About Us
Our Mission
Cattlenomics’ mission is to combine meaningful, concise data with advanced market strategies which increase profits to cattle feeders and beef market participants.
Travis Hickey, Founder
Cattlenomics was founded by Travis Hickey after experiencing firsthand the challenges cattle producers and traders have with commodity brokers or market analysts. Travis has extensive ranching, cattle feeding, data analysis and trading experience. He managed feeder cattle procurement, fed cattle marketing and cattle risk management for Western Feedlots in Alberta, Canada. Travis assisted with the management of a large feed-yard near Dalhart, Texas under JBS-Five Rivers Cattle Feeding and was quickly promoted to cattle procurement business analyst for JBS-Swift. While working with JBS, he was promoted again to head of cattle trading where he was responsible for all the futures and options trades related to the North American beef business. Part of his role as cattle trader included risk management of fed cattle contracts, basis strategies, futures spread strategies, options pricing and fundamental analysis.
Seth Boone, Feeder Cattle Market Analyst and Broker
Seth Boone was raised on a cattle ranch in the Texas Panhandle and now resides in Northern Colorado. He attended undergrad at Oklahoma State University before earning his master's in agricultural economics at Purdue University. His background and career have provided him with extensive experience in commodity markets and many sectors of the cattle industry. Seth began his career as a commodity risk manager for the 5th largest feeder in the US before becoming a risk management consultant at StoneX INC. He then moved to Colorado to be closer to family and continued his career as a trader and supply chain manager for JBS USA. Seth's passion has been in leveraging his trading and commodity market expertise to help agricultural producers and is dedicated to applying that to best serve Cattlenomic's network.
Ben Fritz, Fed Cattle Market Analyst and Broker
Ben Fritz is a native of Weld County, Colorado. He comes to Cattlenomics with a diverse background in the beef industry including experience in pharmaceutical sales and cattle procurement. Ben's true passion is to connect with beef producers and be able to offer meaningful solutions. Prior to his recent role in the animal health industry, Ben spent time at both JBS USA and Tyson. He started as a relief buyer covering yards in TX, KS, NE and CO before being stationed in an area in western Kansas for several years. Ben then moved to the corporate office to run the buy for two major fed plants. He is an alumnus of Colorado State University with degrees in Ag Business and Animal Science. Outside of work, Ben and his wife Larissa have two young children, run a few cows, judge livestock shows and coach a youth livestock judging team.
Rimini Hickey, Director of Marketing and Business Development
Rimini is a native of Colorado with a degree in Public Relations and Marketing from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her extensive background includes special event planning, product sales, client consulting, branding and marketing for businesses. She is dedicated to making sure Cattlenomics is a leader in customer service, and equipped with an effective website, social media strategy, and a vast digital marketing presence. She is a driving force behind Cattlenomics becoming a trusted name for data and information in the volatile cattle business.
Allie de Irueste , Beef Market Analyst
Allie has been with Cattlenomics since August 2020. She earned her Bachelor’s of Science Degree in General Mathematics from Colorado State University. Her focus was on algebraic theory and her favorite branch of mathematics was linear algebra. She is a Colorado native and has family in the Colorado cattle business. Wells is a crucial part of the team that supplies data to our Cattlenomics customers. Allie enjoys researching market fundamentals and applying her mathematical modeling technics to assist our brokers with trade decisions.
Kyle Schnell, Technical Architect
Kyle grew up on a cow/calf ranch operation in the southwest of the Nebraska panhandle and now resides in Colorado. Kyle still supports the GO BIG RED and will always be a CORNHUSKER fan!! He branched away from the ranch life to attend Minnesota State University-Moorhead, and earned a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Computer Information Systems. He has vast experience in the design and implementation of business software systems for retail and supply chain companies. He is excited to be working with Cattlenomics to apply his technical skills and to tie him back to his roots in the cattle industry.
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138 E. 4th Street
Loveland, CO 80537
1-888-964-1710
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