Poky Feeders
Poky Feeders is a privately held Kansas commercial feedlot operating 103,000 head one-time capacity, providing custom cattle feeding, cattle/feed financing, risk management, and USPB grid marketing to independent cattle feeders and beef producers across the U.S. cattle belt.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1980
- HeadquartersScott City, United States
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Poky Feeders does
Poky Feeders Inc. is a privately held commercial cattle feedlot founded in 1980 in Scott City, Kansas, operating a one-time capacity of 103,000 head and recognized as one of the largest commercial feedlots in the state. The company provides custom cattle feeding services to independent cattle feeders and beef producers across a wide geographic footprint spanning from Arkansas to Oregon; approximately 95% of pen capacity is allocated to customer cattle (versus company-owned) and Poky accounts for roughly 35% of all cattle on feed in Scott County, Kansas.
The service stack is vertically integrated around the yard: non-co-mingled pens of 60–250 head, cattle and feed financing used by approximately 50% of customers, in-house risk-management consulting with real-time portfolio estimates, and grid-based marketing of roughly 95% of finished cattle through U.S. Premium Beef (USPB), a 1996-vintage processor alliance in which Poky is a founding member and major equity holder. Operating technology centers on a state-of-the-art digitized feed mill completed in 2022 with GPS feed delivery and electronic truck scales, supplemented by a daily human bunk-reading system and 24-hour animal monitoring. The company has also diversified modestly into pork production (an on-site sow unit with finishing in Iowa and Minnesota) and long-term health and memory care facilities across the Midwest.
The business is family-controlled, with founder/CEO Joe Morgan — inducted into the 2025 Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame — leading the operation since 1985 and his son Grant Morgan serving as General Manager. Poky employs more than 100 people with over $8 million in annual payroll. The go-to-market model is enterprise field sales built on direct relationships and referrals, with a company website and limited social media presence supporting top-of-funnel awareness. Revenue mechanics are transaction-based — yardage fees plus feed pass-through markup on cost of gain (feed represents 70–80% of total cost) — supplemented by interest income on financed cattle and feed, and by risk-management service fees.
Poky Feeders firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Poky Feeders
- Legal name
- Poky Feeders Inc.
- Website
- https://pokyfeeders.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1980
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Short description
- Poky Feeders is a privately held Kansas commercial feedlot operating 103,000 head one-time capacity, providing custom cattle feeding, cattle/feed financing, risk management, and USPB grid marketing to independent cattle feeders and beef producers across the U.S. cattle belt.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Poky Feeders industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Commercial Cattle Feedlot Services
- NAICS
- Cattle Feedlots (112112), Beef Cattle Ranching and Farming, including Feedlots (11211)
- SIC
- Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Feedlot Finishing (Cattle Feeding) (AFAEABAC)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Animal Nutrition & Feeding Support Services (On-Farm Feeding, Feed Management) (AFAEALAJ), Feeder Pig Production & Sales (AFAEAEAH)
Keywords
Where Poky Feeders is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Scott City
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
Poky Feeders business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others
Revenue model
- Cattle Feeding Services: Custom cattle feeding services where Poky Feeders cares for customer cattle in their feedlot. They provide feeding, care, nutrition, and marketing services. They also have an on-site sow unit and feed production in Iowa and Minnesota.
- Cattle and Feed Financing: Poky Feeders finances cattle and feed for customers who desire it. They started offering cattle financing in the late 1980s and currently finance approximately 50% of all cattle fed with them. Allows customers to restock their ranch while continuing ownership through finish.
- Risk Management Services: In-house risk management consulting services to help customers manage price risk through hedging. Poky covers margin calls, freeing up customer capital for other uses.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | Cattle Feeding Services |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels2 records
Marketing channels5 records
Poky Feeders product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Poky Feeders operates a 103,000-head one-time capacity commercial cattle feedlot in Scott City, Kansas, providing custom cattle feeding services from arrival through finish, including pen sizes of 60 to 250 head, processing, nutrition management, health care, and marketing through the U.S. Premium Beef grid. The core service is bundled with cattle and feed financing, in-house risk management consulting, and grid marketing partnerships, and the company also operates a sow unit with swine production in Iowa and Minnesota.
