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IN THIS

ISSUE LATE FALL 2025

CAB Insider

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Vet’s Advice

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Keep the Suppy Coming

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CAB Cattleman Connection

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American Angus Association

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CAB A Summer to Learn, Grow

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CAB Cattleman Connection

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CAB 7 Ranchers Recognized at #Beefbash

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CAB Consumer Demand and The Power of Quality

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Advertising & Rate Card

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Coming Events

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WE INVITE YOU

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SALE MANAGEMENT T Bar C Cattle C. Ltd. Chris Poley: 306-220-5006 Shane Michelson: 403-363-9973 Ben Wright: 519-374-3335 Levi Rimke: 204-851-4515 www.buyagro.com

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SAV Rise N Shine 2709

He sells! Royal Flush x SAV Abigale 2432. Represents the kind we strive to produce with natural thickness, capacity, fleshing-

ability and real-world performance. His Territory x Charlo dam is a model of efficiency and records a weaning ratio of 107 on her first two calves.

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He sells! Courage x SAV Emblynette 2330. SAV Creation 5397 proudly represents the first calfcrop by SAV Courage 3003, the

lead-off bull of the 2024 SAV Sale. He presents an optimum blend of calving-ease, maternal and performance with phenotypic power and presence. He earned a 205-day weight of 1025 lbs. for a weaning ratio of 113. His 3-year-old dam by SAV Ease 0840 is moderate-framed and feminine with a beautiful udder from the Emblynette family that was established at SAV in 1946.

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GOAL 2026

February 14-16, 2026 Inn at the Forks, 75 Forks Market Rd

Winnipeg, MB

Registration deadline January 10

The Guiding Outstanding Angus Leaders (GOAL) Conference

GOAL Travel Bursaries

Application deadline January 1 Bursaries of up to $1000 will be awarded to 12 deserving Canadian Junior Angus members from anywhere in Canada.

Bursaries must be used within the same year awarded to help offset travel and registration costs for attending the GOAL Conference.

promotes leadership skills within the Angus breed. Junior members from all over the nation attend this three-day event that is held in a different location each year. During GOAL the Juniors hear from motivational and educational speakers, participate in workshops, get involved in teamwork activities and develop beef and industry knowledge. Juniors are also given the opportunity to network and socialize with fellow Junior Angus members.

Please stay tuned for more details

www.cdnangus.ca/canadian-junior-angus/goal Watch our Facebook and Instagram pages and visit our website for more details on 2026 scholarship deadlines, awards and other events.

For more information contact Belinda Wagner, Canadian Junior Angus Coordinator, at 306-537-1518 or bwagner@cdnangus.ca Todays Angus Advantage

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What’s Planned: Tours of Douglas Lake Cattle Co & Nicola Ranch BCAA Member Cattle Displays at BC Livestock Co-op Barbecue & Networking Canadian Angus Association AGM Join us for a full schedule of learning, connecting, and celebrating the Angus community!

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JULY 16-18, 2026 AYER’S CLIFF, QC MOVE IN BEGINS JULY 15 AT 1 PM

SHOWDOWN

2026

The Canadian Angus Foundation will provide travel and trucking bursaries to attend Showdown as well as significant cash prizes and scholarships for the Aggregate Winners.

There will also be three draws made for vouchers to purchase Angus females—one at $3,000 and two at $2,000.

All exhibitors will automatically be entered to win!

1:30 pm • Team Grooming 5:30 pm • Supper & Extravaganza

Friday, July 17, 2026

8:30 am • Group Photo 9:00 am • Showmanship 9:00 am–1:00 pm • Print Marketing 12 noon • Public Speaking 1:00–4:00 pm • Sales Talk 2:00 pm • Team Judging

For up-to-date Showdown information or to enter online, please visit www.cdnangus.ca/canadian-junior-angus/showdown

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11 am • Move in complete • CJA Annual General Meeting & Orientation 12 noon • Lunch 12:30 pm • Judging (individual competition – written reasons)

Visit the Canadian Angus Foundation website at www.cdnangus.ca/foundation for more information and to apply for the bursaries.

Allison Morse, Quebec Director: 819-212-7177 Kylie Willms • President: 306-380-4595 Belinda Wagner • Coordinator: 306-537-1518 or bwagner@cdnangus.ca

Thursday, July 16, 2026

(must qualify from individual competition)

6:00 pm • Cook-off & BBQ

Saturday, July 18, 2026

9:00 am • Heifers of Distinction 10:00 am • Conformation Classes 5:00 pm • Banquet, Awards Presentations, Auction & Dance

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The team at T Bar C brings decades of experience and a broad skillset that will help your sales leave a legacy.

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Paul Dykstra Federally inspected cattle harvest head counts have swung widely in the past three weeks, beginning with a 14,000 head decline two weeks ago as one fed cattle plant idled several days for scheduled upgrades. Last week’s recovery from the downturn pulled the week’s total 9,000 head larger than the six-week average.

widely within a range of $87/cwt. This compares to a much tighter average trading range of just $25/cwt. in the prior three years. This year’s Comprehensive cutout values are averaging 16% higher than last year, therefore, a 3% shift means a larger dollar value move than last year.

Late last week, President Trump made statements about potential action to lower beef prices through purchases from Argentina.

The above information seems less closely tied to potential fed cattle prices this season since a significant disconnect exists between cutout values and fed cattle values. Packers have, after all, run deep in the red for many months this year. Narrower margin losses do, however, encourage larger harvest levels.

That brought an abrupt end to a precipitous nine-day run in which nearby Live Cattle contracts rose more than $13/cwt. without correction. Friday’s Feeder Cattle futures were limit-down and Live Cattle futures traded sharply lower as a result.

Follow-up trade early this week showed resiliency in futures prices as the market has shrugged off the President’s comments, regaining much of the price slippage incurred on Friday. For instance, the April 2026 Live Cattle contract touched the high-water mark of $250/cwt. last Thursday before settling $7.28/cwt. lower by Friday’s close. By Tuesday morning, a $3.05/cwt. recovery pulled the April contract up to $246/cwt.

Cash fed cattle prices last week showed no resemblance to Friday’s futures setback with fed cattle averaging $239.79/cwt., a $6.84/cwt. increase on the prior week. Seasonal increases in wholesale cutout values are expected to continue at least through the end of October. This potential, along with strong packer demand to capture a large head count last week, has propped up prices for now.

Heavy Lifting Ahead for Cutout Values The typical October beef market is marked by a strong swing in carcass cutout values as a lull in demand follows Labor Day, sending cutout values to a seasonal low beginning in October. The turnaround happens quickly, with cutout values in early October 2% below the year’s annual average. By month’s end, prices averaged 1% above the annual average in the last three years. In order for this pattern to repeat in 2025, the Comprehensive cutout would need to gain $10/cwt. in the next 10 days. This would be a fairly large lift, but not out of the question. One factor we must bear in mind is that 2025 wholesale carcass prices have varied

A look at individual beef cuts and seasonal price trends for the fourth quarter reveals a few impactful cuts will shoulder the load toward higher prices. It’s evident that ribeyes and tenderloins come into focus for the holidays. Even so, the steep uptrend began in August for these items, leaving seemingly less upward lift available. Most would agree that despite current price levels, 20-30% higher than a year ago, new recordhigh prices are in the cards for early December.

