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CED BW WW YW MILK
+2 .40 +2.1 .40 +61 .30 +112 .40 +32 .20
+.27 .30 +.57 .30 +.005 .30 +41.31 +54.72 +70.93
A & B 263C Design 2007
Calved 2/1/12 Reg. No. 17385065
LOT
MARB REA FAT $W $F $B
B/R New Design 036
Bon View New Design 1407 Bon View Pride 664
EXAR 263C #15012747 BR Midland
EXAR June C 3577 PAF 9611 6I6 1161
O C C Headliner 661H
O C C Missing Link 830M O C C Dixie Erica 946K
A & B Lass 0132 16790039 Sitz Alliance 6595
A B Lass 1050 A & B Special Lass 9030
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Dam’s production record: WWR 1/123, dam’s first calf
BW
Adj WW
Adj YW
Adj HT
10/31Wt
2/14 Wt
ADG
82
738
1285
50.4
716
1138
3.42
Arlen Sawyer
Nebraska Sandhills Rancher Leads CAB Board in 2012
A full-time, professional cattleman provides the critical connection between the
Certified Angus Beef (CAB) brand, its 30,000 producer-members of the American Angus
Association and their thousands of customers. Arlen Sawyer, chairman of the Certified Angus
Beef board of directors for 2012, fills that bill. With wife Becky, he owns the seedstock Angus
ranch A & B Cattle near Bassett, Neb.; daughter Jessica in Billings, Mont., and son Adam in
Roswell, N.M., are involved as well.
“I’m lucky enough to make a living in the cattle business and live in an area where
raising beef cattle is the major industry, where people take so much care and pride in what they
raise,” says Sawyer. “I take that appreciation to board members and staff at CAB who may not
have that luxury.”
The third-generation Angus producer moved to the Bassett area from South Dakota
the year after marrying in 1975. “Growing up in a seedstock operation and then living here in the
Sandhills for thirty-some-odd years makes us very aware of the nuts and bolts of the core cattle
business,” he says.
Demand for Angus cattle was not as strong in those early days. “Back in the ’70s and
early ’80s there was a movement in the beef industry that we had only to be concerned about
putting edible protein forward, and we had to do that in an efficient manner,” Sawyer recalls.
Aware of CAB since its inception in 1978, Sawyer credits the brand now with
stimulating more demand for Angus cattle over the years since then. “I think there’s a definite role for beef: it is a matter of taste, it is a matter
of a quality eating experience. If we can’t provide that, then we have to compete on a price basis with other proteins and that makes it difficult.”
He also credits CAB’s carcass specifications and monitoring system for “making sure that quality eating experience is never at risk.”
Meanwhile, the market rewards high-quality cattle. That fact plus strong competition bodes well for CAB supplies. Sawyer
says Angus breeders are the most competitive there are: “That forces you to produce a better product.”
Aside from raising seedstock, Sawyer made it a point to become familiar with all sectors of the production chain. “Several customers
have retained ownership, and we have fed out some of our own steers as a means to collect data for feedback.” He notes that documentation of
feedlot and packinghouse performance helps everyone when trying to breed for specific traits.
Sawyer’s solid production background is a great asset to CAB. “Arlen does a nice job of keeping our focus squarely on the mission that
has guided us since 1978,” says company president John Stika. “In an industry that constantly throws new things at us, we just make sure
everything we do adds value to registered Angus cattle.”
One of the highlights since being appointed chairman in December 2011, Sawyer says, was attending the grand opening of the CAB
Education & Culinary center in Wooster, Ohio, in May 2012. “It became evident to me that this is a big step in making sure the chefs and
preparers are involved in bringing out the value and the taste of this Angus beef.”
Encompassing all the links that make up today’s production chain, CAB shares a common goal with its chairman, who confronts each
day with a positive attitude and a simple solution: “The only option is to get better.”
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A & B 263C Design 2007
CED BW WW YW MILK
+7 .30 +.8 .40 +40 .30 +80 .30 +33 .20
+.36 .20 +.39 .20 +.007 .20 +26.20 +25.54 +54.17
A & B 263C Design 2097
Calved 2/9/12 Reg. No. 17385074
LOT
MARB REA FAT $W $F $B
B/R New Design 036
Bon View New Design 1407 Bon View Pride 664
EXAR 263C #15012747 BR Midland
EXAR June C 3577 PAF 9611 6I6 1161
Betro of Classlochie
Dunlouise Jipsey Earl E161 Dunlouise Jipsey Clova C095
A & B Jipsey Queen 9400 16620632 Sitz Alliance 6595
A & B Queen Alice 4030 A & B Queen 1220
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Gain Ratio 104
BW
Adj WW
Adj YW
Adj HT
10/31Wt
2/14 Wt
ADG
75
599
1156
48.6
620
989
3.48
CED BW WW YW MILK
+8 .30 +0.7 .40 +51 .30 +93 .30 +26 .20
+.43 .20 +.54 .20 -.016 .20 +30.00 +35.82 +61.38
A & B 263C Design 2156
Calved 2/15/12 Reg. No. 17385078
LOT
MARB REA FAT $W $F $B
B/R New Design 036
Bon View New Design 1407 Bon View Pride 664
EXAR 263C #15012747 BR Midland
EXAR June C 3577 PAF 9611 6I6 1161
O C C Kanga 886K
O C C Prototype 847P O C C Dixie Erica 867K
A & B Flora 9200 16532904 SVF Oscar 18E
A & B Own Flora 9072 A & B Flora 4029
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Dam’s production record: WWR 2/102
Gain Ratio 110
BW
Adj WW
Adj YW
Adj HT
10/31Wt
2/14 Wt
ADG
80
678
1302
51.3
732
1145
3.90