Product overview
Poky Feeders operates as a single unified cattle feeding service — a large commercial feedlot in Kansas with 103,000 head capacity. The core offering is cattle feeding services, supported by add-on modules including cattle and feed financing, in-house risk management, feed mill operations, and U.S. Premium Beef grid marketing partnerships. The company also maintains an on-site sow unit for swine operations. The feed mill (completed 2022) is state-of-the-art and digitized, while risk management and financing are integrated services available to all cattle feeding customers.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Cattle Feeding Services Commercial feedlot services providing custom cattle feeding from arrival through finish for independent cattle feeders and beef producers, including pen sizes of 60 to 250 head with cattle not co-mingled between customers, processing, nutrition management with twice-monthly nutritionist visits, health care via Beef Quality Assurance program, and 7-day-a-week cattle receiving at the Scott City, Kansas facility.
- Cattle and Feed Financing Financing program available to cattle feeding customers covering cattle and feed costs at competitive rates, enabling retained ownership programs so ranchers can restock their ranch while continuing ownership of cattle through finish. Poky covers margin calls, freeing up customer capital for other uses.
- Risk Management Services In-house risk management consulting service providing breakeven projections, projected out-date and out-weight calculations for each group of cattle, and real-time portfolio estimates updated tick by tick as markets trade, helping customers manage price risk through hedging.
- U.S. Premium Beef Marketing Marketing service through the U.S. Premium Beef LLC partnership allowing customers to retain ownership from ranch to retail and sell finished cattle on a grid that rewards high-quality beef production, with approximately 95% of Poky's cattle marketed on the USPB grid through National Beef Packing Co.
- Cattle Partnerships Partnership facilitation service where Poky partners with customers directly on different sets of cattle to spread risk, or facilitates relationships between customers, providing a way to get started in the cattle feeding business.
- Swine Operations Swine production operations consisting of an on-site sow unit and production fed across Iowa and Minnesota, added to the business as a diversification initiative in the late 1990s.
Quantifiable outcome
- 103,000 head capacity
- +6 more outcomes
Companies that use Poky Feeders
Customer profileNamed customers1 record
Segments2 records
Ideal customer profiles1 record
Poky Feeders technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature4 records
Poky Feeders partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.
- U.S. Premium Beef (USPB)coreFormed in 1996, U.S. Premium Beef is a marketing company providing U.S. beef producers opportunity to retain ownership from ranch to retail. USPB is owned by beef producers who produce high-quality cattle for value-added beef products. Poky invested heavily in USPB shares, earning the right and obligation to supply many thousand head of cattle. Joe Morgan is a founding member and has served on the USPB board since 2007, currently serving as Vice Chairman. Poky markets approximately 95% of their cattle on the grid.
- National Beef Packing Co., LLCcoreNational Beef Packing Co. is one of the nation's largest beef processors. USPB unitholders and associates market finished beef cattle through National Beef. National Beef leads the market in branded programs including Black Canyon Premium Reserve, Certified Premium Beef, Black Canyon Angus Beef, NatureSource Natural Angus Beef, Naturewell Natural Beef, Certified Angus Beef, and Certified Hereford Beef. National Beef also owns National Carriers, a refrigerated trucking operation.
- Customer Partnership ProgramcorePoky partners with customers on different sets of cattle to spread risk. They can facilitate a relationship between customers for partnerships. This is described as a very good way to get started in the cattle feeding business.
Scale indicators7 records
Recent moves9 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Poky Feeders competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Tyson Foods: Major U.S. beef processor and vertically integrated protein company. Comparable to Poky at the industry level as the dominant buyer of fed cattle whose procurement terms shape feedlot economics, though not a direct feedlot competitor.
