January 2021 SPC Webinar
Animal Breeding 101with Jackie Atkins, Ph.D.
December 2020 SPC Webinar
An overview of the feedlot and the genetic parameters. Chip Kemp discusses the incoming data from your calves. We will also be going over the Feeder Profit Calculator and looking at predictive measurements for your calves.with Chip Kemp
Previous Webinars
2018-2019 Webinar videos
April 2019 - Carcass Grading Basics with Lane Giess
March 2019 - Identifying, Managing, and Marketing of the Feedlot Calf
January 2019 - Drs. Wade Shafer and Jackie Atkins discuss animal breeding and genetics.
December 2018 - This month's webinar features an update about your calves, a discussion about their initial value as they arrived at the feedlot, and an overview of the Feeder Profit Calculator and how that tool can help predict your calves' value at the end of the feedlot phase.
November 2019 - DNA testing overview
Click here to watch the 2018-2019 informational meeting.
2018 Steer Profitability Competition (SPC) Informational Webinars
June 5, 2018: SPC Overview and Wrap up with Chip Kemp
May 1, 2018: The process in the packing plant and the basics of quality and yield grading
April 3, 2018: The Profit Picture Understanding Feedlot and Carcass Data
March 6, 2018: Delivery to Harvest, Decisions, and Management with Trevor Tuell, Diamond V. Steer Profitability Competition Webinar.
February 6, 2018: Data Drive by the Numbers with Rachel Endecott PhD., American Simmental Association: What can we learn from the data collected at the feedyard during the SPC project? Intake, average daily gain, feed gain? Absolutely. But what else? Dr. Rachel Endecott, ASA Director of Youth Development and Special Projects, will lead a discussion about just what else we can find in that set of data.
January 2, 2018 Webinar: Drs. Jackie Atkins and Wade Shafer discuss Genetics and Animal Breeding.
December 5, 2017 Webinar: Dr. Brandi Karisch, Assistant Extension/Research Professor at Mississippi State University, Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, discusses Feeder Calf Health
November 7, 2017 Webinar: Overview and update from the feedlot facilities, University of Missouri Beef Research & Teaching Farm, Columbia, MO, DNA Testing, and National Classic and SPC integration announcement.
September 2107 informational webinar here.
Webinar Archive
If you have any questions regarding the webinar or the SPC, or wish to enter the program, feel free to reach out to Chip Kemp (406-587-4531, ext. 508) or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..