| Consumer-Based Programs |
Angus America
www.angusamerica.com |
Mark Nelson
402/462-2057
mark@angusamerica.com |
1996 |
120,000 |
$13/hd |
$1-6/hd |
35 |
QG |
Choice YG3 |
Angus Gene Net
www.genenetbeef.com |
Ken Conway
785/628-3004
genenet@ruraltel.net |
1998 |
100,000 |
$19.64/hd |
$3/hd |
20 |
both |
Choice YG3 |
B3R Country Meats
www.b3r.com |
James Henderson
940/937-3668
b3r@childress.tx.com |
1986 |
30,000 |
$60/hd |
none |
40 |
both |
Choice YG2 |
Beef Advantage Project
www.beefadvantage.com |
James E. Herring
806/374-1811 |
1996 |
confidential |
confidential |
none |
one load |
both |
confidential |
Brangus Gene Net
www.genetbeef.com |
Ken Conway
785/628-3004
genenet@ruraltel.net |
1999 |
100,000 |
$19.64/hd |
$3/hd |
20 |
both |
Choice YG3 |
Caprock Industries
Sharing Total Added Value |
Ben Brophy
806/371-3711
ben-brophy@cargill.com |
2000 |
40,000 |
$23/hd |
none |
120 hd, one sex |
both |
Choice YG3 |
Certified Angus Beef LLC
www.cabfeedlots.com |
Steve Suther
785/889-4162
ssuther@certifiedangusbeef.com |
1978 |
2 million |
Ch/Se + $3/cwt. |
none |
1 |
both |
vary with packer |
Certified Hereford Beef
www.herefordbeef.org |
Rob Ames
816/842-3757
rames@hereford.org |
1995 |
93,821 |
N/A |
none |
1 |
both |
YG 3 or less
Select or better |
Charolais Gene Net
www.genenetbeef.com |
Ken Conway
785/628-3004
genenet@ruraltel.com |
2002 |
100,000 |
$19.64/hd |
$3/hd |
20 |
both |
base-Choice YG3 |
Coleman Natural Products Inc.
www.colemannatural.com |
Jim or Scott Coakley
303/297-9393
jim@colemannatural.com
scott@colemannatural.com |
1979 |
60,000+ |
N/A |
none |
1 |
QG |
Choice YG2 & 3 |
ConAgra Better Beef LLC
www.conagra.com |
Al Perez
970/506-7798
aperez@conagrabeef.com |
1995 |
250,000 |
N/A |
no cost group data
$1-3 individual data |
load lots |
both |
Choice YG3 |
Country Natural Beef
www.countrynaturalbeef.com |
Doc & Connie Hatfield
541/576-2455
marketing@countrynaturalbeef.com |
1986 |
33,000 |
cost of production/return on investment |
member of co-op |
NA |
both |
high Select, low Choice YG1 & 2 |
Decatur Beef Alliance
www.krvn.com/decaturfeedyard |
Warren Weibert
785/475-2212
warren@decaturfeedyard.com |
1994 |
40,000 |
Confidential |
$12/hd |
load lot of same sex |
both |
N/A |
Farmland Supreme Beef
www.agribeef.com |
Dusty Turner/John Parker
620/624-6296 |
1995 |
40,000 |
$18.01/hd |
$2.50-4/hd |
one load or 70 hd |
both |
Select YG3 |
Five-State Beef Initiative
www.5statebeef.org |
Ron Lemenager
765/494-4817
rpl@purdue.edu |
1998 |
8,000 |
N/A |
None |
1 |
both |
N/A |
| Future Beef Operations LLC |
Ronnie Green
303/209-1866
rgreen@futurebeef.com |
1998 |
420,000 |
N/A |
none |
one load of either sex |
both |
depends on which grid; Angus grid/muscle grid |
Gelbvieh Alliance
www.gelbvieh.org |
Dennis Fennewald
303/465-2333 |
1995 |
44,000 |
$9.69/hd |
$1/hd |
1 |
both |
regional averages |
Glacier Beef Inc.
