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Gardiner Angus Ranch 15th Fall Bull Sale

Gardiner Angus Ranch’s 15th annual fall bull sale held Sept. 30, 2019, at the ranch near Ashland, Kan., saw 515 lots sell for an average of $3,664 for a sale gross total of $3,041,150. 

Steve and Ginger Olson
Welcome To The Table

Steve and Ginger Olson were recognized at the Certified Angus Beef convention in Asheville, N.C., with the 2019 CAB Ambassador Award.

Joe and Marty Bichelmeyer, with Chessie Mitchell
Bichelmeyer Named Red Angus Commercial Producer Of The Year

The Red Angus Association Commercial Producer of the Year Award is presented to producers who successfully utilize Red Angus genetics on their farm or ranch.

Rising to the Challenge of Ideal
Rising to the Challenge of Ideal

At the recent 2019 Feeding Quality Forum in Amarillo, Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand president John Stika spoke to the changes in “ideal” since 1991. 

Ryan Nobel, Yuma, Colorado
Century Of Focus On Colorado Ranch

The Nobel Ranch, Yuma, Colo., received the Certified Angus Beef ® 2019 Commercial Commitment to Excellence Award during the brand’s annual conference in Asheville, N.C.

Veteran cattle feeders Norm and Sharon Timmerman, of McCook, Neb., encouraged their children to follow their own passions, and they did.
All-in Cattle Feeding

The Norm Timmerman family received the 2019 Feedyard Commitment to Excellence Award from the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) brand.

Art and Stacy Butler, Spring Cove Ranch, Bliss, Idaho.
Spring Cove Ranch: Built On A Breed

Art and Stacy Butler, Spring Cove Ranch, Bliss, ID, were recognized with the 2019 CAB Seedstock Commitment to Excellence Award this week in Asheville, North Carolina.

Docility proven as economically relevant trait.
Tame Your Selection Criteria

Researchers at Texas A&M University say cattle docility will bring benefits at every level, from the cattle to their managers and ultimately beef consumers.

Increasing the marbling in beef is a tricky undertaking with numerous factors in play.
Effort to Increase Marbling Without Increasing Overall Fatness

USDA grant funds Texas Tech research project that hopes to identify the means by which development of marbling can be promoted without also increasing back fat.

Retained Ownership 2019
Retained Ownership 2019

This year's weather extremes will play a role in the success of calf marketing programs.

Modern Reality of Crossbreeding
Modern Reality of Crossbreeding

What is crossbreeding’s place or role in the beef industry? What will it look like over the next several decades? I

The rapidly evolving beef-on-dairy segment has an opportunity to quickly accelerate beef production.
Jared Wareham: The Rapidly Evolving Beef-On-Dairy Segment

The rapidly evolving beef-on-dairy segment has an opportunity to quickly accelerate beef production.

Certified Angus Beef fiscal 2019 sales tonnage volume has increased almost 6% with the June data not yet final.
CAB Insider: Sales Growth Strongest at Retail

Certified Angus Beef fiscal 2019 sales tonnage volume has increased almost 6% with the June data not yet final.

There's more to heifer development than weight or age.
Missouri Beef Researchers Focus on Heifer Fertility and Estrus Cycles

One of the things University of Missouri researchers discovered as they looked at heifer development is the importance of identifying the fertility response of heifers before breeding.

Heifer development isn't just an estimate on age—physical maturity is a major factor in a heifer's first conception success.
Synchronization Success: Heifer Puberty and Timed AI

University of Missouri's David Patterson gives a detailed look at why we must understand the science behind fixed-time and split-time AI protocols for the overall health and performance of our future cow herds.

What I Want in the Perfect Beef Cow
What I Want in the Perfect Beef Cow

We can manage only as well as the cow and her offspring will allow us to. If we can produce a “perfect cow,” then we can more easily manage that cow.

Many Oklahoma ranchers choose to breed the replacement heifers about a month ahead of the mature cows in the herd. 
Schedule Replacement Heifer Preg Checks Now

Many Oklahoma ranchers choose to breed the replacement heifers about a month ahead of the mature cows in the herd. 

