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Beef Cattle Production Guide: Maximizing Productivity and Quality

Explore the fundamental aspects of beef cattle production, covering nutrition, safety, and the diverse types of cattle operations. Learn about different cattle breeds, production stages, and economic traits essential for successful beef farming. Discover the significance of crossbreeding and key factors influencing beef quality in the industry.

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Beef Cattle Production Guide: Maximizing Productivity and Quality

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  1. BEEF Cattle(Bovine) Nutrition Production Bi-Products Food Safety Structure/Cuts

  2. PRODUCTION

  3. Basic Function To utilize crops which are unsuitable or less desirable for human consumption in their natural form (grains, grasses, hay, by-products) to a desirable beef product.

  4. Bos indicus- humped cattle, developed in tropical countries Bos taurus- humpless cattle, developed in more temperate zones. Ancestry

  5. U.S. Cattle Rankings • Texas • Nebraska • Kansas • Colorado • Iowa • Oklahoma • California

  6. Types of Cattle Operations Purebred • Registered cow-calf • Provide range bulls • Improve genetics

  7. Commercial Cow-Calf • Calves for stocker and feeder operations • Replacement females Stocker Operations • Provides cattle for feedlots • Replacement Heifers

  8. Feeder Operations • Commercial / farm feeders • Finish cattle for slaughter • Supply beef packers

  9. Calf to Market Calving • Dependent on grass season • Usually fall or spring • Gestation length 283 days (approximately 9 months) Weaners • 5-8 months old • 400-700 lbs

  10. Stocker Cattle • 400-900 lbs • 1.5-2 lbs average daily gain • Generally gain 250-400 lbs Feedlot • 100-200 days • 1000-1200 lbs • Average daily gain 3-4 lbs • Efficiency 5-9 lbs feed/lb gain

  11. Carcass • 600-850 lbs • 60-63% dressing • 65-75% retail product

  12. Traits of Economic Importance • Polled vs. horned • Color • Carcass traits • Performance and efficiency • Maternal traits • Temperament • Age at puberty • Calving ease

  13. CROSSBREDS • A large portion of the U.S. cattle industry relies on crossbreeding to improve and/or enhance the genetics of purebreds. • However, a large problem then exists with management and consistency in product quality.

  14. RED ANGUS

  15. Black Baldy • Cross between an angus and hereford. • The white face is a dominant gene/trait.

  16. Charolais

  17. Chianina • One of the oldest breeds of cattle • Tallest breed of beef cattle • Short hair that is white to steel gray • Terminal breed • Low milk production

  18. Limousin

  19. LIMOUSIN

  20. Brahman

  21. Texas Longhorn

  22. Simmental

  23. Belgian Blue

  24. Bovine Female Cattle • Cow

  25. Bovine Male Cattle • Bull

  26. Bovine Juvenile Cattle • Calf

  27. Bovine Young Female Cattle • Heifer Castrated Male Cattle • Steer Young Male Cattle • Bullock

  28. Bovine How long is a cows gestation period? • 9 months The average calf weighs how much? • 70 - 80 lbs How much does the average cow weigh? Bull? • 1000 lbs and 1500 – 2000 lbs

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