Strip loins have continued to be sought after as the cheaper steak and roast item substitute for the holidays. Yet their growing popularity is holding strip loin prices on a higher plane this season. A few other items with impressive price points include shoulder clods and briskets, the latter of which are supported on smaller head counts and processer demand ahead of corned beef season.

A final optimistic note for cattlemen is the widening of the USDA Prime cutout price spread above USDA Choice; the latest spread is $57/cwt. This bolstered average Prime grid premiums to $22.42/cwt. earlier this month and comes at a time when Prime carcass production is seeing an uptick.

Nebraska takes the prize among the largest packing states as feeders in the region are delivering 14.6% Prime carcasses to packers, a big move from the 10% level seen the same week last year. Kansas and Texas grade trends are similarly impressive, with Kansas up to 9.7% and Texas closing the gap at 8% Prime.

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Canadian Angus Association Leads the Way with Research and Development Project: Using A.I. and Camera Technology to develop phenotyping systems to measure traits for members

There are three main areas of focus in this project with associated outcomes:

• Developing camera and A.I. technology to help measure and record subjective traits Along with traditional classification by trained Holstein Canada Classifiers, we will develop technology that can help producers collect standardized and accurate information on subjective traits like teat score, udder score, foot angle score, claw set score, body condition score and docility. This technology can be used to collect many more traits and measurements.

• Developing camera and A.I. technology to help measure and record carcass quality traits Included in the project objectives is collecting both ultrasound scan data and abattoir data on carcass quality traits.

Members who do not currently use ultrasound scanning, or receive carcass quality information back from the abattoir can contribute to this project’s objective. Both ultrasound scan and abattoir carcass quality information on Angus and Angus cross animals will contribute significantly to more accurate GEPDs for these traits.

• Developing camera and A.I. technology to help measure and record health traits an ongoing to support membersresponse collecting Expanding on We our have previous work toproject characterize high immune in Canadian Angus animals, this project information on subject traits,for health and carcass will allow us to collect additional phenotypes traitstraits, that impact animal health and welfare. quality traits. If you are interested in having a trained Acknowledgements classifier measure and record mature cow traits (mature cow weight, height,bybody condition score,from docility, claw setand andAgrifood Canada (AAFC) through the This project has been made possible major investments Agriculture foot angle) please contact us at klatimer@cdnangus.ca or Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP).

403-537-5604. Mature cow traits must be collected within 45 days (+/-) of taking weaning weights on their calves. This Canadian Angus Association members wanting to participate service is provided at no cost to you intopart by funding from subjective traits for mature cows this Canadian Angus members who would like a trained scorer measure and record Agriculture and Agrifood Canada and Sustainable CAP. fall (+/- 45 days of calf weaning weight), or on yearling animals next winter, can contact the office to schedule a classifier or ultrasound scan technician and a High Immune Response Test technician. To participate in the project please contact Dr. Kajal Latimer at klatimer@cdnangus.ca.

Canadian Angus Association ‘Phenomics’ Project Invitation to Participate

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Vet’s Advice

PREVENTING BULL/BULL CALF INJURIES

I don’t think this research has ever been done but if one were to track purebred bull calves from an early age until sale we would find the two top reasons for culling, selling, death, and other losses are fertility and injuries.

I would include lameness in this tally as a high percentage of them in breeding bulls results initially from injury. In this article I am reaching out to you cattle producers for practical tips you may have on reducing the numbers of injuries/lameness we get on either raising bulls for sale or in keeping our herd sires breeding.

I am going to share some of the things I know or have learned over the years.

If you send me your ideas this may call for a follow-up article under the auspices of improving health and welfare of our purebred bull calves through to maturity. We all hate to see that one injured bull so close to their productive life.

With riding behavior in young developing bulls the sooner we know they are culls they should be castrated and, if you want implanted at that time to maintain growth almost equal to their intact male counterparts.

By Roy Lewis, DVM

Banding the too high birth weight bull calf for castration at spring processing because of phenotype structure or not the right color will decrease riding, fighting and avoid the castration risk at an older age.

I can safely say all, or almost all, breeders when natural breeding have bull calves and their mothers separate from the cows with heifer calves. Ideally non-pregnant cows are removed, as we all know the riding frenzy that occurs from multiple young bull calves going almost vertical trying to breed a large cow. This is how the rectal prolapses occur in the summer. We can almost guarantee the calves that develop these prolapses have good libido. On repairing if the

sutures are left in a little longer these may scar down a bit better.

I have done several semen tests over the years where we need to use a very small probe as the rectum has scarred down. Bull calves at this time are also prone to damaging primarily their hocks or hips on young still developing bone and cartilage with easily damaged growth plates especially on the ends of the long bones.

A lot of injuries at this age may be permanent unfortunately. One thing the poor conformation bulls will really show themselves as feet and leg problems are exacerbated. When weaning bull calves always need to have lots space, some have rocks to rub on others have cage type things for calves getting ridden to hide in.

Severe riding behavior can take out many of the bulls being ridden.

A more common injury is the hip joints and the cartilage getting stripped away resulting in severely shortening stride. A couple things I have seen here is making a decision to remove quickly or remove treat and place back.

Here is a place for quick use of NSAID’s maybe repeat treatments and some now are spraying vinegar over the back in the hopes of masking the smell and making the introduction back into the pen more favorable.

No different than feedlot cattle keep the bull calves well fed. Anything that leads to boredom and crowding absolutely leads to more riding.

Give lots of feed bunk space and access to water and pens that have no trapped corners.

Again devices such as brushes and oilers go a long way to avoid boredom. The oilers can even run with just the oil and medication should only be put in at the times needed to treat lice in fall and face and horn flies in summer.

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They are sometimes the forgotten group and many of these things can be done at semen checking time next spring. It is interesting if insuring your bulls that no claims for foot rot are allowed if the bulls have not been vaccinated.

We all know many of the lamenesses in bulls are injuries, sole abscesses, and not foot rot. The worst thing for you as a cattle producer is to have a bull become really lame just before breeding season.

out the breeding program. These bulls are the same problems in the bull pen in the off-season.

Have no hesitation culling a problem bull, fighter or for other reasons that make handling unsafe or stirs up the rest of the bull battery.

With transporting bulls it goes without saying to haul with pen mates use partitions in the trailer when necessary and use low stress handling techniques. Some bulls handled poorly seem to snap and never recover. A tranquilizer for a long trip could be in order.

Try the vinegar to mask the smell when mixing and see if there is any merit in it.

There are now the anti-stress products like FerAppease, DeStress or the latest product called Cattle Zen which do the trick as far as maintaining appeal. Again, if any tips/tricks you have seen to minimize problems with raising bulls or wintering them please let me know. The new saying or trend is calling this enrichment and increasing enrichment should conversely decrease injuries.

