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Uniform higher quality
Every auction barn study says the larger the group and the more uniform the cattle, the higher the premiums. Work from Arkansas to North Dakota proves it’s true on individual lots, but what of that logic when it’s applied to the nation’s cowherd?
Beef: bigger and bigger
Cattle feeders don’t like $7 or $8 corn, but they know what to do at those higher prices. Most of them feed cattle longer to heavier weights and sort them to market on a grid.
Maybe not all cattle feeders see it that way, but in the big picture, that’s what is happening, says Shawn Walter, president of Professional Cattle Consultants (PCC). He presented “How big can we go?” at last month’s Feeding Quality Forum in Grand Island, Neb., and Amarillo, Texas.
Stocker strategies affect value
Stocker strategies affect value by Steve Suther There was a time when corn was $3 per bushel and finished cattle were clocking in at younger and younger ages, that the stocker phase may have seemed less important. Nobody would say that, after a decade of increasing...
Light at the end
Don’t expect corn values to get dramatically lower….this year.
Feeding Quality Forum attendees were probably not surprised to hear Dan Basse, Ag Resource Company, say that pricing inputs would be their top challenge in the last quarter of 2012. But the fact that those costs could normalize in the latter part of next year surely piqued their interest.
High-quality beef grilled
As Labor Day ushered in the fall grilling season, with a nod toward the season’s more traditional pot roast, some in the beef trade were stewing over supply concerns.
While all beef costs more this fall, those selling the best can maintain confidence in consumer acceptance, as seen in June sales reports announced this month.
Feeding forum finds way forward
From drought and high feed prices to the shrinking cowherd and beef demand, there’s been a lot weighing on cattle feeders’ minds lately.
Producers gathered at last week’s Feeding Quality Forum in Grand Island, Neb., and Amarillo, Texas, to discuss these topics and get ideas for dealing with the ongoing industry challenges
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