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Welcome to the Iowa Custom Cattle Feeders Directory
Iowa ranks fifth nationally in the number of cattle and calves on feed. Custom feeding is a big part of the Iowa cattle feeding industry and is the fastest growing segment. Custom feeding in Iowa has several advantages.
These Iowa Feedlots are nearly all owned and operated by on-site, hands-on farm families that have a wealth of experience in cattle feeding. These custom feedlots offer a wide range of services to help you decide where to feed your cattle.
Iowa is the best place to feed cattle when you add up the benefits - low feed costs, quality forages, ethanol co-products, access to feeder cattle, competitive markets and the personal touch of family-owned businesses.
"Our producers like to feed cattle in Iowa. Feed costs at Iowa feedlots are alsways competitive and the managers do a professional job of marketing cattle. Our producers also appreciate the personal service. Iowa feeders share information about cattle performance and carcass data. That's important to help folks get paid for the cattle they produce."
-- Raleigh Wilkerson, Alabama Farmers Federation
Professional Cattle Feeders of IowaCustom feedlots in Iowa are professional feeders with a full list of services available to investors and retained ownership clients.
All PCFI feedlots are inspected and meet a set of rigid standards for management and service. Partnership arrangements are possible in several locations.
The Iowa Cattlemen's Association's EID-tag program is available through PCIF-member feedlots. The service program offers producers the opportunity to collect performance an dcarcass data on their cattle as well as maintain source and birth certification information.
The ICA-Nebraska Market Reporting Service is used by many PCFI-member feedyards to get the latest market information, which imporves opportunities to sell cattle at maximum prices.
Iowa custom feeders have access to many different grids for marketing your cattle. These grides have the potential to enhance the sale price significantly for higher quality cattle. Cattle with known genetics may bring $30-$60 per head more than average market prices when sold on the right grid.
Feedlots particiapting in the PCFI program are run by professional feeders who have taken the "next steop" in cust feeding. The PCFI-member feedlots have been inspected by the ICA and meet a set of rigid standards for management and service. Managers of PCFI feedlots have received Beef Quality Assurance training, and have been PCFI-approved to ensure their feedlots are topnotch cattle feeding facilities.
Some of the advantages of feeding in PCFI feedlots include:
- Full list of services are available to investors and retained ownership clients.
- Meet high standards of management and service.
- Partnership arrangements are possible in several locations.
- ICA's EID-tag program is available to collect performance and carcass data.
- ICA-Nebraska Market Reporting Service is used by many PCFI-member feedlots.
In the listing below, PCFI feedlots have the PCFI-approved logo next to their information. You may also call the ICA office, 515-296-2266, and request a copy of the Custom Cattle Feeders Directory which is published in our summer edition of the Iowa Cattleman magazine.
2007 Iowa Custom Cattle Feeders
A to Z Feeders
Alan W. Zellmer
56393 Highland Road
Atlantic, Iowa 50022
Phone: 712-243-4515 or 712-243-4516
FAX: 712-243-3210
• 1,300 head capacity
• 14 pens
• 80-250 head per pen
• All concrete aprons
• Mounds
• Slopes
• Individual waterers
• Windbreaks
Amana Farms Inc. 
John McGrath
1300 Hwy. 220
Amana, Iowa 52203
Phone: 319-622-7557
319-560-0146 (mobile)
FAX: 319-622-6273
E-mail: jmcgrath@amanas.net
• 4,000 head capacity
• 44 pens
• 40-175 head per pen
• Solid concrete pens
• Close to Cedar Rapids for huge savings on feed co-products
• PCFI member
Bentley East Inc.
Bruce or Ruby Bentley
38038 Aspen Road
Macedonia, Iowa 51549
Phone: 712-486-2568
FAX: 712-486-2568
E-mail: bentleyeast@stratomail.com
• 1,900 head capacity
• 22 pens
• 60-200 head per pen
• Fenceline bunks
• Slopes and mounds
• Windbreaks and shade
• Financing and carcass data collection available
• CAB feedlot
* Total capacity in two locations
Brenton Brothers, Inc.
Bill Brenton
PO Box 190
Dallas Center, Iowa 50063
Phone: 515-992-3403
515-238-2118 (mobile)
FAX: 515-992-3403
E-mail: brenton_brothers@msn.com
• 7,000 head capacity
• 50 pens
• 40-240 head per pen
• Skirted fenceline bunks, mounds and windbreaks
• Well-drained
• Southern facing slopes
• EPA approved
C Bar D Cattle Co.
Ronald Calfee, Owner
Mark Dalton, Manager
2105 200th St
Gravity, Iowa 50848
Phone: 712-537-2229
FAX: 712-537-2229
• 2,000 head capacity
• 20 pens
• 30-120 head per pen
• All concrete aprons
• Mounds
• Ideal pen slopes
• Weaning pens to start calves
• Backgrounding programs
Circle 7 Feedyard, Inc.
