Feeder calves with Continental breed influence and the potential to hit the mark on Quality and Yield Grades are in demand at feeder calf markets across the country. The added pounds of carcass produced are adding dollars to the cattle feeder’s pockets. “A bull that sires 20 head of the heavier-finishing steers each year has created $1,148 in additional progeny value versus another bull that sires the lighter-finishing steers,” says Tom Brink, JBS/Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, the largest fed cattle marketer in the world...Read more
The industry demands an animal that grades Choice, while posting a Yield Grade 1 or 2 carcass. Thousands of records from American Gelbvieh Association feedlot research show that the SmartCross® bled produces the highest feed efficiency and lowest cost of gain in the feedlot. Choose the right blend of Gelbvieh or Balancer® genetics to fit the industry window...Read more
When selling cattle on a grid, pounds pay. Gelbvieh-sired calves have proven to have the greatest percent retail yield among the seven major beef breeds used for the Meat Animal Research Center Progress Report #22. Using a Gelbvieh sire will improve cutability and Yield Grades in feeder cattle...Read more
