In comparison, they were $113 per hundredweight two months ago. “Fed-cattle prices” typically refers to the price of live cattle coming out of feedlots after being fattened on rations consisting ...
“The scenario we are trying to avoid is supplementing pasture grazing with $45 to $60 dollar bales of hay, feeding cattle for $1.60 to $2 per head per day. We can graze our milo and we can shave an ...
Too-heavy fed cattle are being cited as a factor in the price decline of recent weeks. Such temporary gluts can be the result of owners holding back, but in this case the blame is on cheap grain and ...