Scott Wahrman
6277 R Avenue
Cherokee, Iowa 51012
Phone: 712-434-5414
877-487-5388
FAX: 712-434-5759
Web site: www.circle7feedyard.com
• 5,000 head capacity
• 151 pens
• 30-200 head per pen
• 10 slatted confinement buildings
• 8 sloped dry lots
• EPA and DNR approved lagoons
• CAB partner
• Beef quality certified
• Purina Impact Program
• Purina consultant
• Corn purchased locally
• Located within 100 miles of 3 packers
• Veterinarian on call
• Bank financing available for qualified customers
Clan Farms, Inc.
Nicholas Hunt
59433 585th Street
Atlantic, Iowa 50022
Phone: 712-243-5485
FAX: 712-243-6542
E-mail: nshunt@metc.net
• 2,700 head capacity
• 30 pens
• 50-200 head per pen
• Open and modified open front lots
• DNR permitted
• Excellent pen maintenance
• Competitive cost of gain
Coop Confinement Feedlot
Garret Englin
2818 390th Street
Sioux Center, Iowa 51250-1856
Phone: 712-722-2429
712-441-5587 (mobile)
FAX: 712-722-2404
E-mail: genglin@farmerscoopsociety.com
Web site: www.farmerscoopsociety.com
• 11,000 head capacity
• 70 pens
• 60-250 head per pen
• Bedded confinement barns
• Concrete open lots
• Consulting veterinarian
• Consulting nutritionist
• Financing available
• Individual weights
• Grain contracting
• BQA certified
• Earn dividends while you feed
Dan Phelps Feedyard
Dan Phelps
1535 I Ave.
Red Oak, Iowa 51566
Phone: 712-623-3531 (H)
712-623-3050 (O)
712-621-3531 (C)
• 2,500 head capacity
• 14 pens
• 80-200 head per pen
• EPA and DNR approved
• Lots are well-drained and have mounds
• Fenceline bunks
• Good availability
• Close to many local packers
• BQA certified
Flying A Cattle Co.
Anne Bennett
1351 210th Street
Red Oak, Iowa 51566
Phone: 712-623-5131
FAX: 712-623-5132
E-mail: jerry@flyinga.cc
Web site: www.flyinga.cc
• 2,500 head capacity
• 20 pens
• 50-300 head per pen
• DNR and EPA approved feedlot
• Purebred Angus bull leasing
• Heifer development and custom weaning programs
• Computerized record keeping and billing
• Smooth working facilities
• Consulting nutritionist
• Consulting veterinarian
• Open lots
• Fenceline bunks
• Automatic heater waterers
• Windbreaks, mounds and sprinklers
Grand River Feeders
Bernie Siek, Manager
12011 – 205th Street
Grand River, Iowa 50108
Phone: 641-783-2514 (office)
319-551-3507 (mobile)
FAX: 641-783-2615
• 8,500 head capacity
• 70 pens
• 50-200 head per pen
• Open lots
• Concrete aprons
• Mounds with excellent drainage
• DNR approved
• Consulting nutritionist
• Excellent working facilities
• Financing available
• Computerized record keeping
• Certified scale
Gregory Feedlots Inc.
David Trowbridge
1164 305th Avenue
Tabor, Iowa 51653
Phone: 712-625-2311
FAX: 712-625-2321
E-mail: gregfeed@heartland.net
Web site: www.gregoryfeedlots.com
• 7,000 head capacity
• 64 pens
• 80-220 head per pen
• Open lots and mounds with excellent drainage
• Southeast exposure with sprinklers
• Complete EID animal information and data collection
• Financing available
• CAB Partner
Horizon Beef Inc.
Dean and Maureen Freed
216 Main Street
Sanborn, Iowa 51248
Phone: 712-729-3505
FAX: 712-729-3240
E-mail: hbeef@tcaexpress.net
• 25,000 head capacity
• Backgrounding and finishing yards with feedlot capacities running from 500-3,000 head
• Selected locations & facilities are well-managed and monitored with up-to-date computer
tracking & databasing
• Grid marketing along with ultrasounding available
• EID system in place for all feedlots
Lauritsen Cattle Co.
