The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is pleased to present the 29 th annual edition of Directions. This special edition of National Cattlemen includes useful beef industry trends and statistics, as well as informa- tion about and NCBA and current priorities. The information included in this section is compiled annually by CattleFax over the course of several months. The information comes from open, voluntary and proprietary sources. While every effort is made to ensure the information contained within is accurate, some individual operations may have been overlooked and others may have chosen not to be included. If you would like to participate in next year’s listings, please contact NCBA at 866-BEEF-USA and request to be included in the 2015 mailing. Please note that all listings must meet the rankings criteria in order to be considered. We hope you find the information included in this issue useful as you make decisions about your operation. 2014 2015 TREND Region I Indiana 810 UP 870 Kentucky 2,240 DOWN 2,090 Maryland 192 DOWN 182 Michigan 1,120 FLAT 1,120 New England* 538 DOWN 513 New York 1,400 UP 1,450 Ohio 1,230 UP 1,250 Pennsylvania 1,610 UP 1,620 Virginia 1,610 DOWN 1,530 West Virginia 410 DOWN 380 Total 11,160 DOWN 11,005 *Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont 2014 2015 TREND Region II Alabama 1,220 UP 1,240 Florida 1,660 DOWN 1,620 Georgia 1,020 DOWN 1,000 Louisiana 780 UP 790 Mississippi 910 UP 930 North Carolina 820 DOWN 810 South Carolina 355 UP 360 Tennessee 1,830 DOWN 1,760 Total 8,595 DOWN 8,510 2014 2015 TREND Region III Illinois 1,120 UP 1,130 Iowa 3,850 DOWN 3,700 Minnesota 2,390 DOWN 2,380 Missouri 3,650 UP 3,800 Wisconsin 3,450 DOWN 3,350 Total 14,460 DOWN 14,260 2014 2015 TREND Region IV Arkansas 1,600 UP 1,660 Oklahoma 4,200 UP 4,300 Texas 11,300 DOWN 10,900 Total 17,100 DOWN 16,860 2014 2015 TREND Region V Alaska 12 DOWN 10 Colorado 2,600 DOWN 2,480 Idaho 2,370 DOWN 2,190 Montana 2,600 DOWN 2,550 Oregon 1,280 FLAT 1,280 Washington 1,150 DOWN 1,100 Wyoming 1,290 DOWN 1,270 Total 11,302 DOWN 10,880 2014 2015 TREND Region VI Arizona 900 UP 920 California 5,300 DOWN 5,250 Hawaii 132 DOWN 130 New Mexico 1,340 DOWN 1,290 Nevada 460 DOWN 455 Utah 770 UP 800 Total 8,902 DOWN 8,845 2014 2015 TREND Region VII Kansas 5,850 DOWN 5,800 Nebraska 6,300 DOWN 6,150 North Dakota 1,790 DOWN 1,770 South Dakota 3,850 DOWN 3,650 Total 17,790 DOWN 17,370 Cattle and Calves on Farms (000 head) Jan. 1, 2015 • Cattle and calf numbers up 1 percent at 89,800 head, from 89,526 head the previous year. DIRECTIONS Statistics 36 NATIONAL CATTLEMEN DIRECTIONS 2015
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The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is pleased to present the 29th annual edition of Directions. This special edition of National Cattlemen includes useful beef industry trends and statistics, as well as informa-tion about and NCBA and current priorities.
The information included in this section is compiled annually by CattleFax over the course of several months. The information comes from open, voluntary and proprietary sources. While every effort is made to ensure the information contained within is accurate,
some individual operations may have been overlooked and others may have chosen not to be included.
If you would like to participate in next year’s listings, please contact NCBA at 866-BEEF-USA and request to be included in the 2015 mailing. Please note that all listings must meet the rankings criteria in order to be considered.
We hope you find the information included in this issue useful as you make decisions about your operation.
2014 2015 TREND Region I Indiana 810 UP 870Kentucky 2,240 DOWN 2,090Maryland 192 DOWN 182Michigan 1,120 FLAT 1,120New England* 538 DOWN 513New York 1,400 UP 1,450Ohio 1,230 UP 1,250Pennsylvania 1,610 UP 1,620Virginia 1,610 DOWN 1,530West Virginia 410 DOWN 380Total 11,160 DOWN 11,005*Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont
2014 2015 TREND Region II Alabama 1,220 UP 1,240Florida 1,660 DOWN 1,620Georgia 1,020 DOWN 1,000Louisiana 780 UP 790Mississippi 910 UP 930North Carolina 820 DOWN 810South Carolina 355 UP 360Tennessee 1,830 DOWN 1,760Total 8,595 DOWN 8,510
2014 2015 TREND Region III Illinois 1,120 UP 1,130 Iowa 3,850 DOWN 3,700 Minnesota 2,390 DOWN 2,380 Missouri 3,650 UP 3,800 Wisconsin 3,450 DOWN 3,350 Total 14,460 DOWN 14,260
2014 2015 TREND Region IV Arkansas 1,600 UP 1,660Oklahoma 4,200 UP 4,300Texas 11,300 DOWN 10,900Total 17,100 DOWN 16,860
2014 2015 TREND Region V Alaska 12 DOWN 10Colorado 2,600 DOWN 2,480Idaho 2,370 DOWN 2,190Montana 2,600 DOWN 2,550Oregon 1,280 FLAT 1,280Washington 1,150 DOWN 1,100Wyoming 1,290 DOWN 1,270Total 11,302 DOWN 10,880
2014 2015 TREND Region VI Arizona 900 UP 920California 5,300 DOWN 5,250Hawaii 132 DOWN 130New Mexico 1,340 DOWN 1,290Nevada 460 DOWN 455Utah 770 UP 800Total 8,902 DOWN 8,845
2014 2015 TREND Region VII Kansas 5,850 DOWN 5,800Nebraska 6,300 DOWN 6,150North Dakota 1,790 DOWN 1,770South Dakota 3,850 DOWN 3,650Total 17,790 DOWN 17,370
Cattle and Calves on Farms (000 head)Jan. 1, 2015 • Cattle and calf numbers up 1 percent at 89,800 head,
from 89,526 head the previous year.
