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Pandemic Issues for Cattle: Lessons Learned
Dan Loy
Iowa State University
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Pandemic disruptions in the beef industry
• Supply chain disruptions
- Ethanol coproducts
• Market disruptions
- Packing plant closures
- Auction market disruptions
• Restaurants closed, grocery shelves emptied
• Breakdown of beef value chain
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Input supply disruptions
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Weekly Ethanol Production, US
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Source: Renewable Fuels Assn
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Lundy and Loy, 2014.
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Western Iowa MDG price,percentage of corn (DM basis)
USDA-AMS Weekly Market News
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Economics Distillers in Beef Diets
• For most of the ethanol era, corn co-products have been cheaper than corn
- Energy source
- Incentive to overfeed protein
• At higher prices DG becomes a protein source
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Pricing protein sources
Feed Percent
protein
Price Cost/DM Cost/CP
DDG 30 $195/T $.11 $.36
MDG 30 $100/T $.10 $.33
SBM 48 $300/T $.17 $.35
Whole
Soybeans42 $8.30/bu $.16 $.37
Corn 8.5 $2.80/bu $.05 $.59
Urea 282 $600/T $.31 $.11
Alfalfa 18 $225 $.11 $.63
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Ruminants
• Bacterial in the rumen can make protein from non-protein nitrogen
• Require amino acids only for needs microbes can’t manufacture
• Two requirements
- Animal
- Bacteria
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Cattle are adaptable
• Can quickly adjust to new feeds
• Nutritionists and producers needed to re-learn some basic concepts such as non-protein nitrogen and protein phase feeding of protein.
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Marketing disruptions
• April 29 Webinar on holding cattle
• Cattle marketings were 27 % below one year ago week prior
• 10% of plants were off line
• President Trump had announced an executive order to keep plants open
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C-S-08
09/18/20
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Thou. Head
CATTLE SLAUGHTERFederally Inspected, Weekly
Avg. 2014-18 2019 2020
Data Source: USDA-AMS & USDA-NASS
Livestock Marketing Information Center
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09/18/20
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Pounds
STEER DRESSED WEIGHTFederally Inspected, Weekly
Avg. 2014-18 2019 2020
Data Source: USDA-AMS & USDA-NASS
Livestock Marketing Information Center
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09/18/20
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HEIFER DRESSED WEIGHTFederally Inspected, Weekly
Avg. 2014-18 2019 2020
Data Source: USDA-AMS & USDA-NASS
Livestock Marketing Information Center
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$ Per Cwt.
BOXED BEEF CUTOUT VALUEChoice 600-900 Lbs., Carcass, Negotiated, Weekly
Avg. 2014-18 2019 2020
Data Source: USDA-AMS
Livestock Marketing Information Center
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09/21/20
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$ Per Cwt.
SLAUGHTER STEER PRICES5 Market Weighted Average, Weekly
Avg. 2014-18 2019 2020
Data Source: USDA-AMS
Livestock Marketing Information Center
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Cattle weights were already increasing
Source: Livestock Marketing Information Center
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Incremental Feed Conversion
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Source: Modeling of recent closeouts by Dr. Garland Dahlke
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The net energy system works
• Nutritionists can predict ADG and weight based on feed intake
• Nutritionists can project performance and program growth rate
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Approximate Gains for Finishing Cattle Based on Net Energy Intake (25 lb. DMI)
Ration Maint. Backgrnd Cons.
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http://www.iowabeefcenter.org/information/SlowFeedlotGrowth-COVID-ISU-
UWExt0420.pdf
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Controlling intake
• Across the typical range of finishing rations cattle may eat more and gain the same
• Limited intake programs should be considered if bunk space and bunk management allows
• Marbling will continue to be deposited when cattle continue to maintain a minimal gain of 2-2.5 lb. per day
• Putting cattle on a maintenance or weight loss program is not advised but can be done
• Health concerns exist for heavy cattle
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Approximate cost of gains for various programs
• Normal Finishing -- $77/CWT
• Conservative Finishing--$91/CWT
• Backgrounding--$111/CWT
• Maintenance-- ∞
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Concerns over health and welfare of heavy cattle in the summer
Acute interstitial pneumonia
4X 1X
Photo: Dr. Dan Thomson
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AIP mortality epi curveFirst 300 DOF
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AIP mortality by monthAs % of population
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AIP mortality occurring January 1, 2015 – November 17, 2018
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Carcass Bruising
Photo: Dr. Dan Thomson
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TransportationLoading Cattle (Beenken, ISU, 2018)
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Fatigued cattle syndrome
• Tachypnea
– Abdominal component
• Lameness
• Muscle tremors
• Reluctance to move
• Hoof wall slough
Source: Dr. Dan Thomson
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Fatigued cattle syndrome
• Need for education, diagnostics, mitigation
- Animal handling
- Heat stress
- Time of day at shipping
- Distance from pen to load out
- Out weight/finish of cattle
- Pen weights/crushing
- Trucking
- Time standing at plant
- Nutrition day before shipping
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Spring Closeouts (March-June)ISU Feedlot Monitor
2020 2019 2018
In wt 839 870 812
Out wt 1549 1441 1397
Death loss 1.1 1.3 1.1
Carcass wt 987 888 867
DOF 220 191 179
ADG 3.2 2.9 3.2
F/G 8 8.7 7.3
DMI 25.5 24.7 23.3
AFI 41 36.1 36.3
NEg 57.7 59.9 60.7
Feed cog $0.63 $0.67 $0.58
Total cog $0.90 $0.88 $0.80
Feed/t $136.66 $128.16 $120.09
Breakeven $116.38 $126.42 $116.36
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Kansas Focus on Feedlots
June 2020 June 2019
In wt 719 731
Out wt 1425 1367
ADG 3.45 3.33
F/G 6.1 6.29
Death Loss 2.15 2.34
COG $81.70 84.45
Summarized each month by Justin Waggoner, KSU
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M-P-11
09/11/20
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JAN MAR MAY JUL SEP NOV
Cents Per Pound
RETAIL BEEF PRICEAll Fresh, Monthly
Avg. 2014-18 2019 2020
Data Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics & USDA-
ERS
Livestock Marketing Information Center
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Lusk et al 2020
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Consumer behavior changed
Photo: Beth Doran
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Steakhouses close
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M-S-26
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JAN APR JUL OCT
Percent
BEEF GRADED CHOICEAs a Percent of Beef Graded
Avg. 2014-18 2019 2020
Data Source: USDA-AMS
Livestock Marketing Information Center
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CUTOUT VALUEMonthly
Prime Branded Choice Select Ungraded
Data Source: USDA-AMS, Compiled by LMIC
Livestock Marketing Information Center
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Source: CAB Insider, Sept. 30, 2020
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Data Source: USDA-ERS & USDA-FAS
Livestock Marketing Information Center
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Source: CAB Insider, Sept. 30, 2020
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How issues were minimized
• Packers prioritized heaviest cattle
• More sorting of pens
• Front line workers were heroic in getting plants back to near capacity
• Avoided devastating heat in much of the feeding areas
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Lessons Learned
• Cattle are adaptable. Their role as “upcyclers” allow much flexibility in how they are fed.
• Cattle are getting bigger and heavier regardless of the pandemic
• While cattle are flexible and adaptable the value chain is vulnerable
• Consumers learned new ways to eat beef
• Renewed interest in small local processing and direct to consumer marketing.
• Risk management and the value chain.
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Questions?
Dan Loy
www.iowabeefcenter.org
515-294-1058