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Bringing the Sexy Back to Raising Cattle

Northern Ag Network posted on September 24, 2013 10:44 :: 4 Views




by Victoria G. Myers, Progressive Farmer Senior Editor



From one-bull herds to sprawling ranches with thousands of cows, the smell of money is getting pretty heady in cattle country.



Cow/calf producers are firmly on the right side of today's supply versus demand dynamic. Live prices for yearling steers (650 pounds), for example, were averaging $151 per hundredweight (cwt) in the middle of July compared to $137 per cwt a year earlier. And Omaha corn prices were building on the positive feelings, coming in at $5.71 per bushel compared to $7.78 per bushel a year ago.

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