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Mayes General Partnership
DBA
Phelps County Feeders
Holdrege, Nebraska
"Quality Custom Cattle Feeding for the Performance Oriented
Investor"
Phelps County Feeders
Located in the heart of the western corn belt, this expanding
cattle-feeding operation has established tradition of quality service. Excellent
location, dedicated employees and experienced management combine to create
consistently superior performance.
General Manager Dale Klute
took over the main PCF feedyard with co-owners Elmo and Tony Mayes in 1998 and
oversaw expansion into the PCF West lot in 1999. He contributes two
decades experience in commercial cattle feeding, including managing commercial
feedyards in Colorado. Dale's expertise includes locating quality feeder
cattle, marketing fat cattle and purchasing feed grains.
Feed and Nutrition Programs
Phelps County Feeders' nutrition program is carefully designed to provide
the best possible gains and conversions at highly competitive prices.
Experienced feedyard nutritionist Todd Milton works closely with the staff to
create excellent ration plans based on the abundant high-quality, locally-grown
feed, For our feeding clients, that results in reasonable ration cost and
reliably low cost of gain. (Sample projections and closeouts available.
Flaker Mill
In 2000 PCF added a grain Flaking system to the West yard. The mill provides
fresh flakes to both yards seven days a week. The benefit we see from feeding
flaked corn is that cattle conversion rates improve thus lowering cost of gains.
Besides improved cost of gains our flaked corn has a feed value of 110% when
compared to rolled corn.
Animal Health
Attention to the health of the animals in their care is a big priority for
both our consulting veterinarians, Dr. Tom Noffsinger and Dr. Wade Taylor, and all our employees, with pens checked daily
and sick animals removed for medication and close supervision. As part of an
ongoing effort
to improve the quality of our animal care, the receiving area and hospital at
the PCF East yard were redesigned in 2003 to ease handling, decrease stress and
greatly improve overall cattle comfort.
In-House Financing
Phelps County Feeders makes financing easy for our clients, tailoring
programs to meet a variety of individual financial needs and goals. The
feedyard can finance cattle, feed or both, and our equity requirements and
interest rates are very competitive in the industry. We also offer a wide
variety of percentage-based partnership plans for investors.
Electronic Cattle
Management
In January of 2003 we installed a Micro Beef ECM system at the east yard.
We use this system to ultra sound cattle in order to record individual back fat,
hip height and weight. This information will enable us to project Days to
Finish, out weighs, Average Daily Gain and cost of gain on an individual basis.
With this information we hope to market cattle to their maximum potential
and avoid discounts when sold on a grid. Along with this, we can take our
data and send it back to ranchers to help them improve feed performance and
carcass quality on an individual basis. Joe Klute heads up the ECM
program. If you would like to enquire about this program give Joe a call
at the east yard.
Fed Cattle Marketing
Fat-cattle buyers from the three major meatpacking companies evaluate our
showlist weekly, and Phelps County Feeders' location means convenient shipping
to their Nebraska slaughter facilities. Tyson's Lexington plant is located
only 23 miles away, Swift's Grand Island facility is just 60 miles, and Excel
at Schuyler is a 75-mile haul. And unlike feedyards in most of western
Nebraska, as well as neighboring states, Phelps is located in an area where
payweight is determined by using 3% shrink instead of 4%. This difference can
mean a $6 to $8 per head advantage for clients whose cattle sell on a live
basis.
Marketing Incentives
To help our clients meet their marketing goals,
our staff has researched a number of premium beef
programs. Phelps County participates in a variety of
branded and natural beef programs, giving cattle
feeders an edge in seeking profitable markets for
their cattle.
Producer's Programs
Taking a cooperative approach with many of the area
farmers who supply our feed grains, we help them
maximize the value of their crops by feeding cattle.
We also design retained ownership programs for
ranchers to benefit from the cattle they raise.
In-House Commodity Office
Phelps County Feeders houses a branch of Klute
Investment Services Inc. Owner Dale Klute is a
licensed , commodity broker. He and his wife
Shawna offer risk management for farmers, ranchers
and cattle feeders in addition to investment
opportunities. KIS enables cattle feeders to
use futures and/ or options to provide price
protection and maximize potential profits.
Phelps County Feeders wishes you the best in your
cattle feeding venture and would like to offer its
services to you. Give us a call or better yet
stop in and tour our facilities.
Mayes General Partnership dba
Phelps County Feeders
73938 J Road
Holdrege, NE 68949
Phone: 308-876-2133
Fax: 308-876-2135 |
Directions to our Facilities |
To reach Phelps County Feeders East
From Interstate 80: Take
the Elm Creek/ Holdredge exit, proceed 9
miles south on Highway 183 to Road 740,
drive west 4 miles, then south 1/2 mile
to the feedyard. |
To reach Phelps County Feeders West
From Interstate 80:
Take Overton exit, proceed south to the
dead-end, turn west to Road D, then turn
south fro 5 miles to the feedyard. |
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