Vet’s Advice

This applies to your herd sires when resting in the non-breeding season lots of space and room to move ideally. Watch the bedding in the winter to avoid frozen testicles and remember to give the preventative vaccines and deworming treating for lice and flies that you do to the rest of the herd.

Having the feet trimmed also helps prevent injuries from long hooves breaking off when breeding, fighting or simply slipping. Preventative hoof care goes a long way to helping prevent these injuries. Single sire matings prevent bull issues in breeding season but that is only if convenient and the bull better be fertile.

I do believe we need to look at the incessant fighters Contact me at lewisroydvm@gmail.com if any and instigators, I know many a producer where great ideas you are using that could be shared certain bulls are continually fighting knocking bulls with fellow producers.

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KEEP THE SUPPLY COMING - By LINDSAY GRABER RUNFT Quantity and quality, the yin and yang to Certified Angus

Looking to next year, CattleFax forecasts that we will reach

Beef ® brand product supply. While overall cattle herd

our beef production low at 25.7 billion pounds, largely

numbers are down, carcass weights are up. And so is the

because of the Mexico border closure and tariff levels

overall quality for carcasses moving through packing

on the markets where we import lean beef. Because of

plants. That’s the harmony for Certified Angus Beef

the New World screwworm threat, feeder cattle imports

(CAB), and a theme of the 2025 CAB Annual Conference.

from Mexico are expected to be down more than one

A record-high 800 registrants from 17 countries gathered in Austin, Texas, to learn more about the Certified Angus

million head from a year ago—provided that the border stays closed through 2025.

Beef ® brand, become inspired by the culinary work of

“The market isn’t short on tonnage or supply, it’s short on

chefs and pitmasters, and celebrate sales and production

cattle,” Blach said. With a value system based on weight

success. But at the forefront: supply and demand, a

and quality, there has been incentive for cattle producers

reflection of the chaotic past year, and preparing for

to keep feeding cattle longer. And that’s had a positive

what’s ahead.

effect on beef tonnage numbers.

In his annual State of the Brand, CAB president, John

Currently, steer and heifer slaughter—the source of

Stika, noted that the forecast for CAB’s annual sales

high-quality fed beef production—is down 43,000 head

volume looks to be one of the strongest years for the

of cattle per week versus 2022, when this cattle cycle

brand. That said, it’s not been without some peaks and

reached its peak. The Mexico border closure has had an

valleys. “The reality is that it’s [sales volume changes]

impact on those numbers, too. On a typical weekly basis,

more of a reflection of the price, supply and trade

approximately 25,000 feeder cattle cross the border from

dynamics that we’ve seen,” Stika said. “They have created

Mexico.

uncertainty in the market that we’ve dealt with, and are going to continue to deal with.”

Blach said that futures markets will anticipate the low in supply, with prices usually reaching their peak before

Beef in the Box

we hit the supply low. The market could stay elevated,

Marking the 25th time

but it is currently higher due to tariffs and the lack of

to speak at CAB Annual

international market access.

Conference,

Randy

Blach,

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CattleFax,

provided market analysis and

insights

for

the

beef industry. When it comes to overall supply, Blach said that we are currently in “the eye of the storm.” CattleFax’s 2025 forecast came to fruition: low herd numbers and high prices. Blach said then that prices were expected to peak approximately one year before the absolute low in supply.

Deferred live cattle futures have been in the driver’s seat of the markets. After the markets closed in early July, and with the Mexican border closed and Brazilian tariffs in place, deferred live cattle futures contracts (Dec., Feb., April) went up about $30 per hundredweight. That resulted in $60 per hundredweight in feeder cattle prices and calf prices up about $100 per hundredweight.

“The market has had one heck of a run,” Blach said. But for the million-dollar question: when will it reach its peak? Because of the chaotic times, economists have not been able to predict that. Secondary to market-related questions, the next question is, “When will the herd rebuild start, or has it already?”

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A herd rebuild has begun—albeit slowly, Blach said.

quality beef, but Prime. Cattle producers have responded.

Partially because of 8% interest rates, this cattle cycle’s

Earlier this year, USDA Prime production grew to 12%,

rebuild will be slower than the last. According to

outpacing USDA Select for several consecutive weeks.

CattleFax, commercial cow slaughter is down 30% and

The trend was reflected at the brand, too. A record-high

replacement heifers are estimated to be up 300,000

13% of Certified Angus Beef ® brand carcasses graded

head. But what about the beef on dairy population? With

Prime this past year.

9.5 million dairy cows and 28-29 million beef cows, the total cow herd is increasing. It is estimated that beef-ondairy cattle slaughter is 4-4.5 million head, or 18% of total

“That’s not just progress; that’s proof that quality is winning,” Stika said. “It’s what allows us to be firmly

fed slaughter.

committed to Certified Angus Beef ® brand Prime as a

Blach noted that production for all proteins—beef, pork

higher prices.”

growth strategy, even in the face of tighter supplies and

and poultry combined—is record high. And per capita red meat and poultry consumption is up, too. Consumers currently have an abundance of protein choices.

For their commitment to progress and the pursuit of high-quality beef production, seven Angus ranching

Consumer Demand is Rocking “Supply has been flat, but prices have gone up,” Blach said. “What’s that tell you? Demand is rocking!” With stability through

Angus Families Recognized

spring

and

summer, beef demand is at a 40-year high.

“Beef is not just having a moment,” Anne-Marie Roerink, 210 Analytics, said. “It is growing a momentum and we’re seeing very high consumption of beef across all areas of the country, all demographics.” Talking consumer behavior, Roerink explained the difference between consumption and demand. Demand is the desire to purchase beef, whereas consumption is permissibility and affordability.

families were recognized at Annual Conference.

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Seedstock Commitment to Excellence: Tehama Angus Ranch

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Commercial Commitment to Excellence: Willis Ranch

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Feedyard Commitment to Excellence: 4K Cattle, LLC

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Sustainability: Means Ranch Company

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Progressive Partner: Zybach Angus

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Ambassador: Maplecrest Farms

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Canadian Commitment to Excellence: Cross Cattle Company

Beef Bash From

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processors,

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distributors, retail and restaurants, Annual Conference brings together all sectors of the beef supply chain.

The event provides sessions for retail and foodservice, focusing on strategies for brand sales success.

Other events included the #BeefBash25 BBQ, featuring

No surprise to those at the meat counter, retail beef prices are $1/lb. higher now versus one year ago. Blach said that retail prices could still go up to $9.50-$9.75 per pound. But with beef at record-high prices, retail pounds have grown 6-7%, according to 210 Analytics research.

Consumer mindset on the “permissibility” of beef—if consumers feel good about consuming the protein—has shifted positively. As a beef community, we have moved the needle on communicating about attributes like animal care, environmental sustainability and nutrition.

pitmasters serving the Certified Angus Beef ® brand, a ranch tour at 2 Bar C Ranch in Luling, Texas, and a golf tournament and live auction that raised more than $157,000 for the Colvin Scholarship Fund.

Navy SEAL Commander, Rorke Denver, inspired attendees with lessons from the battlefield. Reflecting on the chaos of war missions, Denver said that for team leaders, “calm is contagious.” Denver also urged cattlemen and endusers to reject complacency and continually seek ways to improve their position.

