Beef Fest Names Winners In Feedlot, Carcass Contests -2025

Mar 04, 2025

Steers entered by Sharps Creek Ranch from Cottonwood Falls and heifers owned by Spring Creek Ranch of Cassoday won the overall gain contest as part of the 2024 Flint Hills Beef Fest feedlot and carcass awards. The steers from Sharps Creek gained 3.47 lbs. per day from the time they went on grass in April 2024 until harvest February 5, 2025, while the Spring Creek heifers gained 2.99 lbs. per day.

Steers owned by Plum Creek Ranch from Neosho Rapids placed first in the feedlot contest, with an average daily gain of 4.86 lbs. In second place were steers from Meats Farms Inc. that gained 4.82 lbs. per day. The steer carcass contest was won by entries from Meats Land & Cattle Co. of LeRoy, with second place awarded to cattle owned by Woodbury Farms from Quenemo.

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Video: 2026 T.K. Cheung Lecture in Animal Science - Dan Weary

T.K. Cheung Lecture in Animal Science: "Using science to assess and improve the welfare of dairy cattle"

Dan Weary is a Professor at the University of British Columbia. Dan did his BSc and MSc at McGill and Doctorate at Oxford before co-founding UBC’s Animal Welfare Program where he now co-directs this active research group. His research focuses on understanding the perspectives of animals and applying these insights to develop methods of assessing animal welfare and improving the lives of animals. His work has helped drive changes in practices (including the adoption of higher milk rations for calves and pain management for disbudding) and housing methods (including the adoption of social housing for pre-weaned calves). He also studies cow comfort and lameness, social interactions among cows, and interactions between cows, human handlers and technologies like automated millking systems that are increasingly used on farms. His presentation will outline key questions in cattle welfare, highlight recent UBC research addressing them, and showcase innovative methods for improving the lives of cattle and their caretakers.