2024 Feeder-Calf Marketing Guide
Navigating the Cattle Cycle
A supplement to the Angus Beef Bulletin
The Feeder-Calf Marketing Guide is an annual resource distributed in June to help cattlemen using registered-Angus genetics profit in the quality-beef supply chain. Articles provide insight for raising quality calves, leveraging Angus programs and services, and navigating today’s feeder-calf market. Directories help connect to seedstock providers, feedlots, auction markets, and the products and services needed to produce quality calves. This web page pulls in additional content published throughout the year that fits the theme, as well.
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Charting the Course for the Cattle CycleThe U.S. cattle industry has followed a cyclical pattern for well over a century, even throughout the many shocks and changes that have occurred over the decades. As the saying goes, history rarely repeats itself, but it does often rhyme. That is especially true when it comes to cattle cycles, which gives us a guide for market expectations in the years ahead. CattleFax Market Analyst Patrick Linnell shares how.
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It Should Be an Exciting, Wild RideIn “Market Closeout,” Troy Marshall provides commentary to help producers understand the current market situation and how they can best position themselves for profitability. In this installment, Marshall comments on how to mitigate your risk for a roller-coaster ride in the feeder-calf market.
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Lessons From Cycle SurvivorsAdvice for how to navigate the cattle cycle from those who have lived it.
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Opportunities, Challenges in the Current Cattle CycleCertified Angus Beef’s Paul Dykstra discusses current market trends and what producers might expect in the coming year.
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First Grid Premium Offered for Genetic MeritProducers to be paid premium for AngusLink Beef Scores.
AngusLink’s Genetic Merit Scorecard adds a fourth score option to demonstrate the maternal weaned calf value to aid in the selection of replacement females.
Read MoreThe Certified Angus Beef team shares research on heat-mitigation strategies in feedlots, along with tips for keeping cattle cool in this installment of “Research Roundup.”
Read MoreIn this month’s “Outside the Box,” author Tom Field shares lessons learned from a childhood game that apply to today’s beef market.
Read MoreAuthor Brad White shares points to consider when reviewing health plans in this month’s “Health & Husbandry” column.
Read MoreIn this installment of “The Digestive Tract,” author Dan Shike shares insights on how calf nutrition affects value when calves go to market.
Read MoreAdvice for how to navigate the cattle cycle from those who have lived it.
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