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

February 27, 2025

Barry Co. Soil and Crops Conference

Beef conference focuses on how to feed for better herd health, profits

January 24, 2025

Cattle recordkeeping system for success

January 21, 2025

Pick up the 2025 Redbook at your local MU Extension center

November 27, 2024

SW Missouri Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer sale results

November 25, 2024

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.