Working Ranch Magazine - Index

Working Ranch Magazine - magazine - Index

Joe Davis, Westminster, South Carolina
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The greatest risk management factor in the beef business is reliable genetic information. Results of Here’s the
Premium study show high-percentage Angus calves are worth $30/head more than non-Angus calves at auction. *
The use of multiple-trait selection tools such as dollar-value indexes ($Value) result in even more predictability.
Progeny from high $Beef sires more than tripled the percent Prime while percent Select carcasses were cut in half.
High $B progeny returned more than $3/cwt in premiums and had a net carcass value advantage of more than
$82 when using typical industry grid values. ** Angus, the power of people and progress.
* Here’s the Premium study represents 236,889 calves sold as 10,850 lots from 10 states from 1999 to 2006.
Data sources: Certified Angus Beef LLC
** Black Ink Basics, Vol. 2, Issue 3, © 2006 Certified Angus Beef LLC
3201 Frederick Avenue, Saint Joseph, MO 64506-2997 • (816) 383-5100 • www.angus.org
© 2007 American Angus Association
Cindy Williams, Chappell Feedlot,
Chappell, Nebraska; Tom & Cindy
Williams, owners
Feedlot Owner/Partner