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The Beef Industry

Discover a comprehensive overview of the beef industry, including various beef products, types of producers, and interesting industry facts. Learn about the different stages of production, from seed stock to feedlots, and the roles of slaughterhouses, wholesalers, and retailers in bringing beef to consumers. Get insights into Kentucky's beef industry and the overall landscape of beef production in the United States.

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The Beef Industry

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  1. The Beef Industry

  2. Beef Products • What products can you think of?

  3. Beef Products • Beef (Roast, Steak, Hamburger, etc.) • Bi-products • bone china leather sporting goods luggage • bone meal biscuits • boots and shoes paint • candles pet foods • cosmetics photographic film • crayons plastics • deodorants shampoo/cream rinses • detergents shaving cream • doggie chews soaps • fabric softeners textiles • floor wax toothpaste • glue upholstery • insecticides violin strings

  4. Types of BEEF Producers • Seed Stock - Produce close to “perfect” animals, sell their semen or embryos. • Elite Breeders/Pure Bred Breeder- Try to breed the “perfect” animal. They also show these animals to build a better reputation as a breeder.

  5. Commercial Cow Calf Producer • Means that they aren’t registered to a specific breed • Often crossbred • Breed cows annually • Keep heifer calves to breed • Castrate bull calves, raise as steers for meat

  6. KY is the largest cattle producer East of the Mississippi

  7. Feedlots • Cow calf producers ship loads of cattle to them. • Typical load is 40,000lbs. • They feed and keep the animal’s health up for a very low price for the cow calf producer. • They each get part of the profit after the animal sells for slaughter.

  8. Slaughterhouses or Packing Plants • Large scale operations that, as humanely as possible slaughter animals on a large scale for human consumption.

  9. Wholesaler • Sell large portions of meat to companies for them to make their own products with. • Example  Packing Plants Sell to Kroger

  10. Retailer • Sell meat to the public.

  11. Consumer • That’s YOU!

  12. The Beef Industry INFO. • The average person in this country consumes 48 lbs of beef a year • Meat is among the most nutritionally complete foods that humans consume • The average beef herd size is 100 animals • Most slaughter animals are crossbreds • When animals are slaughtered they are around 18-24 months and weigh 800-1500 lbs

  13. Kentucky BEEF Facts • Kentucky is home to over 1.1 million beef cows and ranks 5th nationally in total number of farms • Kentucky’s Leading Beef Producing County’s 1. Barren 4. Madison 2. Pulaski 5. Breckinridge 3. Warren

  14. BEEF Facts • THE United States Top Producing States 1.Texas 2. Missouri 3. Oklahoma 4. Nebraska 5. South Dakota US BEEF INDUSTRY WAS WORTH $73 BILLION DOLLARS IN 2009

  15. Discussion Questions • From an agriculturalists mindset, how much do you think the average person knows about the beef industry? • When things like recalls take place, is it important to be educated?

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