Scott Lauritsen
3015 Hwy. 71
Exira, Iowa 50076
Phone: 712-249-7333
FAX: 712-268-5472
E-mail: lauritsencattleco@yahoo.com
• 4,000 head capacity
• 37 pens
• 70-200 head per pen
• Full service, professionally fed cattle
• All classes of cattle
• Fenceline bunks, mounds, shades, sprinklers and windbreaks
• Arrival Pens, Sick Pens and Hospital
• Fully Computerized
• Retained and Investor and Percentage Ownership Experience
Onken Feedlots
Rick Onken
24568 - 140th Street
Carroll, Iowa 51401-8815
Phone: 712-822-5224 (Feedlot)
712-822-5337 (Home)
712-830-4680 (Mobile)
FAX: 712-822-5260
E-mail: onkenfed@netins.net
• 4,200 head capacity
• 28 pens
• 70-250 head per pen
• 40% of lots concrete with concrete wall windbreaks
• Computerized rations, tracking and closeouts
• Excellent back grounding facilities
Petty Custom Cattle Feeding
Chris Petty
25146 Nature Road
Leon, Iowa 50144
Phone: 641-446-6316
FAX: 641-446-4015
E-mail: cepetty@grm.net
• 3,200 head capacity
• 30 pens
• 50-150 head per pen
• Specialized in starting, backgrounding calves and yearlings, along with fattening cattle
• Fence line bunks with cement aprons, mounds
• 800-head capacity in bedded confinement bars with 40-, 60-, and 80- head pens
• Shade in all open lots
S&B Feedyard
Brian Bentley
35714 Aspen Road
Macedonia, Iowa 51549
Phone: 712-486-2494
FAX: 712-486-2632
E-mail: sbbentley_92@yahoo.com
• 2,500 head capacity
• 25 pens
• 40-200 head per pen
• Open lot
• Arrival and sick pens
• Concrete bunks /aprons
• Mounds/windbreaks
• CAB licensed
• Complete carcass data available
• Feed financing
• Consulting nutritionist
• Consulting veterinarian
S&S Farms
Mark Steinke
12450 130th Street
Gibson, Iowa 50104
Phone: 641-660-4723
FAX: 641-634-2905
E-mail: mark@sandsfarm.com
Web site: www.sandsfarm.com
• 3,500 head capacity
• 16 pens
• 80-300 head per pen
• Backgrounding pens to finishing pens
• 40-foot cement aprons to total cement pens
• Windbreaks
• Shelters
Sebby Farm Co.
Joel Sebby
1788 - 200th Street
Clarion, Iowa 50525
Phone: 515-532-3096
FAX: 515-532-3467
E-mail: sebby@trvnet.net
• 2,200 head capacity
• 14 pens
• 80-250 head per pen
• Semi-confinement and open lots
• Concrete aprons and mounds in pens
• Partnering, procurement and marketing services
• Financing available
Silver Creek Feeders
Roger and Jill Chambers
32665 Beechnut Road
Treynor, Iowa 51575
Phone: 800-658-1088
712-487-3749
FAX: 712-487-3884
E-mail: scf@silvercreekfeeders.com
Web site: www.silvercreekfeeders.com
• 3,500 head capacity
• 25 pens
• 75-200 head per pen
• High-quality, competitive feedstuffs
• Individual carcass and performance data
• Cattle and/or feed financing
• Close proximity to numerous packers
• Licensed Certified Angus Beef Premier Partner
Sioux Feed Confinement, Inc.
Kent McDonough, Owner
4195 U.S. 75 Avenue, Box 138
Sioux Center, Iowa 51250
Phone: 712-722-0711
FAX: 712-722-0736
E-mail: siouxfd@mtcnet.net
• 4,000 Head Total Capacity
• 74 pens
• 55-250 Head Pen Size
• Total confinement
• Deep pit
• Licensed truck and livestock scales
• All feed is “printed” on and off the truck
• Federal warehouse bonded
• 34 years commercial cattle feeding experience
Southwest Iowa Cattle Feeders
Rich Cody
47750 Dogwood Road
Oakland, Iowa 51560
Phone: 712-482-6239
FAX: 712-482-3231
E-mail: codyfeedlot@yahoo.com
Web site: www.codyfeedlot.com
• 4,000 head capacity
• 36 pens
• 60-300 head per pen
• Windbreaks on outside pens
• 1,500 head of confinement
• Financing available
• Computer printouts
• Close to local packers
• Good feed availability
• Mounds
• Fence line bunks
• Average in the top 25% of premiums paid on value-based grid marketing
Van Meter Feedyard
Charlie, Eric, or Matt Van Meter
2197 Chestnut Road
Guthrie Center, Iowa 50115
Phone: 641-747-3228
FAX: 641-747-2532
E-mail: vanmeter@netins.net
• 12,000 head capacity
• 60 pens
• 60-300 head per pen
• Open sheds
• Semi-confinement mounds
• Lots of cement
• Research trials
• Bull tests
• Financing available
Zylstra Feedlot
Percy or Keith Zylstra
5123 - 210th Street
Ashton, Iowa 51232
Phone: 712-724-6197
712-261-0709 (Percy – mobile)
712-261-2378 (Keith – mobile)
FAX: 712-724-6344
• 1,000 head capacity
• 12 pens
• 50-375 head per pen
• Open sheds
• Mounds in each pen
• Excellent windbreaks
• Large amount of concrete
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