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Cattle Feedlots
NAICS 112112 · United States · 2022 edition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in feeding cattle for fattening.
Start the review with livestock mortality.
For Cattle Feedlots, the saved research highlights livestock mortality, environmental liability, employee injury. Confirm how these arise in the actual operation, what controls are used and whether additional services change the proposed coverage.
Questions to ask
- What is the typical on-feed head count and average market weight at close-out?
- Is this owner-fed, custom feeding for third parties, or a mix — and are custom feeding contracts in place?
- Is there an on-site feed mill or grain storage, and what commodities are stored?
- How is manure managed — lagoon, pit, dry lot runoff — and what is the proximity to waterways?
- Any prior disease outbreaks, mortality events, or environmental violations in recent years?
- For Cattle Feedlots, what should the underwriter know about prior disease outbreak or significant mortality losses, particularly respiratory or digestive illness events?
- For Cattle Feedlots, what should the underwriter know about manure lagoon with prior regulatory violations or proximity to navigable waterways?
- For Cattle Feedlots, what should the underwriter know about very large head-count concentrations that push well beyond typical specialty program capacity?
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Cattle feedlots receive feeder cattle — typically yearling steers or heifers — and confine them in pens where they are fed a high-energy ration (grain, silage, byproducts) to promote rapid weight gain before slaughter. Operations may be custom feeding (feeding cattle owned by others for a fee) or owner-fed (the feedlot owns the cattle). Feed mills, grain storage, lagoons for manure management, and veterinary handling facilities are typically part of the operation.
Questions to investigate
- What is the typical on-feed head count and average market weight at close-out?
- Is this owner-fed, custom feeding for third parties, or a mix — and are custom feeding contracts in place?
- Is there an on-site feed mill or grain storage, and what commodities are stored?
- How is manure managed — lagoon, pit, dry lot runoff — and what is the proximity to waterways?
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