Last year in this sale catalog we reported to you about a
group of cattle that were fed in Kansas from Suhn Cattle
Co. and were a mix of steers and heifers. At harvest they
graded 88% choice or better with 54.5% of the cattle
qualifying for CAB or other quality based premiums.
They dressed 64.3% and returned a $78.67 profit at a
time when most cattle that were being harvested were
losing their owners money. This past year on the 28th of
August we sent another 81 head of steers that were the
cull mates to the bulls we sold as yearlings at CRC and
Cavender’s. Fifteen head of these were grazed through
the summer in Kansas and the rest were from other GT
Partners that were cattle from Texas and the southeast
that had been grazed on grass through the summer at
Schmidt Farms. The amazing thing about these cattle was
that after being fed through one of the coldest winters
in recent history only one steer was treated for a minor
sickness. They were harvested the first part of February
and loaded on trucks in blizzard conditions. These cattle
ended up grading 73% choice and 51% were CAB or
other quality based premiums. They dressed 64.5% and
from a projection based on prices at the time they entered
the feedlot that had these cattle losing money they ended
up making a profit of $244.58 per head. Not bad for a
set of predominately southern origin eared cattle that
some would say cannot feed in a cold environment. We
look forward to continuing these feeding projects and
evaluating what our genetics will do in the toughest of
environments alongside other breeds of cattle.
FEEDLOT – CARCASS INFORMATION
GENETRUST
at Cavender’s Neches River Ranch - Page 2
