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/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/our-media/feeder-calf-marketing-guide
The Feeder-Calf Marketing Guide is a resource 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.
/njaa
National Junior Angus Association members are our strong foundation for expansion and improvement for the Angus breed in the future. Find your voice. Find your spot in the NJAA.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/08/mkt_market-closeout
AngusLink is a vital component of building a brand, but it is contingent upon the relationships it helps you build.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/06/hn_researchers-search-for-measures-to-prevent-liver-abscesses-in-cattle
High-grain diets are not solely responsible for liver abscesses in cattle.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q1/opportunities-challenges-in-the-current-cattle-cycle
Certified Angus Beef’s Paul Dykstra discusses current market trends and what producers might expect in the coming year.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/06/sorting-gate
Author Kelli Retallick-Riley shares insight to the genetic tools available to help navigate the future beef industry in this issue’s “Sorting Gate.”
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2025/03/market-closeout
In “Market Closeout” this month, author Troy Marshall discusses how the No. 1 hurdle we face is not accepting the role of marketing, but rather overcoming tradition.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/10/mkt_consumer-demand-and-the-power-of-quality
At the 2025 Feeding Quality Forum, David O’Diam of Certified Angus Beef addressed the current retail beef environment, highlighting both opportunities and challenges in today’s marketplace.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/04/mkt_market-closeout
The cow-calf sector has never been this profitable. Why should anyone change how they are marketing calves when what they are doing is producing good results? Troy Marshall shares insights.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q4/final-market-update-for-2024
Troy Marshall discusses current trends in the cattle market and how Angus feeder-calf sales in several states got their starts, as well as providing an update on recent feeder-calf sales hosted in December and where we see the cattle markets heading in 2025.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/11/mkt_in-the-cattle-markets
K-State economist shares Cattle-on-Feed report and thoughts on herd expansion.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2025/09/deeper-dive
Here are three "Angus at Work" episodes focused on feeder-cattle and cattle markets.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/07/mkt_in-the-cattle-markets
In this edition, we explore the role of the cattle cycle, the changing relationship between calf and feeder-cattle prices, and the implications for basis.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2025/09/stockyards-savvy
Even in today’s marketplace, with a bit of tweaking, the prices you get for your calves can be even higher. Here are nine ways to increase your paycheck.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/08/hn_does-weaning-method-forage-source-matter
Preconditioning is an opportunity to increase calf value, but management choices can affect gain and calf value. Research evaluates the effects of weaning method and forage source.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/11/mg_data-make-the-difference
Using eIDs and TSUs, commercial producers get solid, accurate data for herd improvement.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/10/mg_purchasing-bred-females
With herd rebuilding seemingly delayed another year, there is an opportunity in bred and replacement heifers.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/06/lessons-from-cycle-survivors
Advice for how to navigate the cattle cycle from those who have lived it.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/06/common-ground
In this month’s “Common Ground,” author Mark McCully shares the difference between selling calves and marketing them.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2024/12/mkt_strong-feeder-markets-encouraging-more-selling
Heifers are smaller percentage of mix, possibly signaling start of retention.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2025/09/are-record-cattle-prices-giving-you-some-spending-money
Now could be time to invest ... but in what?
