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Industry StatisticsBeef Industry Overview: Beef has the most unique and complex lifecycle of any food produced in the United States. The cattle and beef industry includes a variety of distinct segments, and it takes 2-3 years to bring beef from farm to fork.
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August 18, 2021 |
From Mark MullerWe have 17 steers that will be ready to be processed in November, if you’re interested please reach out we will require a $500 deposit, we will deliver to the meat locker of your choice with a 60 mile radius. You’re gonna need to reserve your locker space now that’s why I am marketing them now. Selling price at $2300 per steer, we can finish them how you want. If you want strictly grass finished there’s no extra charge, grain finished is an extra hundred dollars a month.
May 25, 2021 |
Peel: High Grain Price Impact on Cattle IndustryGrain and oilseed prices have risen dramatically in the last three to four months. For example, the weekly cash price of corn reported for Dodge City, Kansas averaged $3.41/bu. from January-September, 2020. The price rose above $4.00/bu. by mid-October and by mid-January 2021 was reported at $5.44/bu. July corn futures are currently priced at $5.20/bu.
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Market prices for corn are increasing to ensure that demand is rationed to match available supplies and adequate corn is available until the next harvest. Corn demand comes from many different markets including livestock feed, industrial use (primarily ethanol) and exports. As corn prices rise each market will react to reduce corn use in varying degrees according to the economic claim each demand type makes on corn. With corn as the main driver, other feed grains and by-product feeds will all generally rise proportionally through market arbitrage.
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To that point, the beef industry has largely returned to business as usual (as much as possible) despite the overwhelming deficit of food service sales. The difference maker being remarkably solid demand in the retail sector. That is, retail strength has buffered food service weakness.
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Important Considerations When Designing Fencing for Cattle
A fence is a fence–right? While you’ll find plenty of rural fences made from rusty barbed wire
strung up on logs repurposed as fence posts, this iconic imagery common across the Midwest is
the most rudimentary of fencing designs.
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strung up on logs repurposed as fence posts, this iconic imagery common across the Midwest is
the most rudimentary of fencing designs.
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