It’s sage advice for the beef industry, with chaotic markets,

“Beef has gone from villain to vital,” Roerink said. That’s

the challenges of a tightening supply, and an ever-

music to the ears of cattle producers. Demand for high-

present need for premium beef that meets consumer

quality beef ensures profitability at the ranch. And it’s

demand. Calm is contagious, and keep the high-quality

worth $1,070 per head according to CattleFax data

beef coming.

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Black Angus Cattle, APHA & AQHA Horses Don and Connie Delorme

Box 28, Robsart, SK. S0N 2G0

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Red & Black Angus Box 23 Gladmar, SK S0C 1A0 www.dkfredangus.com

Dwayne & Karen Fettes 306-969-4506

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Scott, Tina Brandy & Eric 306-815-7023

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Double Bar D Farms Double Bar D 1970) Farms (since

Breeders of Red Angus and Simmental Cattle

Richard Dimler & Sons

 Box 818, Grenfell, SK S0G 2B0 

Richard Ph/Fax (306) 697-3038

Ken (306) 697-2474 • Mark (306) 697-3289

www.doublebardsimmental.com 4 miles east of Grenfell on Trans Canada Hwy and 1 mile north

Visitors Always Welcome

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Box 399, Shaunavon, SK S0N 2M0 Phone (306) 297-2304 Fax (306) 297-2381 rloberle@sasktel.net

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306.581.6444 | GRACOANGUSRANCH@GMAIL.COM

Your next project is on the horizon!

We can make it happen!

Contact us for more information.

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Peak Dot Ranch Ltd.

Box 105, Wood Mountain, SK S0H 4L0 Terry Moneo Carson Moneo 306-266-4303 306-266-4414 Clay Moneo Scott & Mia Turner 306-266-4411 306-266-2056 Fax: 306-266-4930 Email: peakdot@xplornet.com www.peakdotranch.com

Quality Red Angus Cattle

Black & Red Angus Cattle Bull Test & Sale Facility Box 100, Kisbey, SK S0C 1L0 Jim & Sarah Anderson Ph: 306-462-4440 Jim’s Cell: 306-575-7608 Sarah’s Cell: 306-575-7609 rightcrossranch@hotmail.com

www.rightcrossranch.com

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Peter Ivanochko and family Box 1212 Preeceville, SK S0A 3B0 306-547-7188 peter.ivan@hotmail.com

Box 176 Dundurn, SK S0K 1K0 306.492.2161 wilbarcattle@gmail.com b r ya n a n d t r a c e y w i l l m s w w w . w i l b a r c at t l e . co m

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MAPLECREST FARMS RECEIVES CERTIFIED ANGUS BEEF AMBASSADOR AWARD

The Grimes and Hall families were recognized at CAB’s annual conference late September

- By MORGAN BOECKER

“Folks in our region want their cows to look good, but we also understand and respect the bigger picture and our role as registered Angus breeders in the beef production chain,” Lindsey says, crediting her dad for teaching her this. “It’s a delicate balance and you have to be very disciplined.”

Patient study of pedigrees, examining how cattle are built and then choosing careful mating combinations has paid off.

Good partners drive successful businesses. At Maplecrest Farms, Joanie Grimes and her family have forged relationships across the supply chain, aligning their high-performing Angus genetics and customer-first mentality to elevate both their businesses and the breed.

The outcome? A reputation for trust, quality and an unwavering commitment to the cattle industry.

Joanie, with daughter Lindsey and her husband, Adam Hall, raise registered Angus cattle with two primary goals: producing high-quality seedstock for a wide variety of environments and ensuring end-user satisfaction.

“There’s some thought in the industry that you can’t have both,” Joanie says. “John was very successful in breeding cattle that not only produce Prime carcasses but also are very fine individuals that you are proud to look at in the front pasture.”

A growing connection Hillsboro is only three hours from the CAB office and in closer proximity to many brand partners.

The family is always willing to attend food shows to represent Angus producers and share how cattle are cared for on the farm. They also host CAB ranch days throughout the year.

After dozens of tours, Lindsey says the biggest surprise is when guests realize the science and technology ranchers use.

Their unique position brings together opposite ends of the supply chain—promoting everything from high-quality Angus genetics to the Certified Angus Beef ® brand with partners and consumers—and earned them the 2025 Certified Angus Beef (CAB) Ambassador Award Champions for the breed In 1998, Joanie and her late husband, John, road tripped across Kansas, which led them to change direction at Maplecrest Farms. What started as 40 cows has grown and expanded to an Angus seedstock business with more than 300 cows.

They’ve also broadened their customer base.

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They walk through the barn and see the semen tanks and where embryos are kept.

They show them where cows are flushed and then bred using in vitro fertilization.

“Those are things they can relate to because they understand from a human perspective,” Lindsey says. “It’s so fun to see their faces light up because they had no idea we use the same technology.”

Being ambassadors for CAB has shown them that everyone has a role in the beef supply chain.

“Even though we’re at the beginning of the production chain, we’re always thinking about the restaurateur and foodservice distributors and how the decisions we make at breeding affect the eating experience they deliver to their customers,” Lindsey says.

And ultimately, the success of both their businesses.

From farm to fork In the spring of 2021, they launched Maplecrest Meats, a direct-to-consumer meat business.

The new store not only gave Lindsey a larger role with the family business, but it also gave them another way to work with their customers to source beef. They tap into a supply of calves, still using Maplecrest genetics, to source a wider variety of ages for the store year-round.

This also gives their local bull customers another market for their feeder calves, Joanie says.

To be successful, they needed the right partner.

That’s how they became one of the first CAB Ranch to Table™ licensees. Maplecrest Meats also gives them a direct avenue to engage and talk with consumers.

“When we tell people our story at the store, one of the things we tell them is that everything that is in that freezer and every mama cow and every bull we own has had a 23andMe test,” Joanie says. “They kind of look at you [puzzled] and we tell them how we know genetically what makes them up.”

They test DNA for each animal and submit phenotype and performance data to the American Angus Association.

For years, this improved their cattle; now it’s helping their store succeed and grow.

All that work done today will be enjoyed on someone’s dinner table years down the road.

Realizing that, they’ll always be strong ambassadors for every step of the beef supply chain.

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AMERICAN ANGUS ASSOCIATION FISCAL YEAR RESULTS SHOW CONTINUED STRENGTH IN BEEF INDUSTRY Signals in 2025 show strong demand for Angus cattle, beef products.

- By JESSICA HARTMAN, ANGUS COMMUNICATIONS

The American Angus Association® concluded a successful fiscal year in which registrations totaled more than 300,000 for the 11th consecutive year and were up nearly 2.4% from the year prior. Regular and junior memberships totaled 21,467.

As a result of years of data collection and research, the Association released three new expected progeny differences (EPDs) in 2025: Functional Longevity (FL), Teat Size (Teat) and Udder Suspension (UDDR). Alongside the release, Angus Genetics Inc.

