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Making Sense of Supply, Pricing and Navigating the Market

Amid anticipated shifts in cattle supply and evolving market dynamics, CAB remains well-positioned to navigate the beef sales road ahead. Clint Walenciak addressed how producer profitability, strategic specification adjustments, and resilient demand will help stabilize the brand’s beef supply chain through herd size and pricing shifts in 2025 and beyond.

Every Issue Has Its Moment

Progress happens when people are at the table, engaged and committed to action. With a vested interest in the industry’s future, CAB is leaning in on conversations surrounding evolutions in meat science.

Colvin Scholarships for Food and Agriculture Students

Investing in the future of the beef industry, Certified Angus Beef will award $100,000 to college students passionate about food and agriculture from the Colvin Scholarship Fund. Applications are across three categories and open through April 14.

Thriving with Shrinking Supply

Even as the nation’s cow herd contracts, “more pounds” and “higher quality” have been common themes. Specific to commercial cattlemen: It still pays to focus on carcass merit, in addition to other economically relevant traits.

Rob Shuey Joins Certified Angus Beef Board

Shuey knows the product and understands sales and how CAB partners view the brand. This extends internationally, given he retired from Tyson as the senior vice president of international fresh meats, lending him a global perspective for CAB’s licensed partners.

Raised with Respect™ Rewards Producers with Current BQA Certificates

Taking care of your herd is part of the job of every stockman, and it’s the right thing to do. While you’re not committed to cattle care for recognition, you could be rewarded for holding a current BQA certification. Through two incentive opportunities, CAB and Sysco are recognizing producers who go above and beyond to show commitment to their herd.

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Missing the Mark Leaves Money on the Table

Certified Angus Beef regularly collects data on millions of fed cattle to discover how cattlemen can capture more value for high-quality carcasses beginning on the ranch. When black-hided cattle don’t earn the CAB stamp, it’s most often for missing the mark in marbling, HCW, REA and backfat.

CAB Premiums Reach Record $182 Million

Annual grid, formula and contract premiums paid on CAB carcasses in 2021 totaled $182 million, up from the 2019 record of $92 million. Cattlemen who raise black Angus-influenced cattle that meet the brand’s specifications have the chance to earn more than ever before.

Producers Can Influence Sustainability

Sustainability is a new target for producers. While there are no plans to meet these goals yet, there is interest in how cattle can be part of the solution. It comes down to the adage, “trust but verify,” and verification will need to come from those raising beef.

CAB Insider

Carcass Quality Spreads Pop

High quality steak and roast items such as ribeyes, strip loins, tenderloins and sirloins carry an outsized share of the load when it comes to generating pricing separation up and down the carcass quality spectrum.

CAB Refines Hot Carcass Weight Specification

The brand’s commitment to aggregating winning outcomes is reliant on the relevance of the brand’s carcass specifications to each sector of the beef industry, and ultimately the consumer. This commitment to evolve as the overall industry progresses has resulted in the brand’s recent adjustment of the hot carcass weight maximum to 1,100 lb.

CAB Brand Sales Second Largest on Record

The brand recorded the second largest ever sales volume in fiscal 2022 with total sales culminating in 1.234 billion pounds, a 1.6% increase on the prior year. The sum was narrowly below the brand’s 2019 record 1.25 billion pounds sold.

Success Stories

Pride & Precision

Pride & Precision Arkansas cousins use technology to drive Angus success 7 A hardware salesman and a hand surgeon walk into a pasture… For Phillip Smith and Dr. David Taylor, there’s no need for a punch line. What might sound like the start of a tall tale is...

Tradition, innovation, loyalty and trust

Tradition, innovation, loyalty and trust

Sometimes, the best plan is what Dad and Grandpa always did. For their continued focus on procuring and feeding high quality, Bledsoe Cattle Company earned the Certified Angus Beef ® 2018 Feedyard Commitment to Excellence award.

Building Better Beef – Kenny Hinkle

Missouri Angus breeder earns CAB honors Hinkle named 2018 Progressive Partner of the Year 7 Building Better Beef There was no big vision, just a passion for Angus cattle. Limited in land, time and resources, Hinkle always knew he’d never be big, but resolved that...

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