Texas Cattle Feeders Association

What Texas Cattle Feeders Association does

Texas Cattle Feeders Association (TCFA) is a non-profit trade association founded in 1967 and headquartered in Amarillo, Texas, representing the cattle feeding industry across Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. The region, branded by TCFA as "Cattle Feeding Country," markets approximately six million fed cattle annually, equivalent to over 25% of US fed cattle production. TCFA's core function is industry advocacy, regulatory representation, and delivery of member programs including Beef Quality Assurance certification, safety services, environmental consulting, workers' compensation group purchasing, an arbitration program, and group health and life insurance through the TCFA Insurance Trust. Membership is tiered across Feedyard, Background Feedyard, Industry Associate, Past Feeder, and Feeder categories, with feedyard dues structured on a per-head basis.

TCFA distributes content and engages members through a website (tcfa.org), a weekly newsletter with market summary, member directories (Feedyard Directory, Product & Services Directory), the annual TCFA Convention, educational seminars, and BQA training. The association maintains cross-affiliations with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association, and New Mexico Cattle Growers Association, and runs a three-tier corporate sponsorship program (Prime, Choice, Select) that brings in animal health, pharmaceutical, financial, feed, and equipment companies. Community-facing programs include the Snack Pak 4 Kids Beef Stick Program, the High Plains Food Bank Beef Fund, and the TCFA Education Foundation, alongside a Junior Fed Beef Challenge and Distinguished Student Fellows program supporting youth pipelines.

Revenue is generated through membership dues, insurance services (Insurance Trust, Workers' Comp Group Purchasing), event and convention fees, and educational program access, supplemented by corporate sponsorship contributions. The organization operates with approximately 16 staff under President & CEO Ben Weinheimer, including directors overseeing market/membership/education, government relations, and feedyard services, plus functional managers for safety, communications, insurance/IT, and accounting. TCFA is independent, member-governed through a Board of Directors, and not owned by or affiliated with a parent company or private equity sponsor.

Name

Texas Cattle Feeders Association

Legal name

Texas Cattle Feeders Association

Website

https://tcfa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Texas Cattle Feeders Association is a non-profit trade association representing cattle feedyards across Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, collectively marketing over 25% of US fed cattle. It delivers advocacy, BQA certification, safety, environmental, insurance, and educational programs to its members.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cattle Industry Trade Association

NAICS

Beef Cattle Ranching and Farming, including Feedlots (11211), Support Activities for Animal Production (115210), Beef Cattle Ranching and Farming (112111)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200)

akta.pro primary industry

Stocker/Backgrounding Operations (AFAEABAB)

Keywords

• Cattle feeding association
• Feedyard membership programs
• Beef quality assurance
• Agricultural trade advocacy
• Workers compensation group purchasing

Headquarters

HQ city

Amarillo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: TCFA generates revenue through membership dues from multiple membership categories: Feedyard members (dues based on per-head basis), Background Feedyard members, Industry Associate members, Past Feeder members, and Feeder associate members. Additional memberships can be purchased for multiple people in organizations for $50 each.
2. Insurance Services: TCFA Group Insurance Trust provides small group health and life insurance options. TCFA Workers' Compensation Group Purchasing Plan helps members save on workers' comp coverage.
3. Event and Convention Revenue: Revenue generated from TCFA Convention registrations with discounted rates for members.
4. Educational Programs and Seminars: Access to TCFA educational seminars and trainings, with special member-only advertising prices and discounted convention registration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Texas Cattle Feeders Association is a non-profit trade association that represents feedyard operators and allied industry companies across Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. It sells tiered memberships (Feedyard, Background Feedyard, Industry Associate, Past Feeder, Feeder) that bundle access to the BQA certification program, safety services, environmental compliance consulting, a workers' compensation group purchasing plan, arbitration services, group health/life insurance, and member directories. It also generates revenue through its annual convention, educational seminars, and corporate sponsorship programs.

Product overview

Texas Cattle Feeders Association is a trade association offering a portfolio of membership-based services rather than a unified software product. The core offering includes various membership tiers (Industry Associate, Background Feedyard, Feedyard, Feeder) providing access to the TCFA Newsletter with Market Summary, Cattle Feeders Resource Guide, and the TCFA Product & Services Directory. Feedyard and Background Feedyard members receive specialized programs including the TCFA Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Program for animal care and food safety certification, TCFA Safety Services for employee safety, TCFA Environmental Services for environmental compliance consulting, TCFA Workers' Compensation Group Purchasing Plan, TCFA Arbitration Program, and the TCFA Insurance Trust providing group health and life insurance options. The association also maintains Feedyard Directory listings connecting members with feedyard operations across Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TCFA Membership (Feedyard, Background Feedyard, Industry Associate, Past Feeder, Feeder) Tiered membership program for feedyard operators, backgrounders, allied industry companies, and individuals supporting the cattle feeding industry in TX/OK/NM. Provides access to TCFA's bundled programs, newsletter, resource guide, directories, and convention discounts.
• TCFA Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Program National-standard certification program covering animal care, beef quality, and food safety, offered to Feedyard and Background Feedyard members.
• TCFA Safety Services Program Industry-specific employee safety program for feedyard members designed to reduce workplace accidents and help lower insurance premiums.
• TCFA Environmental Services Program Environmental compliance consulting for feedyards covering inspections, training, water and soil sampling, and recordkeeping requirements.
• TCFA Workers' Compensation Group Purchasing Plan Group purchasing arrangement that helps TCFA members save on workers' compensation coverage.
• TCFA Arbitration Program Dispute resolution service available to feedyard members to handle industry commercial disagreements.
• TCFA Insurance Trust (Group Health and Life Insurance) Group health and life insurance options provided through the TCFA Group Insurance Trust for eligible members.
• TCFA Newsletter (Weekly Market Summary) Weekly newsletter including the TCFA Market Summary, providing market updates and industry news distributed to members.
• Cattle Feeders Resource Guide Subscription publication provided to Industry Associate members as part of their TCFA membership benefits.
• Feedyard Directory Online directory of TCFA feedyard members across the three-state region of Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.
• TCFA Product & Services Directory Comprehensive online directory of member companies organized by categories including Animal Health, Feed Products, Equipment, and Financial Services.
• TCFA Convention Annual industry convention with member-discounted registration and member-only advertising opportunities.
• TCFA Educational Seminars and Trainings In-person and member-access educational seminars and trainings supporting the cattle feeding workforce and compliance.