Leading seedstock sales during a record year in the cattle markets, registered Angus bulls and females both garnered high-dollar prices.

(AGI®) updated the Maternal Weaned Calf Value ($M) and Combined Value ($C) dollar value indexes ($Values) to account for the three new maternal EPDs.

Bulls averaged $8,395 and females bested that number by $41 – an increase of $1,200 and nearly $1,600 respectively compared to the year prior.

Demand not only supported the sale of cattle at a higher dollar but also an increase in the number of head sold during the same period.

These market trends were the focus of several sessions held at the 2025 Angus Convention, October 31 – November 2, in Kansas City.

“We are fortunate not only to enjoy this historic market, but do it as a leader in the industry.

That is not something we take lightly,” said Mark McCully, chief executive officer of the Association, while addressing the membership at the convention. “We have a responsibility to continue to improve the Angus breed by supporting our producers.”

McCully said the Association remains focused on supporting the continued success of the Angus breed through programs, tools and resources that help producers meet their individual operation’s goals. During the fiscal year, the Association added and made improvements to its toolkit for members.

At the close of the 2025 fiscal year, there were more than 433,000 combined scores for teat size and udder suspension and 8.9 million records collected from 2.1 million females behind FL. To better communicate the value of registered Angus genetics and allow for a direct comparison to sires’ $Values, AGI® added $Values to their genetic testing product for commercial females, GeneMax® Advantage™.

The update creates a common language, so both buyer and seller can make direct comparisons and more easily evaluate a given bull’s genetic potential to meet the goals of a commercial herd.

These tools are possible thanks to decades of data collections efforts by Association members, who have built the largest single beef breed database.

In an ongoing effort to maintain the database and best characterize the current Angus population through data collection, Angus Herd Improvements Records (AHIR®) launched a new program to recognize

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members committed to that effort. During its inaugural year, 129 herds earned Data Driven Herd recognition. AHIR also saw a 16% increase in enrollment in Inventory Reporting.

The close of fiscal year also marked one year of a partnership between AngusLink SM, National Beef Packing Co., LLC (NBP) and U.S. Premium Beef, LLC (USPB).

In a first-of-its-kind program, producers selling to USPB earned premiums based on the genetic merit of their cattle, as measured by the AngusLink Genetic Merit Scorecard SM. Looking at data from August 2024 through mid-February 2025, over 44% of cattle that have qualified for the program have graded Prime; compared to industry average of 11% Prime.

Qualifying cattle have averaged more than $200 per head premium over selling in the cash market.

The partnership’s success has been a testament to the AngusLinkSM value-added program. Since 2019, premiums paid out total $94.5 million.

Over the last year, more than 287,000 cattle have been enrolled in AngusLink, resulting in producers earning an average premium of $20.92 per hundredweight.

year of its Raised with RespectTM campaign having facilitated the Beef Quality Assurance certification of more than 1,600 ranchers.

Serving the advertising and communications needs of members, Angus MediaSM created more than 19,000 custom sale book pages.

In the past year, the Angus Journal® printed 948 news articles, and the Angus Beef Bulletin® provided commercial readers with 239 industry news articles.

Downloads for the publications’ podcasts neared 140,000.

The Angus Foundation continues to expand its reach and support of youth, education and research; awarding $395,500 through scholarships.

Members supporting the mission donated more than $660,000 in unrestricted funds and $5,517,260 in additional donations and grants.

The Fund the Future campaign, which contributes to the unrestricted Angus Fund, was supported by 18 donors and raised more than $81,000 through the sale of donated lots.

To view the 2025 Association’s Annual Report and financial report, visit https://bit.ly/AAA_AnnualReport25.

Nearly 19,000 registered Angus bulls were represented in fiscal year 2025 enrollments.

Driving a growing demand for Angus genetics, Certified Angus Beef sold 1.235 billion pounds of branded beef with 17,000 licensed partners worldwide, the 10th consecutive year above 1 billion pounds.

Engaging producers across the industry, Certified Angus Beef concluded the second Todays Angus Advantage

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A SUMMER TO LEARN, GROW Certif ied Angus Beef seeks applicants for its summer internships.

- By OLIVIA ROOKER, 2025 producer communications intern

Whether from the East or West Coast, and anywhere in between, Certified Angus Beef (CAB) interns experience the atmosphere of a full-time role while building their resume and portfolio.

meaningful projects and gain career mentors to apply. Selected interns will contribute to news stories, website content, social media posts, photography and videography.

CAB opens four internship positions each summer, guiding students as they apply their skills from the classroom in a real-world setting. All positions are geared towards students pursuing a career in agricultural communications, marketing or and digital media.

Internships for the upcoming year include:

From their first day to their last, interns are valued members of the team. Experiencing what it’s like to work for the brand, from brainstorming sessions to executing projects.

“We give the interns a lot of autonomy to use their creativity to complete projects,” says Morgan Boecker, CAB producer communications senior manager. “Their managers and other team members are always there and willing to provide direction and intentional feedback, so that each intern walks away with valuable experience and work samples that add to their portfolios.”

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The multimedia intern assists with video and photo shoots for campaigns and practices editing skills.

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The marketing intern will be engaging with brand partners and building promotional content for retail and service business use.

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The social media intern monitors social platforms, evaluating analytics and overall consumer engagement.

4. The producer communications intern supports communication efforts for cattlemen and women, writing content for digital platforms and Angus Media publications.

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What past interns say The 2025 marketing intern, Grace Greer, from Dalton, Ohio, says she built confidence as she learned and grew her skillset over the summer.

Producer communications intern, Olivia Rooker, says that the summer challenged and refined the skills she learned at Oklahoma State University.

It also created an experience that will shape her expectations when she pursues a full-time role after graduation.

“Coming into the summer with a growth mindset set me up for success,” Rooker says. “It allowed me to learn from so many of my peers and gain a deeper appreciation for the brand and the work that goes on behind the scenes to make it what it is today.”

With new projects planned each summer, you get the chance to be involved in several industry events, ranch and partner visits, and contribute to the overall communication and marketing efforts.

Often, interns plan and organize projects that are executed by the team after their internship ends.

The Certified Angus Beef atmosphere could easily be described as family, says Alex Ramirez, this year’s social media intern. “Everyone is passionate about their work, and the company culture is one of the most welcoming environments I have worked in.”

What to expect Positions will be held in the CAB office located in Wooster, Ohio, with opportunities for travel throughout the summer.

Selected interns spend 10 to 12 weeks of their summer contributing to the brand.

To apply, students must submit a cover letter, resume and a link to their online portfolio that showcases their work.

Applicants may express which internship position they are applying for. For more information about summer internships for 2026, visit CABcattle.com/ internship.

