SPICKARD, Mo. – Steak-eating consumers want more USDA Prime quality beef. Missouri cow-calf producers can supply that growing demand in the United States and the world.
Cow-calf producers heard those messages repeated by speakers at the second annual University of Missouri Thompson Farm field day in Grundy County, Sept. 21.
Of all cattle fed and marketed in U.S. feedlots, only 3 percent grade USDA Prime, the highest of the four beef quality grades. MU Thompson Farm calves graded more than 10 times higher in that top Prime grade, plus drawing other premiums.
“There are U.S. markets that reward producers with USDA Choice and Prime grade calves,” said David Patterson, MU Extension beef specialist. Patterson showed results of research at the farm since 1997 resulting in improved timed-breeding protocols.
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