Quantifiable outcome

• Markets approximately six million fed cattle annually - over 25% of the nation's fed cattle production

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• National Cattlemen's Beef AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational trade association partner representing cattle producers at the national level. Listed in TCFA Trade Associations directory.
• Oklahoma Cattlemen's AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState-level cattle association partner representing cattle producers in Oklahoma. Listed in TCFA Trade Associations directory.
• New Mexico Cattle Growers AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerState-level cattle association partner representing cattle growers in New Mexico. Listed in TCFA Trade Associations directory.
• Prime Sponsors (AgTexas Farm Credit Services, Animal Health International, Boehringer Ingelheim, Capital Farm Credit, Elanco, Fera, Marsh McLennan Agency, Merck Animal Health, Micro Technologies)majorGTM or Marketing PartnerTop-tier sponsors providing financial and marketing support to TCFA operations and programs.
• Choice Sponsors (Axiota, Bank of America, BJM Sales, Cargill Animal Health, 4C Printing, DML Marketing, GAP, Hartford, National Beef, Huvepharma, Kansas Feeds, Kemin, LNC, Novonesis, NFSM, Phibro, Regency, Reinert Hay Commodities, Specialty Risk, Sweet Bran, Slide Tx Feed Fat, StoneX, Texas Department of Agriculture, Yellowhouse, Zoetis)majorGTM or Marketing PartnerSecond-tier sponsors supporting TCFA's mission and programs for the cattle feeding industry.
• Select Sponsors (Affiliated Foods, Amarillo Brokerage Company, Amarillo National Bank, ASCO Equipment, Atmos Energy, Bruckner Truck Sales, CIH, Compass Ag Solutions, Conestoga Energy Partners, County Services, Endovac Animal Health, Fairly Group, First National Bank of Hereford, Goodin Fuels, Harlow Cattle Company, Hi-Pro Feeds, Hughes Brothers Equipment, Jones Hamilton Co., Kunafin, Legacy Animal Nutrition, Myatt Young Cochran, Naman Howell Smith & Lee, National Beef Packing Company, Nutrition Service Associates, Panhandle Express, Pinion, R & R Machine Works, Rabo AgriFinance, Sooner Trading, Sprouse Shrader Smith, Vaxxinova, Western Equipment, Westway Feed Products, Whiteface Ford, Zinpro Corporation)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerThird-tier sponsors providing support to TCFA and the cattle feeding industry community.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• National Cattlemen's Beef Association: The national trade association for the US cattle industry. TCFA lists NCBA as a core strategic partner; NCBA performs the same trade-association function at the national level that TCFA performs in the TX/OK/NM region, including advocacy, policy, and member services.
• Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association: Texas-based cattle industry association focused on ranching and livestock law enforcement. Operates as a comparable regional trade association with overlapping Texas membership, providing advocacy and member services to cattle producers in TCFA's footprint.
• Kansas Livestock Association: State-level trade association representing Kansas livestock producers, including cattle feeders. KLA performs a directly analogous function to TCFA in another major cattle-feeding state with comparable member programs, advocacy, and convention revenue.
• Nebraska Cattlemen: Nebraska's state cattlemen's association representing cow-calf, stocker, and feedlot operators. A directly comparable state-level trade association providing policy advocacy, education, and member services to cattle producers — including feedyard members — in another major cattle-feeding state.
• Colorado Cattlemen's Association: Colorado state cattle association providing advocacy, education, and member services to cattle producers. Comparable to TCFA in mission and structure as a state/regional trade association serving cattle operators.

Regional players

• Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association: State-level cattle trade association serving Oklahoma. Listed as a TCFA strategic alliance partner, it serves an overlapping geography with TCFA and provides comparable advocacy and member services to Oklahoma cattle producers.
• New Mexico Cattle Growers Association: State-level cattle trade association serving New Mexico. A TCFA strategic partner, NMCGA performs similar trade-association functions (advocacy, education, member programs) in the same three-state region.

Emerging players

• U.S. Cattlemen's Association: National independent cattle producer association focused on policy and market reform. Represents an alternative trade-association voice with narrower but directly overlapping membership with TCFA on cattle-feeding industry advocacy.

Others

• Cattlemen's Beef Board: National checkoff-funded beef promotion and research board. While not a traditional trade association, it operates in the same cattle industry ecosystem as TCFA and interfaces with TCFA's membership on promotion, research, and consumer education programming.

Broad incumbents

• American Farm Bureau Federation: Largest US general agriculture trade association providing advocacy and member services across all farm sectors. Adjacent to TCFA in serving agriculture producers, including cattle feeders, with overlapping policy and member-benefit functions but at much broader industry scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/txcattlefeeders
• Facebookfacebook.com/txcattlefeeders
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/texas-cattle-feeders-association

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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