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alberta ALBERTA

Jay & Lenore Davis & Family Phone: 403-546-2299 Fax: 403-546-3074 Box 184, Acme, AB T0M 0A0 ardafarms@wildroseinternet.ca

◊ Angus Cattle ◊ ◊ Ranch & Performance Horses ◊ Silas Chapman

Box 728, Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 (403) 741-2099 silas@chapmancattle.com

www.chapmancattle.com

Leon & Melissa Lee Oyen, Alberta Leon Cell ◊ 403-664-0370 Melissa Cell ◊ 403-664-9177 E-Mail ◊ diamondlranching@gmail.com Box 441 ◊ Oyen, Alberta ◊ T0J 2J0

We Stand Behind Our Bulls and Beside Our Customers RR 2, Olds, AB T4H 1P3 | 403.994.0552 Brody, Justine, Calynn & Hiller Gardner Gary, Donna & Rob Smith: 403-861-6884 diamondtcattle@xplornet.com www.diamondtcattle.ca

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Laura Brown, Trish & Tim Henderson Box 217, Erskine, AB T0C 1G0 403-742-4226 Trish cell 403-999-3012

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22525 Twp Rd 514 Sherwood Park, Alberta, T8C 1H5

Doreen Ainsworth & Family Box 488, Mayerthorpe, AB T0E 1N0 Ph 780.785.3136

lazysranchinc@outlook.com

www.lazysranch.ca Red & Black Simmental & Angus Bull Power Sale last Saturday in January

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Breeding 300 Functional Black Angus Females

Robert & Gail Hamilton 274 132 Range Road 33, Rocky View County, AB T4C 2Y2

Ph: (403) 932-5980 Cell: (403) 540-3186 www.hamiltonfarms.ca angus@hamiltonfarms.ca

Visitors Welcome

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Papered Red Angus, Black Angus, Polled Herefords & F1 Females

RR 1, Edgerton, Alberta, Canada Farm: 780.755.2207 Neil: 780.209.5156 Jim & Linda: 780.842.7988 Greg: 780.806.1319 Email: gjpugh@hotmail.com

The Best Beef

Sean McGrath

Registered Black & Red Angus

R.R. No. 2, Kitscoty, Alberta T0B 2P0 Jim & Jodi King & Family

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The Best Beef

Sean McGrath

Box 3528 Vermilion, AB T9X 2B5 (780)853‐9673 sean@roundrockranching.com www.roundrockranching.com

The Best Beef in a Better World

Box 420, Athabasca, Alberta T9S 2A4 Phone: 780-675-4664 info@olefarms.com www.olefarms.com Kelly 780-689-7822 Graham: 780-675-0112 Residence: 780-675-3445

Pedersen Livestock Kurt & Becky Pedersen

(780) 755-3160 (780) 209-9999 Kurt Cell www.pedersenlivestock.com

Wayne Grant

PO Box 174, Killam, alberta 780•385•2216

RJ LIVESTOCK

Justin Pittman & Ricki Fleming Purebred Black Angus & Charolais

P.O. Box 1 Granum, AB T0L 1A0 Phone: 403-687-2245 Justin: 403-647-4095 Ricki: 403-625-1606 rjlivestock13@gmail.com

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Waveny Angus Farm Black Angus Cattle / est. 1929

Mike & Hazel Chase Vermilion, AB waveny@mcsnet.ca waveny.ca

BE A Stand Out

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MEANS RANCH COMPANY EARNS

CERTIFIED ANGUS BEEF SUSTAINABILITY AWARD

Jon and Jackie Means recognized at the 2025 Certif ied Angus Beef Annual Conference.

- By LINDSAY GRABER RUNFT

A far horizon swallows the sky across sparse grama and greasewood that sway under a pitiless sun while jackrabbits dart between cactus spines. Just over the Davis Mountain foothills, cowboys drive Angus cows toward catch pens.

Joined with the Chispa Ranch to span 90,000 acres, it’s a big chunk of the Means Ranch Company, a decades-old enterprise the couple own. The original Y-6 ranch, established in the 1880s, was only split once and all remains in family hands.

It’s ranching, romanticized. Until you live it. On the Means Ranch, beauty is a thin veil over a desolate land. For four generations, the Means family has ranched in Texas. With a commitment to environmental sustainability, alongside quality Angus genetics, they earned the 2025 Certified Angus Beef (CAB) Sustainability Award.

“This land here is diverse,” longtime Means Ranch cowboy Clay Miller says. “And unforgiving.” Gravel roads wind through wide-open spaces, bending around mountains to catch pens and cowboy camps.

What makes a ranch sustainable? To Jon Means, it’s simple: the same family, ranching on the same land, for the last 140 years. They could not have done that without sustainability.

Responsible use of water, caring for the land and its wildlife, destocking the herd for drought recovery and then building back with an eye toward grid premiums.

Every Inch In 1979, Jon and Jackie Means were married and the El Paso girl moved three hours east to the Moon Ranch. She used a bleak term for their view.

“Don’t call it that,” Jon had bantered. “It’s not a desert. We have grass.”

It all looks the same, and although framed plat maps line Jon’s office wall, he knows it like the back of his hand: Where and why fencelines were drawn, shifted to share a water tank with the Y-6 or to let cows get to the other side of a mountain.

Ranching revolves around the environment. Cow numbers are down from the typical 1,200 head because of long, extreme drought.

Jackie says running the ranch takes constant management with the diligence of “operating on the margins.”

And probably some faith, too, that enough rain will fall at the right time. The 40 types of native grass are resilient but still need some moisture, and summer rains are key.

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Thirty to 40 years ago, average annual rainfall was 10 inches, but Jackie cannot remember a year in this century when they got that much.

Fifty years of striving to breed hardy Angus cattle to fit the terrain led to good structure, with sound feet and legs to travel long distances over rough terrain.

Multi-year droughts have challenged natural resources to where rotational grazing and water conservation are mandatory. “We use every inch of this ranch as best we can,” Jackie says.

Through the years, Jon and Jackie have traveled the United States to find new genetics and expand their bull battery. Besides phenotype, Jon uses EPDs, looking closely at birthweight, fertility and carcass traits.

Jon says they’ve been deliberate with pasture use, careful not to overgraze and allowing time for the land to heal. Standard stocking allows 60 acres per cow, but they add range cake when necessary.

When Jon’s grandfather was growing up, the Y-6 and Moon Ranch (combined) had only six wells.

Today, the Moon Ranch has more than 150 miles of pipeline running water to troughs for cattle. Solar panels replaced windmills on all 22 wells, while covers limit evaporation on storage tanks.

Birds and wildlife benefit from sustained conservation too, Jackie says. Lacking native trees on the ranch, the Meanses planted adaptable multi-purpose trees—shade for cattle and habitat for birds. They added programs to feed quail and deer.

“We buy bulls that will work for us here first,” he says, noting essential fertility. “We’ve got to have a live calf and get that live calf to the feedyard.”

He culls cows that do not breed back. Angus cows are dual-purpose here, with mothering ability as well as terminal traits.

To stay in production, cows must be thrifty, have nice udders and raise a calf that performs in the feedyard and on the rail.

After processing and weaning, steers and heifers part. The latter are developed for replacements while steers are shipped to wheat pasture till they average 800 lb.

Everything works in harmony. “How else would we use it?” Jon says. “The land needs the cattle and the cattle have to have the land to survive.”

Then it’s on to the Triangle H feedyard at Garden City, Kan., where the Meanses retain ownership and sometimes partner with the yard.