- JBS USA: Global protein giant and parent of Five Rivers Cattle Feeding; one of the largest U.S. beef packers. Comparable to Poky as a vertically integrated cattle-feeding and beef-processing incumbent, though vastly larger and broader in scope.
- National Beef Packing Company: One of the largest U.S. beef processors and Poky's downstream marketing partner via U.S. Premium Beef. Comparable as a buyer of finished cattle and operator of branded beef programs that determine grid premiums Poky captures.
- Cargill: Global agribusiness and beef processing giant. Comparable as a feed-grain supplier and packer counterpart to Poky Feeders, with overlapping influence on cattle feeding economics, though not a custom-feedlot competitor.
Direct peers
- Hy-Plains Feedyard: Large commercial Kansas feedlot with capacity in the tens of thousands of head. Directly comparable to Poky as a custom cattle feeder competing for retained-ownership customers across the central U.S.
- Cactus Feeders: One of the largest privately held cattle feeding operations in the U.S., headquartered in the Texas Panhandle. Closely comparable to Poky as a large commercial feedlot offering custom feeding, cattle financing, and risk management to cattle owners.
- Friona Industries: Texas-based commercial cattle feeding operation with multiple feedyards in the Panhandle. Directly comparable to Poky Feeders as a custom cattle feedlot serving feeders across multiple states, with similar feedlot-finishing economics.
- Irsik & Doll Feeders: Kansas-based cattle feeding and grain operator with multiple feedyard locations. Direct geographic and operational peer to Poky Feeders within the Kansas commercial feedlot landscape, offering custom feeding services to cattle owners.
- Five Rivers Cattle Feeding: Largest cattle feeding operation in the United States (owned by JBS), with a multi-state network of feedyards. Directly comparable to Poky Feeders as a large-scale custom cattle feedlot serving independent cattle owners, only at substantially larger scale.
Others
- U.S. Premium Beef: Producer-owned beef marketing cooperative co-founded by Poky in 1996 that supplies cattle to National Beef on a grid basis. Comparable as the structural marketing channel that defines Poky's value proposition and is owned by cattle producers including Poky itself.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Poky Feeders social profiles
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Valuation estimate
Poky Feeders leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles7 records
Poky Feeders funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Poky Feeders M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Poky Feeders
What does Poky Feeders do?
Poky Feeders operates a 103,000-head one-time capacity commercial cattle feedlot in Scott City, Kansas, providing custom cattle feeding services from arrival through finish, including pen sizes of 60 to 250 head, processing, nutrition management, health care, and marketing through the U.S. Premium Beef grid. The core service is bundled with cattle and feed financing, in-house risk management consulting, and grid marketing partnerships, and the company also operates a sow unit with swine production in Iowa and Minnesota.
Is Poky Feeders a public or private company?
Poky Feeders is a private company. It is classified as family owned and is currently operating.
When was Poky Feeders founded?
Poky Feeders was founded in 1980. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is Poky Feeders based?
Poky Feeders is headquartered in Scott City, United States, in the North America region.
How does Poky Feeders make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Cattle Feeding Services are the primary driver. The others are cattle and Feed Financing and risk Management Services.
Who are Poky Feeders's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Tyson Foods, JBS USA, National Beef Packing Company and Cargill. Direct peers are Hy-Plains Feedyard, Cactus Feeders, Friona Industries, Irsik & Doll Feeders and Five Rivers Cattle Feeding. U.S. Premium Beef is listed as an others.
Does Poky Feeders have an API?
No public API is recorded for Poky Feeders.
What industry is Poky Feeders in?
Poky Feeders's product category is Commercial Cattle Feedlot Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is AFAEABAC, Feedlot Finishing (Cattle Feeding), with a secondary code of AFAEALAJ, Animal Nutrition & Feeding Support Services (On-Farm Feeding, Feed Management). Its NAICS code is 112112 and its SIC code is 200.