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Cactus Feeders Tops Texas Cattle Feeders Fed Beef Challenge The annual TCFA Fed Beef Challenge has become known as the gathering place of some of the best fed cattle in the country and one of the oldest and most competitive events of its kind. The 2001 Fed Beef Challenge didn't disappoint, as cattle feeders from Cattle Feeding Country of Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico went head to head in friendl competition to see who would gain bragging rights as winners of the 2001 contest. Sponsored by the Texas Cattle Feeders Association, 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 26 feedyards entered 48 pens of steers and heifers. The pens 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, yield grade and quality grade to arrive at a final score. First place of steers was won by Cactus Feeders of Amarillo with a pen of three that had a final index score of 213.12. Second place went to Tri State Feeders, Inc. at Turpin, Okla., with a pen that indexed 188.06 and third place went to Cactus Feeders with a pen that indexed 154.28. In the heifer division, Carrizo Feeders at Texline took first place with a pen that indexed 184.16. Second place went to Coyote Lake Feedyard at Muleshoe, Texas, with a pen that indexed 146.14 and third place was won by Hartley Feeders at Hartley, Texas, with pen that indexed 141.6. Grand Champion individual carcass honors went to Cactus Feeders with a steer form the first place pen that had an individual index score of 98.92. The Manager's Evaluation contest was won by Bill Hicks with Cactus Feeders and the "Judge Your Own Pen" contest was captured by Robert Underkercher with Hansford County Feeders in Gruver. First place in the Public Evaluation contest went to Jeremy Seay of Dalhart; second place was won by Bryan Smith of Canyon; and third place went to Wes O'Brien of Amarillo, Texas. |
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