Marketing Options

Red Angus' bred-in carcass characteristics as well as the USDA Process Verified Age & Source Verification open many doors for producers marketing Red Angus Fed Cattle. Each of these "linked" alliances provide excellent grid marketing and/or age and source verification options to complement ranchers' retained ownership strategies.

Meyer Natural Foods (MNF) is one of the largest natural and organic beef companies in the US today. The flagship brand of MNF is Meyer Natural Angus (MNA). Started in the mid-1990s, the MNA brand has grown to be recognized as one of the superior beef products on the market today. Concentrating their efforts on superior Angus genetics and management practices, the MNA brand is sold to retailers and foodservice outlets across the U.S. As demand for high-quality beef continues to grow, the MNA program is continually looking for additional cattle to bring into the system. MNA has developed an extensive feedlot base throughout the central U.S. and can assist in connecting cow/calf producers and feeders. To learn more about the MNA program, please review the links listed below. If you still have questions or would like to try to market your cattle through the Meyer system, you can contact our corporate office in Loveland, Colorado, at 970-292-5006 or go to our website at www.MeyerNaturalAngus.com.

Ranchers' Guide to Natural

MNA Producer Handbook

MNA Internal Humane Handling Standards

www.uspremiumbeef.com

U.S. Premium Beef, LLC, Kansas City, Missouri, (USPB) is a producer-owned, beef marketing company. USPB is an owner of National Beef Packing Company, LLC, which is the nation's fourth largest beef processor. USPB is the only large scale company that enables producers to retain ownership of their cattle through producer owned value-added processing in the United States. The beef our members produce is the cornerstone for many of our processing company's branded product lines including Black Canyon® Premium Reserve, Certified Premium Beef®, Black Canyon® Angus Beef, Naturewell® Natural Beef, and NatureSource® Natural Angus Beef. In addition, our company also produces Certified Angus Beef® and Certified Hereford Beef®.

USPB's more than 2,100 producers come from 36 states and represent all segments of the beef industry including seedstock producers, commercial cow-calf producers, stocker operators as well as farmer-feeders and custom cattle feeders. All share a common desire to earn greater profits for producing beef designed for today's consumers. We continue to work with new producers who want to get paid for the value of the beef they produce.

USPB recognizes the Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program (FCCP) as verification of Angus parentage for inclusion in our Naturewell® Natural Beef and NatureSource™ Natural Angus Beef branded programs.

For more information on how you can market your cattle through U.S. Premium Beef, please visit our website or contact Tracy Thomas at 866-877-2525 or by email at tlthomas@uspb.com

The Greater Omaha Red Angus Grid is a great marketing option for high yielding cattle tagged with the FCCP 'yellow tag'. The G.O. Red Grid rewards Yield Grade 1 and 2 cattle.

For more information about the G.O. Red Grid, contact Kelly Smith at 417-855-9461.

Genetic certification of superior Angus feeder cattle is an idea whose time has come. The U.S. feeder cattle market doesn’t always distinguish the best Angus calves from generic black or red-hided feeder cattle.

Top Dollar Angus is the first and only certification program for commercial feeder cattle focused exclusively on Angus and Red Angus-based cattle with top 25% growth and carcass traits.

Learn more from TopDollarAngus.com.