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

October 7, 2025 - October 21, 2025

Small pasture & livestock management series

October 21, 2025 - October 23, 2025

Fall Cattle Artificial Insemination School

Big profits in 2024-25 Missouri Steer Feedout

October 3, 2025

SW Missouri Show-Me-Select sale sets new records

May 29, 2025

Use fenceline weaning to improve calf postweaning performance

May 6, 2025

Cattle recordkeeping system for success

January 21, 2025

Beef Feeding Profitability Tracker (XLSX)

The Beef Feeding Profitability Tracker tool is a financial analysis spreadsheet tool for small to mid-size cattle feeders to use free of charge. See publication G462, Beef Feeding Profitability Tracker, for details on its use.

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.

Missouri Beef On-Farm-Finishing Budget for Fall-Calving Herd (XLSX)

Farmers can develop custom enterprise budget using this spreadsheet. Assumes fall-born calves are raised from birth to slaughter weight & sold as live animals or directly to consumers as whole, half or quarter carcasses or as individual cuts.