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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 always 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 Iowa
Custom 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 and carcass 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 improves opportunities to sell cattle at maximum prices.
Iowa custom feeders have access to many different grids for marketing your cattle. These grids 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 participating in the PCFI program are run by professional feeders who have taken the "next step" 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.
2011 Iowa Custom Cattle Feeders
Amana Farms Inc. 
Scottie Clubb
1300 Hwy. 220
Amana, Iowa 52203
Phone: 319-622-7558
FAX: 319-622-6273
E-mail: sclubb@amanas.net
• 4,000 head capacity
• 40 pens
• 40-120 head per pen
• Solid concrete pens
• Close to Cedar Rapids for huge savings on feed co-products
• PCFI member
Brenton Brothers, Inc.
Bill Brenton
PO Box 190
Dallas Center, Iowa 50063
Phone: 515-992-3403
FAX: 515-992-4078
E-mail: brenton_brothers@msn.com
Web site: www.brentonbrothers.com
• 7,000 head capacity
• 46 pens
• 40-220 head per pen
• Mounded
• Southern faced
• Well drained
• Fence lined feed bunks
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
• 10,000 head capacity
• 70 pens
• 180 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
Cyclone Cattle LLC
Jim Dunbar, Mgr.
45565 Aspen Road
Henderson, Iowa 51541
Phone: 712-242-5968
FAX: 712-486-2487
E- mail: keast@westianet.net
• 7,000 head capacity
• 42 pens
• 80-250 head per pen
• Clean open lots
• Fence line bunks
• Concrete aprons
• Certified scales
• Mounds with great drainage
• Partnering and financing available
• Professional consultants
• Computerized rations
• Records
• EPA - DNR approved
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
• 3,000 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
Glenora Feed Yard, LLC
Brian Sievers
27135 1st Avenue
New Liberty, Iowa 52765
Phone: 563-893-2930 (h)
563-340-6541 (c)
E- mail: 4isu@fbcom-wb.net
Web site: www.sieversfamilyfarms.com
• 4,800 head capacity
• 80-150 head per pen
• Monoslope buildings
• Bedded pens
• Slatted concrete aprons
• Fenceline bunks
• Windbreaks
• Certified scale
• DNR approved
• EPA approved
• Consulting nutritionist
• Consulting veterinarian
• Computerized record keeping
Grand River Cattle Co.
Bernie Siek, Manager
12011 - 205th Street
Grand River, Iowa 50108
Phone: 641-783-2514 or 319-551-3507 (Bernie's cell)
Fax: 641-783-2615
• 8,500 head capacity
• 65 pens
• 50-200 head per pen
• Open lots
• Consulting nutritionist
• Mounds with excellent drainage
• Excellent working facilities
• Computerized record keeping
• Pasture backgrounding of calves
• Concrete aprons
• Certified scale
• Financing available
• Finishing facilities
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
I-80 Custom Feedlot
Richard Cochran
2141 D Ave.
Ladora, Iowa 52251
Phone: 319-647-3487 or 319-521-1527
FAX: 319-647-3387
E-mail: i80feedlot@netins.net
• 850 head capacity
• 9 pens
• 50-160 head per pen
• 280 head confinement
• Lots with building and mounds with 60% concrete floors
• Consulting nutritionisht
• Use of co-products
Lauritsen Cattle Co.
Justin Hansen, Mgr.
3015 Hwy. 71
Exira, Iowa 50076
Phone: 712-249-4896 (Justin)
712-249-7333 (Scott)
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
Loes Farms
Mark Loes
4185 County Rd D-61
Cascade, Iowa 52033
Phone: 563-852-5242 (h)
563-590-7880
FAX: 563-852- 5070
E-mail: loesfarms@netins.net
• 1,200 head capacity
• 9 pens
• 80-200 head per pen
• Monoslope buildings
• All concrete lots with cattle barns
• Fenceline bunks
• Windbreaks
• Certified scale
• DNR approved
• EPA approved
• Consulting veterinarian
• Consulting nutritionist
• Computerized records
Longnecker Cattle Company
Jeff Longnecker
27300 580th Avenue
Ames, Iowa 50010
Phone: 515-291-0836
E- mail: jl.liquid@hotmail.com
• 600 head capacity
• 6 pens
• 80-100 head per pen
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
• 4,000 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
RM Feedlot
Ryan Jargo
4201 120th Street
Clinton, Iowa 52732
Phone: 563-682- 7773 (h)
563-357-1277
E-mail: rmjargo@netins.net
• 1,100 head capacity
• 5 pens
• 150-250 head per pen
• Open lots with cattle sheds
• Mounds and slopes
• Windbreaks
• Fenceline bunks
• Concrete aprons
• Consulting veterinarian
• Consulting nutritionist
• Computerized records
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
• 3,000 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
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
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
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
Keith Zylstra
5123 - 210th Street
Ashton, Iowa 51232
Phone: 712-261-2378 (Keith – mobile)
FAX: 712-724-6344
E-mail: zylstrakeith@yahoo.com
• 2,500 head capacity
• 16 pens
• 50-375 head per pen
• Open sheds
• Mounds in each pen
• Excellent windbreaks
• Large amount of concrete |