best.

Success Stories

When Tom met Sally

When Tom met Sally

They drive people, challenge them, at times can cause great stress, but they bring families together and draw their keepers back to the basics of life.

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