Gelbvieh Offers Commercial Marketing Opportunities
RAPID CITY, S.D. The
purpose of the American Gelb
vich Association Commercial
Marketing Program is to help
producers get the most profit
possible for their Gelbvieh-influ
enced calves through different
marketing channels. The Ameri
can Gelbvieh Association contin
ues to look for new ways to ag
gressively expand the services
provided through the Commer
cial Marketing Program.
Gelbvieh Alliance
Fed Cattle
Value Based Grid
The Gelbvieh Alliance remains
one of the most competitive
value-based grids in the country.
With the lowest fees in the indus
try, it allows cattle producers to
take advantage of superior genet
ics through added premiums. It
also allows producers to get im
portant carcass information back
on their cattle which plays a vital
role in evaluating performance
for future genetic and manage
ment changes.
Never before in the industry
has knowing how your cattle per
form been so important. The
Gelbvieh Alliance marketed just
under 56,000 head of cattle in the
year 2000 alone and paid out
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Free Semen And
$3O Per Head Available
For Carcass Test Herds
Collecting carcass data re
mains a top priority for members
of the American Gelbvieh Asso
ciation. The Commercial Mar
keting Program offers commer
cial producers the opportunity to
use their herds as test herds for
the Sire Testing Program.
In exchange for using artificial
insemination and retaining own
ership, the program allows pro
ducers to get free semen from
some of the most powerful Gelb
vieh sires in the breed while pay
ing them $3O per head for every
steer or heifer from which car
cass information is collected.
This is a great way for commer
cial cattlemen to incorporate
Gelbvieh genetics into their cow
herd and get paid to do it.
Special Gelbvieh
Feeder Calf Sales
The American Gelbvieh Asso
ciation works with auction bams
across the country to jointly add
value to Gelbvieh-cross calves.
The auction barn provides a
competitive environment to es
tablish the true value of premium
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Gelbvieh-cross calves. The spe
cial sales are promoted heavily
by both the American Gelbvieh
Association and the auction
bam.
Pooling top quality Gelbvieh
cross calves together and offering
them on one day attracts a larger
number of potential buyers and
creates more competitive bidding
in the sale ring. If there is not a
special sale in your area, the
Gelbvieh Association will gladly
work with you to schedule one if
there are enough Gelbvieh-cross
calves available. Typically, at
least 500 calves are needed for a
successful special feeder calf sale.
Feeder Fax
Listing Service
Many feedyards across the
country have recognized the
value of Gelbvieh-cross calves in
the feedyard and on the rail. As
value-based marketing grows
and more cattle are sold on a
grid formula, the demand for
Gelbvieh-cross calves will contin
ue to grow.
The Commercial Marketing
Program continues to offer the
feeder fax listing service as a
method of exposing your cattle to
feedyards and order buyers
across the country. The service is
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simple and free of charge. Sim
ply call the AGA and request a
listing form that provides all the
descriptive information on the
cattle (number of head, sex,
weight, breed type, vaccination
program, etc).
The information on this form
is compiled and sent by fax to
more than 100 feeders and order
buyers who may have an interest
in buying your calves. No min
imum number of head is required
to participate. However, a truck
load (80 to 100 head) is usually
needed to take full advantage of
the program. Contact the AGA
for additional information or to
list your Gelbvieh-cross feeder
calves.
Replacement
Females For Sale
Many people have recognized
the value of Gelbvieh-cross fe
males. Gelbvieh-cross replace
ment heifers, bred heifers, and
cows are in demand. The AGA
maintains a current listing of cat
tlemen interested in selling or
buying Gelbvieh-cross females.
The list describes groups of
cattle for sale or describes cattle
that someone is interested in
buying. In order to list females
for sale, simply call the AGA
with descriptive information
Smithfield
To Acquire
Moyer Packing
SMITHFIELD, Va. Smith
field Foods, Inc. announced
Tuesday that it had signed an
agreement in principle to ac
quire 100 percent of the out
standing capital stock of Moyer
Packing Company, a closely
held beef processor based in
Souderton, Pa., with annual
about the cattle. If you are inter
ested in buying, simply call the
AGA with information on the
type of females you want and
where you are looking to pur
chase them.
This information is compiled
into a listing, which is available
to the buyers and sellers. It at
tempts to match buyer with sell
er, and vice versa. Contact the
AGA office for a current listing
of people interested in buying or
selling commercial females.
Market Gelbvieh-Cross
Calves Over The Internet
In the fall of 2000, the Ameri
can Gelbvieh Association added
an option to sell cattle on the In
ternet through eMerge’s innova
tive Cattleinfonet interactive
marketplace.
This gives producers the op
portunity to list cattle for sale via
the Internet and puts their cattle
in front of an audience represent
ing over 150 feedyards that joint
ly purchase more than 50 percent
of the feeder calves in the United
States. Listing your calves over
the Internet is a way to add ex
posure to a broader audience of
potential buyers.
Blair Clavel,
American Gelbvieh
Association, Director of
Commercial Marketing
sales of almost $6OO million.
Moyer Packing is the ninth
largest beef processor in the U.S.
and, according to Smithfield,
the largest in the eastern U.S.
Operations include beef process
ing, fabricating and further pro
cessing, as well as hide '
processing.
In addition to beef processing,
the company has significant ren
dering operations in Pennsylva
nia, Delaware, and Virginia.
Terms of the transaction were
not disclosed. The transaction is
subject to regulatory approval
and is expected to close in the
first quarter of fiscal 2002.