Cost of Production

Custom Rates || Farm Management Records || Feed Cost || Leases || Marketing ||
Prices || Standards & Benchmarks || Value Added

Custom Rates

USDA Bluestem Pasture Report
USDA Kansas Custom Rates
Kansas Statistics

Farm Management Records

Beef Farm Management Guide Spreadsheet Budget
Differences between high, medium and low-profit Cow-Calf producers
Feed Costs: Pasture vs non pasture costs

Feed Cost

Ingredients 101
U of Mizzou By-Product Price List
USDA Kansas Hay Prices

Leases

2015 Pasture leasing arrangements in Kansas
KSU-Beef Cow Lease (simple)

Marketing

Beef Demand Determinants: A Research Summary
Economic Impact of BSE on the U.S. Beef Industry: Product Value Losses, Regulatory Costs, and Consumer Reactions
Economic Impact of BSE: A Research Summary
Fed Cattle Marketing Trends and Concerns: Cattle Feeder Survey Results
Positioning the Beef Industry for the Future
Seasonal Trends in Steer Feeding Profits, Prices, and Performance

Prices

Beef Basis
USDA AMS Beef Market Reports

Standards & Benchmarks

Focus on Feedlots: Kansas Feedlot Performance and Feed Cost Summary: Annual Review

Value Added

Adopting Animal Identification Systems and Services in Kansas Auction Markets
Economic Issues with Organic or Natural Beef
Electronic Animal Identification Systems at Livestock Auction Markets: Adoption Rates, Costs, Opportunities, and Perceptions
Summary of Electronic Animal Identification Systems at Livestock Auction Markets: Adoption Rates, Costs, Opportunities, and Perceptions
Valuing Beef Tenderness

Upcoming Events

Weed Control on Native Pastures
Nov. 29 - Bird City
Nov. 30 - WaKeeney

Cow-calf Production Clinic
Dec. 7 - Emporia
Dec. 14 - Washington

Livestock Production Workshop
December 16
Yates Center, Kansas

Feeding Cows in a Drought
Jan. 3 - Yates Center
Jan. 10 - Severly

Calving Schools
Jan. 4 - Stafford County Annex, St. John
Jan. 9 - Haskell County Fairgrounds, Sublette
Jan. 11 - Northeast Kansas Heritage Complex, Holton
Jan. 18 - West Elk School, Howard

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Cow-Calf Unit

Purebred Beef Unit

Beef Stocker Unit

 

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