DIRECTIONS Statistics
36 NATIONAL CATTLEMEN DIRECTIONS 2015
Top 25 Seedstock Operators
Express RanchesYukon, OK
Gardiner Angus RanchAshland, KS
44 FarmsCameron, TX
Leachman Cattle of ColoradoFort Collins, CO
Thomas Angus RanchBaker City, OR
1 2 3 4 5Robert A. Funk, Owner
Jarold Callahan, CEOAdditional Locations:
Wellston, OK; Shawnee, OK; El Reno, OK; Watonga, OK; Cimarron,
NM; Aliceville, AL; Eldridge, AL
Subsiduaries:Express UU Bar Ranch,
Xcel Feed Yard, Vista Farms
Combined Ranch Acres: 200,000
Number of Marketings: 6,210
Breeds Utilized:Angus and Hereford
Most promising opportunities in beef business:
Current Profit Potential in the Cattle Business!
The Henry Gardiner Family, OwnersMark Gardiner, CEO
Additional Locations: N/A
Subsiduaries: N/A
Combined Ranch Acres: 47,000
Number of Marketings: 3,372
Breeds Utilized: Angus
Most promising opportunities in beef business:
Value added prices will continue to differentiate into wider margins in
comparison to commodity beef. Those producers that create these cattle and
provide the market this information will garner more profit!
in beef business:With the demand for high quality beef increasing and the willingness of the
market to pay more for Prime and upper choice, especially the high-end restaurant trade, it has created great opportunities for our branded beef program 44 Steaks
as well as all beef producers that are raising a premium product.
Lee Leachman, Mike Browning, Tim Watts and families, Owners
Lee Leachman, CEOAdditional Locations: N/A
Subsiduaries: N/A
Combined Ranch Acres: N/A
Number of Marketings: 1,565
Breeds Utilized:Angus, Red Angus, Charolais, and
Stabilizer
Most promising opportunities in beef business:
Value based marketing of feeder calves will allow progressive
ranchers to get paid for their investments in superior seedstock.
in beef business:Genomic Enhanced EPD’s coupled with
invitro fertilization (IVF) will give our industry the tools needed to rapidly identify and multiply those genetics necessary to make the beef industry more efficient and profitable, while
increasing demand among consumers.
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Vermillion RanchBillings, MT
6Pat Goggins and Family, Owner
Joe Goggins, CEOAdditional Locations: N/A
Subsiduaries: N/ACombined Ranch Acres: N/ANumber of Marketings: 1,500
Breeds Utilized:Black Angus
Most promising opportunities in beef business:
N/A
Nichols Farms LtdBridgewater, IA
7Family Owned
J. David Nichols, CEOAdditional Locations: N/A
Subsiduaries: N/ACombined Ranch Acres: N/ANumber of Marketings: 1,200
Breeds Utilized:Angus, Simmental and South Devon
Most promising opportunities in beef business:
We are exporting high quality beef to countries that my parents sent CARE
packages to in the 50s and 60s.
KG RanchThree Rivers, MT
8Paul Doddridge, OwnerGreg Strohecker, CEO
Additional Locations: N/ASubsiduaries: N/A
Combined Ranch Acres: 50,000Number of Marketings: 1,090
Combined Ranch Acres: N/ANumber of Marketings: 475
Breeds Utilized: Angus,Charolais
Most promising opportunities in beef business:
The global demand for beef is growing faster than it can be produced. The
opportunity for the beef industry has never been better.
J.D. Hudgins, Inc. , OwnerColeman H. Locke, President
Additional Locations: N/ASubsiduaries: N/A
Combined Ranch Acres: 8,610Number of Marketings: 641
Breeds Utilized: Brahman Most promising opportunities
in beef business:The increasing worldwide demand
for American beef.
Ludvigson and Newberry Families, Owners
Ryan Ludvigson, CEOAdditional Locations:
Montana, Iowa, North Dakota, Missouri, New Mexico
Subsiduaries: LN Cattle Company, Orion Beef Group
Combined Ranch Acres: 10,200Number of Marketings: 617
Breeds Utilized: Red Angus, Red SimangusMost promising opportunities in beef business:We believe that the increase of programs for high
quality cattle that can “tell” a story provide the greatest opportunity for our customers to receive premiums for their product. We see consumers
in the future demanding to know where their food comes from and how it was developed in
every piece of the chain. It has been shown where consumers are willing to pay for this information and it creates a premium for producers that want to tell their story. The professional producers in
our industry will be the big winners with this trend and we feel it is one of the greatest
opportunities in the industry today.
Gary Magness, OwnerGeorge Hubbard, CEO
Additional Locations: Florida, Oklahoma
Subsiduaries: John PenceCombined Ranch Acres: 4,000
Number of Marketings: 558Breeds Utilized: Limousin, Lim-Flex, Angus