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Corn Prices May Not Mean Selling Cattle Sooner

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:30:48 CDT

Corn prices have always been an important factor for many cattle producers and as corn prices rise, fed cattle are usually sold earlier at lighter weights. However, Shawn Walter with Professional Cattle Consultants says it might be time for cattle producers to consider different ways to sell their cattle.


Walter says as cattle increase in weight, the percentage of weight goes to carcass weight and putting on carcass gain becomes more efficient than putting on live gain. With the current market levels and current cost of gain, producers run out of opportunity to put gain on profitably on a live basis.


Walter adds that it is more important than ever for producers to look at the different in the whole picture of selling cattle carcass versus live and be adaptable to the economics and the current market situation. If a producer haven't sold cattle on a carcass weight before and they have always been a live weight seller, it might be a time to look for an opportunity to sell carcass says Walter.


Click on the play button in the video below to hear more from Shawn Walter with Professional Cattle Consultants on corn prices, the economic situation, and how it is changing the selling of cattle on a carcass versus live basis.








   

 

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