www.glacierbeef.com |
Bill Nice
815/772-4386
aimnub@essexl.com |
1999 |
14,000 |
$20/hd |
$10/hd |
500 - all steers |
both |
Select YG3 |
Iowa Quality Beef
Supply Network |
Phil Core
515/296-2266
phil@isabbe.com |
1999 |
125,000 |
$23/hd |
up to $5/hd |
30 |
Both |
Choice YG3A |
| Lean Limousin Beef Co. |
Carlton Noyes
308/234-9787 |
1988 |
6,000-7,000 |
$3/cwt. |
none |
1 |
YG |
N/A |
Maverick Ranch
Natural Lite Beef
www.maverickranch.com |
Bob Rolston
303/294-0146
bobrolston@maverickranch.com |
1985 |
35,000 |
N/A |
none |
load lots |
both |
Select YG1 |
Nebraska Corn-Fed Beef
www.necornfedbeef.com |
Jo McElwain
402/475-2333
jo@necornfedbeef.com |
1997 |
25,000 |
$12/hd |
$4/hd |
1 |
both |
Choice YG3 |
Nolan Ryan's Tender
Aged Beef
www.nolanryanbeef.com |
Charlie Bradbury
936/436-1622
cbradbury@nolanryanbeef.com |
2000 |
60,000 |
N/A |
none |
1 |
N/A |
N/A |
Painted Hills Natural Beef
www.paintedhillsnatural-beef.com |
Glenda or Mehrten Homer
541/763-2333
glenda@natural-beef.com |
1996 |
6,000 |
N/A |
none |
1 |
QG |
Choice YG3 |
| Performance Plus-Retained Ownership |
Don Cain Jr.
888/269-8387
performance@alltel.net |
1993 |
confidential |
$29.49/hd |
$7.50/hd |
1 |
both |
N/A |
| Performance Plus-Sale Barn |
Don Cain Jr.
888/269-8387
performance@alltel.net |
1993 |
confidential |
$22.33/hd |
$8/hd |
1 |
both |
N/A |
Power Genetics
www.powergenetics.com |
Jason Anderson or Mark Tracy
308/493-5604 |
1993 |
confidential |
confidential |
none |
35 |
both |
confidential |
Premium Quality Foods Inc./Red Oak Farms Premium
Hereford Beef
www.pqfinc.com |
Pete Hudgins or Steve Berendes
712/623-9224
steveb@pqfinc.com |
1996 |
41,000 |
N/A |
none |
1 |
QG |
Select YG3 |
| Ranchers Renaissance |
John Butler
303/662-1945 |
1997 |
100,000+ |
confidential |
confidential |
confidential |
confidential |
confidential |
Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program
www.redangus.org |
Ann Holsinger or Blake Angell
940/387-3502
ann@redangus.org
blake@redangus.org |
1995 |
96,000 |
depends on location |
$1.25/hd |
1 |
QG |
Choice YG3 |
U.S. Premium Beef Ltd.
www.uspremiumbeef.com |
Tracy Thomas
866/877-2525
tlthomas@uspb.com |
1996 |
700,000 |
over $25/hd average, top 251 = $45/HD |
membership and share access |
20 |
both |
50% Choice YG3 |
| Western Beef Alliance Inc. |
Terry O'Neill
406/373-6016
tomahawk@mcn.net |
1994 |
2,200 |
$58/hd |
$0-7/hd |
40 |
both |
YG2.8 and Choice - Select + |
| WRB All Natural Premium Beef |
Carolyn Carey
530/233-2334
Carolyn@hdo.net |
1998 |
N/A |
$130/hd |
$3/hd |
1 |
both |
Choice YG3 |
| Western Grasslands Beef |
Carolyn Carey
530/233-2334
Carolyn@hdo.net |
2002 |
N/A |
$270/hd |
$3/hd |
1 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Calf-Based Programs |
Agri-Beef
www.crinet.com |
Jon Janssen
715/526-7551
jjanssen@crinet.com |
2000 |
6,000+ |
$4.50/cwt. over market |
none |
none |
CAB/Both |
N/A |
| Land O' Lakes/Farmland Beef Connection |
Doug Stanton
620/276-0992
dstan@landolakes.com |
1999 |
15,000/hd
2001-2002 |
work with several grids |
$3/hd |
20 |
N/A |
N/A |
MFA Health Track Beef Alliance
www.mfahealthtrack.com |
Mike John
573/876-5573
mjohn@mfa-inc.com |
1998 |
41,000 |
$27 |
none for members |
1 |
N/A |
N/A |
Montana Beef Network
www.mtbeef.org/beefnetwork |
Adrienna Hines
406/442-3420
adrienna@mtbeef.org |
1999 |
8,000 |
N/A |
$2/hd |
1 |
N/A |
N/A |
Piedmont Cattle Producers Association
www.pcmabeef.com |
Phil Slay
334/864-0407
slayfarm@mindspring.com |
1994 |
2,100 |
8¢ over market |
$1.25/hd |
20 |
N/A |
N/A |
KEY:
Grids geared to QG = quality grade, YG = yield grade, Both = quality and yield grade
Practices Required: S = source verification, W = weaning, P = preconditioning, N = natural (i.e., typically prohibit the use of antibiotics and growth hormones) |