Quality, No Excuses In the early 1960s, Jon’s father was among the first here to begin switching from Herefords to Angus.

Predictable, Profitable and Sustainable “All of our cattle go through that program and they do amazingly well,” Jon says, noting years of data.

They’re predictable, and they perform well on feed.

It all ladders up to profitability.

In recent years, Means Ranch Company cattle have had a 53% CAB acceptance rate and 48% graded Prime, including those qualifying for CAB Prime.

“It always surprises us that our cattle can be as healthy and big as they are, in a land that’s as arid as this,” Jackie says. It’s a humble statement. Jon and Jackie do what it takes to raise high-quality cattle in a challenging environment—no excuses.

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7 RANCHERS RECOGNIZED AT #BEEFBASH Bruce Cobb EVP - Production

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Last week, we hosted our Annual Conference in Austin, Texas, where packers, distributors, retailers, restaurateurs and producers united to honor their shared commitment to deliver the Certified Angus Beef ® brand to consumers worldwide. This event is for our partners first, with content specifically built to support their teams to sell more Certified Angus Beef ® brand. But it’s also a time to celebrate the hard work happening across the supply chain to not only raise high-quality Angus cattle, but also the accomplishments of our retail and foodservice partners.

Below, we highlight this year’s seven producer awards, who were recognized last week on the big stage.

WHAT’S SIZZLIN’ AT CERTIFIED ANGUS BEEF 7 Families Earn Production Awards

Seedstock Commitment to Excellence: Tehama Angus Ranch The Borror family has raised Angus cattle for three generations, among rows of orchards across the Northern California rangeland. Bill, his son Kevin and his grandson Bryce Borror balance maternal strength, carcass merit, and customer profitability while stewarding decades-old pastures and using data-driven breeding decisions.

Commercial Commitment to Excellence: Willis Ranch Six generations of ranching on Wyoming and Utah lands shaped the Willis family’s approach to raising Angus cattle. In the high desert, Willis Ranch combines traditional stockmanship with modern genetic tools, like GeneMax® Advantage™ and AngusLinkSM, to produce cattle that thrive and meet high-quality carcass targets.

Feedyard Commitment to Excellence: 4K Cattle LLC At 4K Cattle LLC near Hills, Minnesota, the Knoblochs focus on quality over scale. They’ve built a system where detail, consistency and relationships deliver premium results. The Knoblochs pens are filled with home-raised calves and those sourced from Dakota ranches. All fed cattle are marketed on the grid through Upper Iowa Beef.

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Canadian Commitment to Excellence: Cross Cattle Co. In the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, brothers Austin and Malcolm Cross are building on a century of family history on this land. They focus on quality from the start, with clear intentions to raise cattle that perform well in the pasture and consistently meet high standards for carcass merit.

Progressive Partner: Zybach Angus In the Texas Panhandle, the Zybachs raise cattle with care and lift others along the way. During his time as president of the Texas Angus Association, Steve Zybach saw the need to help smaller producers be more profitable. He acted on it, creating value-added program feeder calf sales in conjunction with various auction barns across the state.

BOTTOMLINE DRIVEN Big Cattle Keep Getting Bigger Carcass weights have been climbing for years, but 2025 is really showing how much things have changed. So far this year, fed cattle carcasses are averaging 24 pounds heavier than last year—and a whopping 46 pounds more than in 2023. That’s way beyond the usual 5.5-pound annual increase we used to expect.

Sustainability Award: Means Ranch Company Across the Davis Mountain foothills in Texas, cowboys drive Angus cows over sparse grama and greasewood under a pitiless sun. Jon and Jackie Means manage the ranch with sustainable grazing, water conservation and careful selection of Angus genetics, producing highquality beef while protecting the environment.

Ambassador Award: Maplecrest Farms The beef business is built on partnerships, some sealed by pen, some with a handshake. At Maplecrest Farms in Hillsboro, Ohio, Joanie Grimes and her family bridge every step of the beef supply chain, from raising Angus seedstock to managing a retail meat store and hosting food industry partners.

It all started with the 2020 pandemic backlog, which added 26 pounds to carcass weights almost overnight.

Everyone thought that would correct itself, but it didn’t.

Instead, weights kept creeping up, with only minor dips due to weather. By now, the industry has basically embraced this new normal.

Fast forward to early September 2025: carcass weights are just 3 pounds shy of the all-time weekly record set in January. If fall follows the usual pattern, we could see a new record of 940 pounds in November. Steers, which are averaging 81 pounds heavier than heifers, could hit 973 pounds. Still, it’s not guaranteed. Weights have already jumped 14 pounds in just four weeks, so the pace might slow. But unless something shifts—like packer demand, weather, or feed costs—2025 could average 922 pounds overall.

Bottom line: heavier carcasses are here to stay, and the trend isn’t slowing down much.

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CONSUMER DEMAND AND THE POWER OF QUALITY - By BRILEY RICHARD, freelance writer for Certified Angus Beef Demand for high-quality beef persists. But with that demand comes challenges. From tight cattle supplies to higher costs and increasing pressure on retailers to deliver a consistent eating experience, the pressure is on.

At the 2025 Feeding Quality Forum, David O’Diam, vice president of retail for Certified Angus Beef (CAB), addressed the current retail beef environment, highlighting both opportunities and challenges in today’s marketplace.

O’Diam noted that while cattle numbers are down, beef quality has held steady, providing an important foundation for retailers to merchandise CAB. “While there’s less overall total fed cattle, the quality in this herd is outstanding,” O’Diam said. Even with tighter supplies, retailers can still count on enough highquality beef to sell. And that’s a good thing.

Beyond supply, the dollars and cents are front of mind, too. Prices have shifted significantly in recent years. Following the pandemic disruptions of 2020, and shifting economy, consumers are still absorbing increasing prices. Since COVID-19, carcass values have increased by more than $1,500 on the box side. As prices rise, consistency becomes even more critical to ensuring consumer satisfaction and customers at the meat counter.

“One of the most detrimental things that can happen to our industry is having a bad eating experience when beef is this expensive,” O’Diam said. “That would be more detrimental to our industry than high prices of high quality.”

At the end-user level, Certified Angus Beef ® brand product offers a repeatable eating experience that protects consumer trust.

That consistency is especially important during key promotional periods, when retailers move tremendous volumes of beef. O’Diam explained how weekly features can quickly multiply into large-scale demand.

“Seventy percent of their volume on a weekly basis comes from that front page feature. If it generates a million pounds, that’s about 25 truckloads. It’s about 2,500 or 3,000 head of cattle in one week.”

Such promotions create constant pressure to secure product in advance. The environment in which the CAB sales and product services teams interact with partners has changed. Conversations center on current supply dynamics and how beef buyers can navigate them to ensure they have beef available for heavier sales periods.

But what about the other animal proteins? Even in the face of competition from pork and poultry, O’Diam said demand for premium beef remains strong. That demand exists because Angus ranchers have built it, delivering a quality product time and again that keeps consumers coming back.

“We are up as a retail division in light of the smallest cattle herd and in light of the highest prices ever. This is the demand that this room has created.”

