| Verification
Service -- How It Works |
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| CattleLog Verification Services
is comprised of two unique components: |
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- On-site Data Verification
- Micro Beef Listing Service
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| On-Site Data Verification |
| On-site
data audits are required for all animals verified through
the Micro Beef Verification Service. A trained CattleLog
Agent visits each customer’s location, reviews
their herd records, interviews the personnel responsible
for the cattle at that location, views the cattle, and
makes an assessment to approve the verification application
or not.
If this sounds involved, you’re
right – it is. The buyers interested in these
cattle – feedyards, packers, and premium programs
– demand the highest degree of assurances and
validation for cattle that supply their specialty and
branded product lines. On-site assessments are the only
way to ensure the data claims our customers make are
valid. We provide guidelines to CattleLog customers
to assist them through the on-site verification process.
Approved animals are documented with
an official approval letter that does two things: (A)
notes which data claims have been verified, and (B)
individually lists all approved animals. This documentation
may be provided to buyers in order to meet their respective
QSA or PVP requirements. |
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| Micro Beef Listing
Service |
The Micro
Beef Listing Service is an optional service that is
only available to CattleLog customers with approved
animals. These customers may elect to post basic sale
information regarding their cattle. The Micro Beef
Listing Service allows a wider audience of interested
buyers to see what cattle are available and make contact
with the seller or seller’s representative. Since
the inception of CattleLog data verification programs
in 2005, CattleLog customers have reported average premiums
of $2-3/cwt for calves with verified data.
We encourage the seller to continue
to list whatever marketing channel they have used in
the past. Livestock markets, order buyers, video sales,
and other marketing opportunities are excellent ways
to market approved cattle. Sellers can even list the
sale location or sale catalog if they choose. To view
the Micro Beef Listing Service, click here.
Micro Beef is not involved, in any
capacity, in the purchase transaction between the buyer
and seller. |
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| What The Customer
Receives |
| By participating in Micro
Beef Verification Services, CattleLog customers receive
the following: |
• On-site verification
by a trained Micro Beef Agent
• Copy of official
approval letter with complete animal listing
•
Copy of Micro Beef Agent’s completed on-site Audit
Report
• Upload of approved data into CattleLog Database |
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| Pricing |
Pricing
terms are available by contacting your local Micro
Beef Regional Manager, Micro Beef Partner, or Micro Beef Customer Service at 800-858-4330. |
