| Marketing |
| Missouri Feeder Cattle Basis Calculator |
Use to calculate the basis of the reported livestock auctions in the state of Missouri. |
| Cow-calf Marketing Evaluator |
Use to determine whether to:
sell calves at weaning, sell after a backgrounding period, background the calves and then own through finishing or send the calves directly to a feedyard and retain ownership through finishing. |
Stocker Evaluator
|
Stocker operators can use to determine: return to ownership and management, purchase price to attain desired return and sale price to attain desired return. Instructions |
Feeder Calf Evaluator
|
Cattle feeders can use to determine: return to ownership and management, purchase price to attain desired return and sale price to attain desired return. Instructions |
|
Retained Ownership Evaluator |
Producers can use to determine: return to ownership and management and sale price to attain desired return. Instructions |
| |
|
| Nutrition |
| Mineral Feed Tag Evaluator |
Used to evaluate commercial mineral mixes relative to NRC requirements using known mineral sources. |
| Trace Mineral Supplement Calculator |
Used to create trace mineral premixes relative to defined specifications. Instructions |
| Mark Trump/Kenneth Suter Mineral Calculator |
Least cost custom mineral formulation tool used in conjunction with forage and supplement analysis. |
| |
|
| Nutrients |
| Feedval2 |
Nutrient value estimation using corn, soybean meal, limestone and dical as reference values. Enter prices for reference feeds and Feedval2 returns the value of nutrients (Net energy of lactation, crude protein, calcium and phosphorus) found in alternative feedstuffs relative to reference feeds. If feedstuffs can be purchased at prices lower than calculated values, nutrients are priced at a discount to reference feedstuffs. |
| Feedval3 |
Nutrient value estimation using corn, soybean meal, limestone and dical as reference values. Enter prices for reference feeds and Feedval3 returns the value of nutrients (Net energy of gain, crude protein, calcium and phosphorus) found in alternative feedstuffs relative to reference feeds. If feedstuffs can be purchased at prices lower than calculated values, nutrients are priced at a discount to reference feedstuffs. |
