Beef cattle production

Beef Extension

The beef industry is viable and strong in Missouri — ranking among the nation's leaders in beef cattle production. Beef Extension offers resources for Missouri’s beef industry on nutrition, reproduction, health, forages, environmental management, business management and more.

Introduction to Beef Cow Leases

Beef Feeding Profitability Tracker

How to Use the Hair Shedding Scale

Culling the Commercial Cow Herd: BIF Fact Sheet

MU Extension offers calf backgrounding program in Mount Vernon

Published May 6, 2026

Happy Beef Month from your MU Extension dairy specialist

Published May 6, 2026

Bull management for breeding success

Published March 23, 2026

Texas County Cattlemen host Beef Quality Assurance training event

Published February 23, 2026

Beef Feeding Profitability Tracker (XLSX)

Small to mid-sized cattle feeders can use this free financial analysis workbook to track and improve their financial standing.

A Steak in Genomics

A blog for stakeholders in beef production, genetics, and genomics -- by Jared Decker, associate professor in the University of Missouri's Division of Animal Sciences and MU Extension state beef genetics specialist

Buying Bulls by the Numbers (PDF)

Do the bulls you buy have numbers on them? These numbers show the EPD (top) and the percentile rank (bottom) for calving ease, weaning weight, yearling weight, milk, marbling and ribeye for the Angus bull.