Momentum continues to lean toward premium beef.

“There’s more demand for [Prime] product than what we have available,” O’Diam said. “It’s item specific and there’s a lot of caveats to it, but the reality is we are demanding more Prime today than ever before and selling it specifically at retail.” For Angus ranchers, the path forward is clear: continue targeting CAB and pushing for Prime.

The 2025 Feeding Quality Forum was sponsored by Alltech, AngusLink, NCBA Cattlemen’s Education Series sponsored by National Corn Growers Association, Diamond V, Drovers, FeedLot, Rabo AgriFinance, Select Sires, Selko, and Upper Iowa Beef.

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Crescent Creek Angus

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Davis-Rairdan Embryo Transplans Ltd 50 Deer River Ranching Black Angus

Diamond L Ranch 34 7

Aberlynn Farms 34 50

Alta Genetics 50 Anderson Cattle Co 40 Arda Farms 34 AS Galten 44 Atlasta Angus 34 Bar DK Angus 24 BCK Livestock Financial

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Black Ridge Angus Farm

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Blairswest Land & Cattle Ltd

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BMB Brewin Angus 34 Bohrson Marketing 5 Border Butte 34 Bova-Tech Ltd 50 Bow Valley Genetics

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Broken T Ranch

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Canadian Farm Insurance Corp

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Castle Rock Marketing

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Chapman Cattle Company

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Circle 7 Angus 24

Diamond T Cattle 34 DKF Angus 24 Dorran, Steve 51 Double Bar D Farms

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Double F Cattle Co

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Dragonview Angus 42 Dwajo Registered Angus

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Early Sunset Ranch 1 EKW Red Angus

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Emmatt Creek Ranch

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Eton Six Cattle 40 Everblack Angus 35 Fraser Farms 40 Gilchrist Farms 44 Gillett Angus 35 Glasman Farms 40 Glennie Bros. Angus

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Graco Angus Ranch

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Grant Rolston Photography Ltd

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GTA Ranch Inc 35 H.S. Knill Co Ltd

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Hahn Cattle Co 35

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KC Cattle Co 25 Lazy S Ranch Inc

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M&J Farms 40 Maple Line Farm 44 Mar Mac Farms 40 McGowan Farms 35 McMillen Ranching Ltd

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Merit Insurance Brokers

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Minburn Angus 35 MJT Cattle Co Ltd

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Moose Creek Red Angus

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Movin On Farms 36 Murray Ranches IFC, 21 Myjoco Angus 44 Nordal Limousin & Angus

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North 40 Red Angus

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Ockerman Angus 36 Ole Farms 36 Ossaw Angus 40 Peak Dot Ranch Ltd

Pedersen Livestock 36 Poley, Chris 51 Poplar Meadow Angus

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Premier Livestock 3 Pugh Farms 36 Redrich Farms 36 Rehorst Farms Ltd

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ReMax Crown Real Estate

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Right Cross Ranch 26 Rivercrest Angus Ranch

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RJ Livestock 36 RNR Flicek Black Angus

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Rob Roy Angus 44

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Western Litho Printers

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Whitney Black Angus

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Wilbar Cattle Co

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Windcroft Farms 45 Windy Willows Farms

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Wright Cattle Company

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RSL Red Angus 26

Z Bar Angus 27

Sandy Bar Ranch 26 Schaff Angus Valley

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Shiloh Cattle Company

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Spruce Ridge Stock Farms

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Spruce View Angus Ranch

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Standard Hill Livestock

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Still Meadows Farm

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Stock, Mark 51 Storebo Farm Simmental & Angus

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Sunny Grove Angus

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T Bar C Cattle Co

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HARPREY FARMS ANNUAL ANGUS BULL & FEMALE SALE PROTON STATION, ON 8 WHEATLAND CATTLE CO. 22ND ANNUAL BULL SALE BIENFAIT, SK 9 CANADIAN CENTRAL SIMMENTAL & ANGUS SALE NEEPAWA , MB 11 MAR MAC FARMS & GUESTS ANNUAL BULL SALE BRANDON, MB 12 BAR-H LAND & CATTLE ANNUAL ANGUS BULL & FEMALE SALE LANGENBURG, SK 12 MURRAY RANCHES BULL SALE CONSORT, AB 14 LLB ANGUS 39TH ANNUAL BULL & FEMALE SALE ERSKINE, AB 14-15 SPRING THAW ONLINE FROZEN ANGUS GENETICS DLMS FARMGATE 15 EARLY SUNSET ONLY THE GOOD ONES SELL SIMMENTAL & ANGUS SALE EDAM, SK 16 SOUTH SASK SIMMENTAL & ANGUS SALE MOOSE JAW, SK 17 HOLLINGER LAND & CATTLE CO. 12TH ANNUAL ANGUS BULL & FEMALE SALE NEUDORF, SK 18 TOOLS OF THE TRADE ANGUS BULL SALE DUNDURN, SK 19 THE 2026 BLAIRSWEST & GUESTS BULL SALE DRAKE, SK 20 DURALTA FARMS ANGUS BULL & FEMALE SALE VEGREVILLE, AB 20 SCOTT STOCK FARM BULL SALE CROSSFIELD, AB 21 BALAMORE FARM LTD. THICKNESS SELLS BULL SALE GREAT VILLAGE, NS 23 HIGHWAY 21 GROUP CHAROLAIS & SIMM/ANGUS BULL SALE HANNA, AB

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U2 CONNECTION 2026 ANNUAL BULL SALE COALDALE, AB HAMILTON FARMS 30TH ANNUAL BULL + SELECT FEMALE SALE COCHRANE, AB BEST OF THE BREEDS BULL SALE YORKTON, SK EVERBLACK ANGUS BULL SALE VERMILION, AB CMT FARMS BLACK ANGUS BULL SALE COCHIN, SK

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PEAK DOT RANCH LTD. SPRING BULL SALE WOOD MOUNTAIN, SK WILSON-LEES POLLED HEREFORD & ANGUS BULL SALE KISBEY, SK SIX MILE RANCH ANNUAL BULL SALE FIR MOUNTAIN, SK SPIRIT OF THE NORTH BULL SALE SPIRITWOOD, SK RIGHT CROSS RANCH RED & BLACK ANGUS BULL SALE KISBEY, SK 26TH ANNUAL SOUTHVIEW RANCH BULL SALE CEYLON, SK TRIPLE A ANGUS BULL SALE MOOSE JAW, SK MOMENTUM SPECKLE PARK & ANGUS BULL & FEMALE SALE ST. DENIS, SK GRACO ANGUS 3RD ANNUAL BULL & FEMALE SALE PARRY, SK YOUNGDALE ANGUS BULL AND FEMALE SALE ALAMEDA, SK THE PRIME PLUS BULL SALE NEEPAWA, MB LINDSKOV’S LT RANCH 45TH ANNUAL BULL SALE ISABEL, SD

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3% 4%

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7%

50% Under $10,000 150 Head under $12,000 97 Head from $5,000-$9,000

14%

12%

22% 27%

10%

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