|
|
Company
Name
|
One
Time
Capacity
|
Feedlots
|
1998
Marketings
|
Preferred
Cattle Type
|
|
1
|
Cactus
Feeders, Inc.
Amarillo,
Texas
|
460,000
|
9
|
Confidential
|
English-Exotic,
Muscled
Cross
|
|
2
|
ContiGroup
Cattle Feeding Division
Boulder,
Colo.
|
425,000
|
6
|
975,000
estimate
|
Predictable
Performers
|
|
3
|
ConAgra
Cattle Feeding Co.
Greeley,
Colo.
|
345,000
|
4
|
820,000
|
High
Quality Beefy
English-Exotic
Cross
|
|
4
|
Caprock
Industries
Amarillo,
Texas
|
285,000
|
4
|
600,000
estimate
|
English-Exotic
Cross
|
|
5
|
National
Farms, Inc.
Kansas
City, Mo.
|
274,000
|
7
|
Confidential
|
High
Grading Steer
|
|
6
|
J.
R. Simplot Company
Boise,
Idaho
|
260,000
|
3
|
Confidential
|
Mixed
|
|
7
|
Cattlco/Liberal
Feeders
Memphis,
Tenn.
|
235,000
|
5
|
Confidential
|
Northern
Steer
|
|
8
|
Friona
Industries L.P.
Amarillo,
Texas
|
230,000
|
5
|
375,000
|
Commercial
Calves
and
Yearlings
|
|
9
|
Agri-Beef
Company
Boise,
Idaho
|
180,000
|
6
|
Confidential
|
Angus,
Choice
|
|
10
|
AzTx
Cattle Company
Hereford,
Texas
|
172,000
|
4
|
Confidential
|
English
Cross, Okies
|
|
11
|
Irsik
& Doll
Cimarron,
Kan.
|
170,000
|
6
|
Confidential
|
All
Types
|
|
12
|
Hitch
Enterprises, Inc.
Guymon,
Okla.
|
160,000
|
3
|
290,000
|
Yearling
Steer & Heifer
|
|
13
|
Four
States Feedyards
Lamar,
Colo.
|
139,000
|
5
|
Confidential
|
All
Types
|
|
14
|
Barrett
Crofoot, Inc.
Hereford,
Texas
|
135,000
|
3
|
Confidential
|
No.
1 Type
|
|
15
|
Gottschalk
Feeding Corporation
Elkhorn,
Neb.
|
130,000
|
3
|
312,777
|
Charolais/Angus,
English
Breed
|
|
16
|
Dinklage
Feedyards, Inc.
Sidney,
Neb.
|
120,000
|
6
|
Confidential
|
Quality
English Cross
|
|
|
Harris
Feeding Company
Coalinga,
Calif.
|
120,000
|
2
|
206,000
|
English,
English Cross
|
|
18
|
Pratt
Feeders, Inc.
Pratt,
Kan.
|
115,000
|
4
|
180,000
|
English-Exotic
Cross
|
|
19
|
Brookover
Companies
Garden
City, Kan.
|
110,000
|
3
|
Confidential
|
Quality
Cross
|
|
20
|
Cattle
Empire LLC.
Satanta,
Kan.
|
108,000
|
3
|
169,910
|
Lightweight
(450-550 lbs.)
English
& Crossbred Calves
|
|
21
|
McElhaney
Cattle Company
Wellton,
Ariz.
|
105,000
|
1
|
103,745
|
Crossbred,
Mexican,
Holstein
|
|
22
|
Adams
Land & Cattle Company
Broken
Bow, Neb.
|
102,000
|
1
|
180,000
|
Angus-Exotic
Cross
|
|
23
|
Pinal
Feeding Company
Goodyear,
Ariz.
|
100,000
|
3
|
90,000
|
Crossbred
|
|
24
|
Bar-G
Feedyard
Hereford,
Texas
|
95,000
|
1
|
Confidential
|
No.
1 Okie, Exotic
|
|
