BeefBasis.Com - Decision Support for America's Beef Producers

The Cattle Basis Risk Analysis Tools at BeefBasis.com give producers the information and analytics they need to improve marketing decisions influenced by cattle basis risk.  This site is completely free of charge to producers.

Basis, defined simply as the difference between the local cash markets and futures contract prices, can be complex and can vary dramatically between weight classes and market locations from year to year.  Understanding the risk related to basis uncertainty, or “basis risk,” is essential to making effective use of price risk management tools such as Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) futures and options and forward contracts. 

The BeefBasis website was developed by Custom Ag Solutions, Inc. (CAS) and Kansas State University (K-State) in partnership with the USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA). 

BeefBasis gives you relevant information and analytics you need to evaluate marketing decisions and manage your price risk.

 - Mentioned in BEEF magazine, December 2009

 - Paper on BeefBasis presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the Western Agricultural Economics Association in Big Sky, MT on June 27, 2008. Download

 - Mentioned in Drovers, July 2008 Read

- BeefBasis is featured in the December issue of BEEF magazine Read

- Dr. Mintert talks about BeefBasis on the University of Nebraska's Market Journal Television View Video Clip (Requires RealPlayer)

Check out the current livestock market outlook on AgManager.info.

In the Cattle Markets: PDF  HTML

Hear what K-State Radio Network has to say about the current Livestock Market Outlook in their Weekly Radio Interview. (Livestock & Meat: Market Outlook)

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Feb 2010: Five new states have been added to the basis forecasting and hedge analysis pages.  The states are AZ, CA, ID, OR, and UT!

Jan 2010:  A Historical basis tool is online. This page gives producers an extra resource to determine what their basis may be!

 Jan2010:  Market data is current up to Dec 2009.

Data for BeefBasis.com provided by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).