Virginia Retained Ownership Program

     The Virginia Retained Ownership Program was developed through a coordinated effort between Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Cattle Feeders Association and the Virginia Cattlemen's Asociation. This program serves a commingled retained ownership education program to assist Virginia Cattle producers:

     Producers can consign as few as five head of feeder cattle weighing between 550 and 900 pounds. Both steers and heifers are accepted. Individual producers' cattle are commingled with other consignors' cattle then shipped and fed as a group with the Tri-County Steer Carcass Futurity (TCSCF) program. On any shipment date, the cattle may be split into one or more feeding groups based on consignment numbers and weights. The catte are fed in southwest Iowa to take advantage of the lower costs of gain, access to harvest facilities, and to put the cattle in the mainstream of the industry.

     The Virginia Retained Ownership Program cooperates with TCSCF for cattle feeding. The TCSCF is a cooperative program that includes several feedyards in Southwest Iowa that custom feed and handle state-sponsored ROP cattle. The TCSCF is coordinated through Iowa State University Cooperative Extension, with oversight provided by a board of directors comprised of cow-calf producers, veterinarians, feedyard operators, and extension educators.

     After the cattle are marketed, consignors receive the following information on their cattle as well as pen summaries:

Tenative Take Up Dates:
March
September
November
December

For More Information, see our downloadable brochure

or call

Scott Greiner, Extension Specialist 540-231-9159
Joi Saville, Extension Associate, 540-231-2257

Click here for a consignment form.