The MU program brought fixed-time artificial insemination (AI) to Missouri beef-cow herds. All heifers are synchronized to be bred in one morning. This simplifies AI breeding. It also permits use of semen from top sires in a breed.
Reputations Help Heifer Prices Average $1,857 At Palmyra Sale

Short supply plus strong demand restored prices for Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifers selling Saturday, June 1. The 87 head of bred heifers averaged $1,857 at F&T Livestock Market. High lot sold for $2,100.

The new $B model shares similarities to the existing model, and as a result the models rank animals in a similar manner.
Angus: Introducing the New Beef Value

The new $B model was approved by the American Angus Association Board of Directors for implementation in June 2019, following a year-long intensive research study. Here's some of the changes.

Moneyball for Cattle Is Creating an American Steak Renaissance

Today, cattlemen can pick out superior calves better than they ever have, as DNA testing gets cheaper and projections get more accurate.

Steak is back.
Moneyball for Cattle Is Creating an American Steak Renaissance

Today, cattlemen can pick out superior calves better than they ever have, as DNA testing gets cheaper and projections get more accurate.

Cows that are unruly and nervous are less likely to conceive by AI.
Cow Disposition Affects Pregnancy Rate

Now we have another good excuse to cull cows due to bad temperament.  Producers that routinely breed cows artificially realize that cows that are unruly and nervous are less likely to conceive by AI.

Oklahoma Angus Breeder Tom Drake Passes Away
Oklahoma Angus Breeder Tom Drake Passes Away

Tom Drake, a former president of the American Angus Association and Oklahoma Angus Association, has passed away at age 77 after years of service to the cattle community.

Evaluate Udder Soundness Soon After Calving to Use as Culling Criteria
Evaluate Udder Soundness Soon After Calving to Use as Culling Criteria

Every year at "preg" checking time, ranchers evaluate cows and make decisions as which to remove from the herd. One criteria that should be examined to cull cows is udder quality.

Tyson Foods Is Using DNA to Prove the Pedigree of Premium Beef

DNA markers can identify animals, even after meat processing and the rapidly-growing Open Prairie brand will use the tracing tech.

DNA markers can identify animals, even after meat processing and the rapidly-growing Open Prairie brand will use the tracing tech.
Tyson Foods Is Using DNA to Prove the Pedigree of Premium Beef

DNA markers can identify animals, even after meat processing and the rapidly-growing Open Prairie brand will use the tracing tech.

Top Dollar Angus and Method Genetics Partnership to Benefit Cattlemen
Top Dollar Angus and Method Genetics Partnership to Benefit Cattlemen

Top Dollar Angus, Inc. and Method Genetics, LLC have reached an agreement whereby they will work together to benefit their commercial and seedstock customers.

Four considerations to make before your bull purchase.
4 Tips to Study Up on Before Buying a Bull

Four considerations to make before your bull purchase.

Angus Bull Smashes World Record Price Selling for $1.51 Million
Angus Bull Smashes World Record Price Selling for $1.51 Million

Schaff Angus Valley has set another world record price for a bull after selling SAV America 8018 for $1.51 million.

Education A Top Priority During 2019 Cattlemen’s College

More than 1,500 cattlemen and women attend informative and engaging sessions to improve their business skills at the 2019 Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Tradeshow.

Jared Wareham: Get With The Program

Whichever way you look at it, increasing the opportunity for profit or decreasing the risk for loss, having an advanced genetic “scouting report” on feeders has value.

Whichever way you look at it, increasing the opportunity for profit or decreasing the risk for loss, having an advanced genetic “scouting report” on feeders has value.
Jared Wareham: Get With The Program

Whichever way you look at it, increasing the opportunity for profit or decreasing the risk for loss, having an advanced genetic “scouting report” on feeders has value.

Nature vs. Nurture: Heritability of Reproduction
Nature vs. Nurture: Heritability of Reproduction

A basic understanding of genetics will help us understand why some traits are more heritable than others. The basis for heritability has to do with a phrase you have probably heard before – “nature verses nurture.”

Docility is an important trait that impacts beef operations' bottom lines in each sector of the industry.
Docility EPD Added to the Suite of Gelbvieh and Balancer EPDs

"The American Gelbvieh Association is excited to add the BOLT-powered docility EPD to the toolbox for producers utilizing Gelbvieh and Balancer genetics.

