Greetings,
I trust this finds each of you well. The American Angus Association has much to celebrate this month.
Fiscal year 2014 ended Sept. 30, and our organization reports growth in nearly every measurable
category. From registrations to sales data to cattle qualifying for the Certified Angus Beef® brand,
numbers are up and signal positive news for the Angus breed and its members.
Fiscal Year 2014 Highlights At-A-Glance
Total Registrations – 298,369 (3.31% increase over 2013)
ET Registrations – 29,571 (1.5% increase over 2013)
Transfers – 161,620 (1.17% increase over 2013)
Bull Sale Averages – 44,009 Bulls averaged $4,997 ($600 increase over 2013)
Female Sale Averages – 14,901 Females averaged $3,614 ($25 increase over 2013)
Angus seedstock sales reported to the Association from Oct. 1, 2013, to Sept. 30, 2014, show the breed
exceeded $326 million in sales – a first in Association history. Collectively, Angus breeders across the
country earned $61.5 million more than the prior fiscal year – a 23% increase in total dollars spent on
registered Angus seedstock.
During the past year, the average registered Angus sale generated twice as much income as it did in
2010, or nearly $250,000 more than it did four years ago. The Association also saw a rise in overall
Angus cattle registrations, increasing the registry by 298,369 animals. That’s up more than 9,500 head
from cattle registered the year prior.
Proof that more Angus breeders are incorporating technology into their herds is that more than 53% of
calves recorded in fiscal year 2014 were produced by artificial insemination (AI), the second-largest
figure ever for the Association; and 10% of registrations were calves produced via embryo transfer.
It’s a great time to be in the Angus business, but its up to each of us to work hard every day to keep the
Angus breed advancing and improving; the collective efforts of each of us doing our part to be better
today than we were yesterday, will keep us heading in the right direction. Better cattle, better customer
service to build a better business.
I look forward to seeing many of you at the first-ever Angus Means Business National Convention and
Trade Show, Nov. 4-6 in Kansas City, Mo. If you have any questions or need anything at all, please give
me a call.
Take Care,
Alex Tolbert
Regional Manager
American Angus Association
atolbert@angus.org
Cell phone: 706.338.8733
Deadlines
11/20 December Angus Journal deadline
12/3 January Angus Beef Bulletin deadline
Upcoming Events
10/25 Great Meadows
10/27 Stone Gate Farms
10/31 ZWT
11/1 Decades of Excellence
11/4-11/6 American Angus National Convention and Trade Show
11/8 Gamble Angus Dispersal
11/9 Lazy Dae Dispersal
11/15 Deer Valley
11/16 NAILE JR Show
11/18 NAILE ROV
11/22 Buckeye Best of both Worlds
11/14 McBee Angus
11/24 Decades of Excellence Embryo
11/29 Banner Angus