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How Much Could Your Cull Cows Be Worth
Season 4 Episode 173
We share tips on how to manage your cull cows and bulls to maximize your dollars. Cultivated and lab grown meat hit the news as more and more states push to shut down the selling of lab grown meat. We have market reports, news you need to hear, horse sale updates and lots more all wrapped into this episode of The Ranch It Up Radio Show. Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcasting app or on the Ranch It Up Radio Show YouTube Channel.
EPISODE 173 DETAILSUp to 20 percent of a producer's income can come from the marketing of cull cows and bulls. But we need to manage them a certain way to maximize the profit potential, especially with markets being as high as they are. Michaela Clowser, The Director of Producer Education from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association joins us to introduce the Right Way, Right Time program.
Alabama has become the latest U.S. state to take legislative action against cultivated meat, with the Senate passing a bill to ban these proteins. The bill will now move to the House of Representatives, where it could become law. Many other states are trying to pass such legislation.
Meat sales have been strong thus far in 2024 as beef margins shrink for the packer. We have all the details.
RIGHT WAY, RIGHT TIME
For cattle producers across the country, whether beef or dairy, cull cattle are part of doing business. Animals age, they no longer breed back, and their health deteriorates. Incorporating culling decision guidelines into an operation’s best management practices benefits both animal welfare as well as the producer’s bottom line. Animal well-being must be considered in every decision made throughout the animal’s life.
Cull cattle, while being removed from the herd, are an untapped market for producers. It’s estimated that sales of market cows and bulls contribute up to 20% of operational gross revenue for beef operations.1 According to Derrell Peel with Oklahoma State University, “It is possible to increase the value of cull cows by 25 to 45 percent or more by improving cull cow management and marketing.”
According to the 2022 National Beef Quality Audit (NBQA), the market cow and bull sector provides an alternative product and a secondary value to animals once their original purpose is no longer suitable. When it comes to product fabrication, market cows and bulls are typically associated with ground beef production. However, over time, the industry has realized that some market cows and bulls have the potential to yield valuable primals to be fabricated and sold as retail cuts and to the restaurant trade.
Even though cull animals are often viewed as a loss, with effective planning, these animals can be a significant source of revenue and should not be overlooked. In essence, cull cattle are market cattle. This document addresses key problem areas, provides strategies for making timely culling decisions, and is designed to help producers examine the opportunity to capture more value through effective management regarding cull cattle.
COW COUNTRY NEWS Alabama has become the latest US state to take legislative action against cultivated meat, with the Senate passing a bill to ban these proteins. The bill will now move to the House of Representatives, where it could become law.Senators in Alabama have passed a bill to ban cultivated meat from being sold.
Sponsored by Senator Jack Williams, Senate Bill 23 makes it a Class C felony to manufacture, sell or distribute cultivated meat in the southern state. If you’re the owner of a restaurant hoping to offer cultivated meat to patrons, you could be convicted and your establishment could have its food safety permit suspended or even revoked.
Alabama is far from the only state hoping to limit the cultivated meat sector. Florida has introduced two bills hoping t
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