AMS, along with the USDA Cattle & Carcass Training Center (CCTC) located at West Texas A&M University, will host an educational in-person event on July 30 - 31, 2024.
The event will focus on fed cattle grading and evaluation, the CME Group’s Live Cattle contract delivery specifications, carcass valuation, and USDA Market News reports and data visualization tools. Attendees will hear from USDA and industry experts and participate in live cattle demonstrations. This is the continuation of the December 2023 CCTC feeder cattle event, allowing participates to view the carcasses and receive the harvest results from that group of feeder cattle.
Registration is FREE and on a first come first serve bases, limited to 75 people. To register, email Russ Travelute, Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News Field Chief, at Russ.Travelute@usda.gov.