POLL: When Is Your Primary Calving Season?

Share with us the timing of your primary calving season, whether it’s a tight 60-day window or a seasonal timeframe. We'll report the results back to you.

Share with us the timing of your primary calving season, whether it’s a tight 60-day window or a seasonal timeframe. We'll report the results back to you.
POLL: When Is Your Primary Calving Season?

Share with us the timing of your primary calving season, whether it’s a tight 60-day window or a seasonal timeframe. We'll report the results back to you.

2019 National Western is Last Chance to Visit Old Stockyards
2019 National Western is Last Chance to Visit Old Stockyards

This year's National Western Stock Show is the "Year of the Yards," because after more than five decades in their current location, the yards will be moved next year to a new spot to the north.

American Simmental Association Conducts Carcass Genotyping Project

The American Simmental Association has begun a large genotyping project to collect carcass records and genotypes on sire-identified terminal calves to improve progeny equivalents for carcass traits.

Five Hereford breeders banded together to sell a heifer that helped generate $40,800 in donation funds for wildfire relief efforts for northern California ranchers.
California Hereford Breeders Donate $40,000 to Wildfire Victims

Five Hereford breeders banded together to sell a heifer that helped generate $40,800 in donation funds for wildfire relief efforts for northern California ranchers.

Heifer Selection and Genomics
Heifer Selection and Genomics

Now is the time to select replacement heifers and start them on a development plan that aligns with female management and breeding goals.

Market cows often represent 15% to 25% of the herd’s gross income.
Quality in the Cow Herd

Market cows often represent 15% to 25% of the herd’s gross income.

An unusually cold front is bringing snow to Montana and a sigh of relief from those who have been battling wildfires all summer.
Snowball Effect: Genomics and Advanced Reproductive Technology

How the combination of two technology categories are being used together to make the metaphorical snowball of genetic advancement grow and roll faster.

New genetic evaluation software Biometric Open Language Tools, or BOLT, will enable Red Angus producers to make more informed, lower risk selection decisions.
Red Angus Association of America Boosts Reliability of EPDs with BOLT

New genetic evaluation software Biometric Open Language Tools, or BOLT, will enable Red Angus producers to make more informed, lower risk selection decisions.

This year’s Cattlemen’s Profit Roundup, features industry-leading speakers who will provide insight on adding value to your cow herd from conception to consumption.
Gelbvieh Assoc. Hosts Commercial Cattlemen Educational Symposium

This year’s Cattlemen’s Profit Roundup, features industry-leading speakers who will provide insight on adding value to your cow herd from conception to consumption.

American Angus Association CEO Allen Moczygemba says Angus is poised for continued growth.
Genetics and Beef: Hot Topics From the 2018 Angus Convention

More than 400 cattle producers met in Ohio this past weekend for the 2018 Angus Convention. Highlights include a upcoming genetic tools, succession and tax planning and the 40th anniversary of Certified Angus Beef.

Changes in Carcass Grade Over Time
Changes in Carcass Grade Over Time

The beef industry, similar to other industries, is constantly attempting to be more efficient and create more value in the product produced.

Certified Angus Beef Annual Sales Up 8.1%

Sales of Certified Angus Beef surpassed 1.215 billion pounds during the just completed fiscal year.

Sales of Certified Angus Beef surpassed 1.215 billion pounds during the just completed fiscal year, says CAB president John Stika.
Certified Angus Beef Annual Sales Up 8.1%

Sales of Certified Angus Beef surpassed 1.215 billion pounds during the just completed fiscal year.

Early Pregnancy in Heifer Calves
Early Pregnancy in Heifer Calves

The main objective in developing replacement heifers is to have them reach puberty well before the first breeding season.

“Keep in mind we need well-rounded feeder cattle,” said CAB’s Paul Dykstra. The No. 1 reason cattle don’t make the brand is because they lack adequate marbling, but feedlot performance and yield on the rail are part of a calf’s value to buyers.
Feeding Quality Forum: Seek Answers for Better Beef

Presenters at the 2018 Feeding Quality Forum, encouraged producers and feeders to rise above the status quo.