Focusing on the beef cattle breeding base in Liangzhou District of Wuwei City,Gansu,this paper investigated four models of cow farmers,namely free-range breeding,large-scale breeding,self-breeding and professional fattening,analyzed the costs and profits of different breeding models,and put forward suggestions on developing moderately large-scale breeding and coping with the decline of the beef cattle market,The aim is to provide reference for the development of beef cattle large-scale and standardized breeding production.