Calvary Backgrounding Services, LLC

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Calvary Backgrounding Services, LLC

• Dave Becky Edenfield
• 589 Calvary Road
• Seaman, OH 45679

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Adding Value to Your Calves Through Retained
Ownership Backgrounding

• Ohio Cattlemens Association
• Regional Meeting
• OVCTC January 12, 2006

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History

• Beef Industry since 1975
• History of Backgrounding 5 States Beef
  Initiative, 2000
• Calvary Backgrounding Services, LLC Started in
  2004

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Overview

• Facility 135 Acre Farm in northern Adams County
• Team Family oriented management
• Commitment Client friendly business atmosphere

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Goal

• Increase opportunities in marketing feeder cattle
  in southern Ohio
• Pool calves at one location vaccinate under the
  same conditions
• Sort into uniform lots to maximize profits

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Electronic Identification

• AgInfoLink Software Systems
• Online Access
• On-site Training Updates
• Extensive Tech Support
• Allflex Full Duplex Technology Cross Industry
  Compatibility

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UPI/MBA Program

• Producer-owned and verifiable beef supply network
• UPI maintains records and conducts random farm
  audits for compliance

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Retained Ownership

• Creates the potential for increased profitability
  of calf crop
• Allows owners to gauge how calves will perform at
  the next level
• Measure cows productivity and make educated
  decisions regarding culling

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Ration

• 1200 lbs. Shelled Corn
• 350 lbs. 48 Soybean Meal
• 250 lbs. Soyhull Pellets
• 100 lbs. Distiller Grain
• 1 ea. Beef Grower (pellet)
• 5 gal. Liquid Molasses
• 25 lbs. Feed Grade Lime

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Vaccines/Dewormer

• Jencine 4
• Prevention of disease caused by IBR, BVD 1 2,
  PI3 and BRSV (shipping fever)
• Once PMH pasteurella haemolytica Multocide
• Protection from bovine respiratory disease
• Alpha 7
• Protection against 7 types of Clostridial
  organisms (blackleg)
• Agri-Mectin
• Ivermectin pour-on dewormer

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Timeline

• Day 1
• Vaccination
• Weighed
• Tagged
• Dehorned/Castrated (if needed)
• Dewormed/Deloused
• Feed In Report given to Owner

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Timeline (cont)

• Day 21
• Weighed
• Additional vaccines/procedures
• Update Report given to Owner
• Day 45 - Available to be sold
• Marketing Date
• Weighed
• Buyer Requested Procedures
• Feed Out Report given to Owner

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Marketing of Cattle

• All calves are sold via tele-auction at UPI,
  Hillsboro
• All calves sold with 2 shrink 6 slide
• Weighed on the ground at facility
• FOB at facility

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Example Calf

• Group sold at 550 lbs. for 130.00 cwt
• Group Shrunk weight of 545 lbs. 130.30 cwt
• Individual calf weighed 565 lbs.
• 2 Shrunk weight 554 lbs.
• Price for Individual calf
• 130.30 X 554 721.86

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Fee Structure

• Yardage
• 1.00 per head per day for the first 21 days
• 0.25 per head per day for all days after 21 days
• Gain
• Based on Avg. cost per bushel of 2 yellow corn
  at Winchester, OH each month at a rate of 25
• Ex 25 of 2.00 corn 0.50 per of gain

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Example Invoice
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Past Sale Results
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Partners

• UPI, Inc.
• AgInfoLink
• Cherry Fork Farm Supply
• PBS Animal Health