Wean in June thru October. Cattle are scheduled to kill on specific day and time with Excel. The schedule is 6 months in advance. They are paid and receive carcass by 3 rd day from plant. Carcass data is 99-percent accurate.
Individual data is managed back to the herd.
Begin to iron out weak marketing times and delivery dates to retailer. They will AI 10,000 cows next year to build similar genetic pool for the retail market. Yield grade goal 80 percent 1's and 2's. Statewide, MFA has 250 retail outlets that represent half of Missouri's 2 million cows. Beef demand has improved for the first time in 20 years.