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High-Performing Cattle Earn Master honors on two loads, • DeLong Ranches, Inc.,

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Esteemed Grid Master Award home fed. Winnemucca, Nevada, fed by
• Shaw Ranch, Joes, Colorado, Five Rivers Cattle Feeding –
earned Grid Master honors on Kuner Yard, Kersey, Colorado.
The Grid Master Award, • Lorenzen Ranches, Bend, two loads, fed by Chappell Feedy- • Spreutels Farms Red Angus,
an honor bestowed by the Red Oregon, home fed. ard, Chappell, Nebraska. Koshkonong, Missouri, earned
Angus Association of America, is • Meyer Family Farms, Bruns- • Steven Meyer, Brunswick, Grid Master honors on two loads,
earned by operations that have wick, Missouri, earned Grid Mas- Missouri, fed at Kinsley Feeders, home fed.
successfully combined superior ter honors on two loads, fed at Kinsley, Kansas. • Christensen Brothers, Inc.,
Red Angus genetics, skillful feed- Kinsley Feeders, Kinsley, Kansas. Naturally Fed Division Weldona, Colorado, home fed.
ing and well-planned marketing • Pelton Red Angus, Burdett, • Meyer Company Ranch, For those who would like ad-
to achieve success in the produc- Kansas, fed at Anderson Land & Helmville, Montana, fed by Beef ditional information on the Grid
tion of superior beef carcasses. Cattle, Oberlin, Kansas. City Feeders, McClave, Colorado. Master Award program, or to
“This year, Red Angus produc- • Phillips Ranch, Selden, Kan- • Skinner Ranch, Jordan Val- learn more about the Red An-
ers once again raised the bar by sas, earned Grid Master honors ley, Oregon, fed by N.A. Timmer- gus-specific marketing grids and
marketing cattle that achieved on three loads, fed by Stephen mann, Inc., Sterling, Colorado. the FCCP program, please con-
highest percentage of premium Farms, Inc., Menlo, Kansas. • Otley Brothers, Inc., Dia- tact Nolan Woodruff at nolan@
product in the history of the Grid • Prairie Dog Creek Cattle, mond, Oregon, fed by Beef North- redangus.org.
Master Award program. Our Dresden, Kansas, earned Grid west Feeders, Boardman, Oregon.
hats are off to the producers that
earned honors on more than 30
loads of cattle – this year’s win-
ners averaged 96.5% Choice and
above. Commercial Red Angus
producers continue to push the
envelope of excellence,” said
Nolan Woodruff, RAAA commer-
cial marketing specialist.
To be named a Grid Master,
Red Angus or Red Angus-influ-
enced cattle entries must be en-
rolled in RAAA’s Feeder Calf Cer-
tification Program or the Allied
Access tag program and must
achieve a minimum level of car-
cass excellence. The program is
open to both conventionally and
naturally fed cattle.
Conventionally fed Red Angus
cattle must be marketed in lots
of at least 30 head, reach a min-
imum of 85% Choice and Prime
and have a maximum of 5% Yield
Grade 4s.
Naturally fed Red Angus cat-
tle must also be marketed in lots
of at least 30 head, achieve 90%
Choice and Prime or better, with
a maximum of 10% Yield Grade
4s.
This year, 33 Red Angus cattle
operations from around the coun-
try earned Grid Master awards.
Honorees include the following:
Conventionally Fed Division
• Ammann Red Angus, Wilm-
ot, South Dakota, fed at Vandiver
Farms Feedyard, Camden, Mis-
souri.
• Anderson Land & Cattle,
Oberlin, Kansas, earned Grid
Master honors on three loads,
home fed.
• Circle Pi Ranch – Troy Olson,
May, Idaho, fed at Darr Feedlot,
Inc., Cozad, Nebraska.
• Cross Diamond Cattle Com-
pany, Bertrand, Nebraska, fed by
ADM Animal Nutrition, Quincy,
Illinois.
• Hueftle Cattle Co, Cozad,
Nebraska, earned Grid Master
honors on eight loads, home fed.