- Cattle feeders in the TCFA area of Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico produced
6.7 million fed cattle in 2005--30% of the nation's fed beef.
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- Cattle feeding in the TCFA area is a $7 billion industry. By the
time that money circulates through the hands of people and businesses in
the region, the total economic impact is $19 billion.
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- The average capacity of a Texas feedyard is about 35,000 head.
This feedyard will produce about 87,500 fed cattle annually, worth around
$91 million.
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- An average size feedyard will spend nearly $73 million to buy feeder
cattle.
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- A single, feedyard will buy around 157,500 tons of corn and grain sorghum
a year. It takes more than 21,000 acres of farmland to produce the
grain required by a single, 35,000 head feedyard.
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- To haul grain and cattle, a typical feedyard will require nearly 12,000
semi trucks a year. That means about 32 trucks a day roll in and out
of a single feedyard.
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- A single, average-size feedyard will employ 35 people with an annual
payroll of more than $817,000. In total, nearly 25,000 jobs are tied
to the cattle feeding industry in Texas.
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- Most importantly, the 87,500 fed cattle produced in a single, average
size feedyard equate to 52.8 million pounds of beef. At average consumption,
this feedyard produces enough beef to feed 810,000 people for a year.
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Amarillo,
Texas U.S.A. 79106