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Contact: Burt Rutherford                                                                                                       Nov. 8, 1999

TCFA FED BEEF WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Cattle Feeding Country of Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico traditionally leads the nation in fed cattle production. This reputation as a top place to feed cattle was reaffirmed during the TCFA "Exploring New Horizons" Annual Convention in San Antonio today as the "best of the best' were recognized as winners of the 1999 TCFA Fed Beef Challenge.

Sponsored by TCFA, the Fed Beef Challenge is a contest designed to let cattle feeders compete in producing the high quality beef that consumers demand. A total of 27 feedyards brought 46 pens of steers and heifers. The pens of three were scored on an index developed by TCFA to identify optimum carcass value. The index uses a base of 100 points and is adjusted for ribeye area, internal fat, back fat and quality grade to arrive at a final score.

First place pen of steers was won by Wrangler Feedyard at Tulia with a set that had a final index score of 342.32. Second place went to Caprock #6 at Lockney with a pen that indexed 297.06 and third place was captured by Carrizo Feeders at Texline with a pen that indexed 279.9.

Caprock #6 at Lockney came back to win first place pen of heifers with a set that indexed 313.26. Second place went to C-Bar Feedyard at Plainview with a pen that indexed 302.24 and third was captured by Southwest Feedyard at Hereford with a pen that indexed 269.06.

Grand champion individual carcass honors went to Wrangler Feedyard at Tulia with a steer from the first place pen that had an individual index score of 125. The Manager's Evaluation Contest was won by Ryan Davis with Cactus Feeders in Amarillo and the "Judge Your Own Pen" evaluation contest was captured by Leo Vermedahl of Carrizo Feeders at Texline. First place in the public evaluation contest went to Laban Tubbs of Clarendon; second was won by Matt Cravey of Canyon and third went to Gale Seibert of Garden City, Kan.

TCFA represents cattle feeders in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, an area that produces 32% of the nation's fed cattle.

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