Beef Cattle

The fact sheet provides details on the Cowculator Beef Cattle Diet Evaluation Program applications.

The importance and benefits of supplemental feeding in beef cow production.

Detailed information on how to apply mixed-species grazing practices into your operation to increase profits.

Learn the best time to plant dual-purpose wheat for the best economic outcome.

Learn about impacts on potential profit of variability in forage yield and returns to livestock on wheat pastures.

Building a beef cow herd is challenging for beginners and younger cow-calf producers due to the intensive capital requirements and approximate 27-month lag between the initial purchase of heifers and the sale of a calf crop.

Learn about facility and calf selection, feeding options and slaughter considerations for finishing calves on the farm.

This report was commissioned by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association to provide guidance in support of cattle industry policy considerations, especially related to price discovery in fed cattle markets. The task force of agricultural economists that produced this report collective-ly have more than 120 years of experience as cattle industry economic analysts and researchers. In about three weeks’ time, this task force assembled, considered, synthesized and summarized available research, information and knowledge about the economics of the cattle industry.