McBee Calf Roundup (MCR)

The McBee Calf Roundup was started because we believe a registered seedstock provider should do more than supply bulls and females for their customers. Our philosophy:

“Marketing your calves should not be your biggest chore. It should be a pleasurable and painless experience that nets the customer as many dollars as possible, no matter the group size or color of calves. We put the marketing of our customers’ cattle production as a top priority and selling someone a performance-measured bull or group of heifers is just something else we do.”

This philosophy prompted us to begin the McBee Calf Roundup program 12
years ago. Annually we have three Roundup dates (two in the fall, one in the spring); they are announced by letter invitation and eligible cattlemen can bring their preconditioned calves to our Fayette facility on those dates.

Who is Eligible? Anyone who buys a bull from McBee Cattle Company is eligible to participate in the McBee Calf Roundup, a PROVEN marketing program. The Calf Roundup is a service to our customers to market their calf crop at top market price.

All Roundup calves must have received two rounds of preconditioning vaccinations and been weaned for at least 45 days. Upon delivery (including calves from our own herd), the calves are individually weighed, tagged, sorted and grouped into six uniform groups based on sex and weight. We record each calf’s birth date, sire breed and ID, dam breed and ID and Roundup (MCR) ID.

Roundup Calves at McBee's Fayette facility

After the calves are worked and sorted at delivery, they are held for 8 to 12 days before they are sold to a finishing or backgrounding operation. During the time they are held at McBee Cattle Company, they regain their delivery shrink, get prepared for shipment and, consequently, better performance for their new owners.

Roundup calves have established a reputation for above average performance and we now have several finishing lots calling to see if they can get a portion of these calves.

The 13 years that the McBee Calf Roundup has been in existence we have grouped and marketed 15,220 calves for our customers. The number of calves delivered by our customers in 2007 ranged from 4 to 63 head
of calves. For the three delivery dates in 2007, calves were delivered by 66 different producers.

The       Real              Deal

Roundup Calves

McBee Calf Roundup Provides:
           * Calf marketing service
           * Grouped regardless of color
           * Top price fits all
           * Bring one or five hundred
           * Emphasis on Braunvieh crosses
           * Accurate pay weights
           * Harvest data potential
           * Twelve year track record