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/06/coming-together
Feedyard managers Dale Moore, Grant Morgan and Warren White share how they are collaborating and cooperating to feed better cattle.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/12/mg_market-update-with-derrell-peel
With 2025 almost wrapped, here is a beef cattle market outlook for the new year.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/our-media/feeder-calf-marketing-guide/auction-central
A directory to auction market services, by state.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/06/it-should-be-an-exciting-wild-ride
In “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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q4/insight-from-the-packer
On this episode of “Angus At Work” Chad Barker of National Beef joins host Miranda Reiman to discuss what cattle buyers are looking for, branded beef programs, increasingly heavy cattle going to market and more.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/12/mtk_the-link
Risk mitigation is paramount to success in the cattle industry.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2025/11/common-ground
This summer we have consistently seen a premium of $15-$20 per cwt. on black-hided feeder cattle when compared to non-black cattle of the same weight. CEO Mark McCully looks at what is driving this demand.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/03/mkt_jbs-fed-cattle-contract-comparison-tool
The JBS Contract Comparison Tool has been updated to reflect new options and changes to JBS’s fed-cattle contracts.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2025/09/misconceptions-about-calf-implants
Reasons to implant steer and heifer calves with growth implants at branding or fall processing.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/03/mkt_the-link
Buyers aren’t just buying 200 five-weight calves. They are looking for calves they can have confidence in to perform as expected.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/05/mkt_pursuing-pounds-of-gold
It’s been 60 years since the first yield grades were assessed, and even longer since the yield grade equation was developed. Meanwhile, market animal composition, as well as cattle feeding technologies and methods, have changed. Certified Angus Beef leans in on meat science evolutions.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2025/09/a-candid-conversation
Building a strong relationship with your local auction barn can bolster existing marketing plans.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/04/mkt_the-link
Troy Marshall, director of commercial industry relations for the American Angus Association, shares the unique characteristics of marketing commercial cattle and tips for how you can take advantage of them.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/10/mtk_the-link
The paradox of simplicity in a complex industry.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/08/mkt_the-link
2023 to 2028 will be unprecedented for its prices, profitability and duration. Cattlemen have an opportunity to position their operations for a future that looks exceedingly bright, notes Troy Marshall in this edition of “The Link.”
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/09/mkt_minimize-shrink-to-maximize-profit
K-State beef cattle experts provide insight on practical ways to reduce weight loss while transporting cattle to sale.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/06/people-programs-pay
Saluda County Cattlemen’s Association members learn grouping calves with proven certifications adds to their bottom lines.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/our-media/feeder-calf-marketing-guide/feedlot-finder
A directory of feedlots expressing interest in feeding Angus cattle.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/06/news-notes
The June 2024 edition of “News & Notes” features policy updates, the first grid premium offered for genetic merit, USDA issues final traceability rule, Association retirements and promotions, efforts to reduce effects of H5N1, and four Historic Angus Herds recognized.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2025/q2/market-update---spring-summer-2025
Troy Marshall and Lynsey McAnally chat about current trends in the cattle market, the importance of health and genetics when marketing feeder-calves, the current market for bred females and pairs, recent and upcoming video sales and where the cattle cycle seems to be heading.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q3/reimaging-red-meat-yield
The current red meat yield equation was rolled out in 1962. Cattle have changed, but calculations to compensate producers haven’t. At Feeding Quality Forum, Dale Woerner of shared technology to calculate a more accurate assessment of red meat yield.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-angus-at-work/2024/q3/the-influential-10-percent
Take a listen as Paul Dykstra with Certified Angus Beef chats with Miranda Reiman about recent data revealing an opportunity to access brand premiums. Of visually eligible cattle that fell short of carcass brand specifications, 10% were within 30 degrees of the lowest marbling score eligible for the Certified Angus Beef® brand.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/06/charting-the-course-for-the-cattle-cycle
The 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.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2025/09/taking-bets
Considering retained ownership? Using genetic tools can increase your odds at winning the premiums.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2023/10/hn_capitalize-on-strong-calf-markets-with-quality-weaning-nutrition
The beef industry is beaming with optimism as cattle markets continue to climb, creating a prime opportunity to capture value. USDA projects cattle prices to rise into 2024 as fed-cattle supplies remain tight.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-extra/2025/01/mkt_cattle-and-beef-markets---2024-in-review
The year 2024 did little to answer the question of when the herd rebuild will begin. In many ways, it proved to be more of a sideways move rather than make noticeable progress in the beef industry.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2024/06/products-services
A directory to suppliers providing products, services.
/angus-media/angus-beef-bulletin/abb-articles/2025/09/celebrate-the-present-prepare-for-the-future
Take time to celebrate the current cattle market. Historically strong demand, tight supplies and near-record profitability have combined to create what promises to be one of the longest-lasting periods of prosperity that we have ever experienced in the cattle business. Use the prosperity to prepare for leaner times, which will come.
