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Price activity was beneficial for those in the feeder cattle market, but for cattle feeders the dilemma of placing cattle below breakeven continues.
The “Meat MythCrushers” campaign is an effort to crush some of the more popular myths associated today with meat and poultry.
Placements into feedyards were also 3 percent above 2010.
Sorting adds value to cattle feeders before selling to packers.
Live cattle prices are not keeping pace with input costs and until that changes, the opportunities to lock in profits become less.
Placements were down 1% while marketings were up 4%.
Here are four of the top ways feeders can strike a balance between grade and gain, implant and marbling levels.
No improvement for breakevens on cattle entering the feedyard last week.
High corn and ration prices are forcing cattle feeders to be extremely selective in their purchases.
Beef herd owners can cut winter feed costs this winter by not feeding unproductive cows.
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