CATTLE FEEDING BACKGROUND AND ISSUES

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CATTLE FEEDINGBACKGROUND AND ISSUES

• Robert C. Albin
• Texas Tech University

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• Areas of Concentrated Cattle Feeding

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Feedyard Managers

• Single Unit Family Owned or Group of
• 10 or less Shareholders
• Feedyard Manager
• Assistant Manager
• Small Multiple Units Two or Three
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  Feedyards
• General Manager
• Feedyard Manager
• Foremen

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Feedyard Managers Cont.

• Large Multiple Units Four or more Feedyards
• Central Office
• Vice President
• Personnel
• Commodities
• Specialist
• Feedyard Managers
• Assistant Manager
• Foremen

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Beef Cattle Feeding on the High Plains

• Over 6 Million Cattle are Fed Annually in
  Texas. Over 80 of the Cattle Fed in Texas are
  Fed in the High Plains area (Lubbock NORTH) and
  this represents almost 35 of the Fed Beef in the
  U.S.
• Receiving Program (varies with each feedyard)
• Cattle are implanted.
• Cattle are Vaccinated.
• Cattle are treated for internal and external
  parasites

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Beef Cattle Feeding on the High Plains Cont.

• Cattle are branded or eartagged (visible/flexible
  or EID) or both.
• Tails of the cattle are bobbed.
• Horns are tipped to quarter size around on tip
  that is left.
• Bulls are castrated or emasculated.
• Heifers will be fed MGA (melengesterol acetate).
• Pregnant heifers may be aborted.
• Each yard has a specific nutrition/ ration
  program.

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Beef Cattle Feeding on the High Plains Cont.

• General Statements
• Feedyards use four or five rations, starting out
  with about 55 grain and working up to about 80
  grain in 3 weeks for the finisher ration.
• Cattle are managed for risk by using options,
  futures, or contracts (highly variable).
• Feedyards have a consulting nutritionist and a
  consulting veterinarian on retainer.

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Beef Cattle Feeding on the High Plains Cont.

• General Statements (cont.)
• Yards process the feed grain in some manner.
• Yards use an ionophore
• Yards manage liver abscesses.

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Beef Cattle Feedlot Management

• Cost Factors
• Transportation (ranges from -0- to 3.00/cwt).
• Feed markup (variable17 20/ton 10/ton
• plus .07/hd/day
  other).
• Taxes and Insurance (3.00/hd)
• Miscellaneous costs (2.00/hd)
• Beef checkoff (1.00/hd)

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Beef Cattle Feedlot Management

• Other Performance Factors
• Season Fall Winter vs Spring and Summer
• Area of country
• Type of ration ( of roughage)
• Management
• Breed
• Weather
• Market
• Interest Rate
• Equity Capital

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Beef Cattle Feedlot Management

• This ADG is Actual Industry Average Reported by
  TCFA Based on Pay Weights.
• SEASON CODE ADG
• Winter 1 2.90
• Spring 2 2.80
• Summer 3 2.70
• Fall 4 2.65

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