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We placed some yearlings on feed in June and they've grown through their hides-4.69 lbs/day-COG-.54/lb so far. I can't figure out exactly why they did so good-basically same genetics as other years less a few EXT's lol. Anyway they are ahead of their projected shipping date by a fair amount-just enough to dump them into the lowest fat market in the 24 years I've ranched. We usually do pretty well on the grid but it changed last week also-the upper weight limit has increased to 925 lbs for carcasses which doesn't affect me much. The minimum percentage of AAA's has decreased to 30% from 40% which again doesn't matter-we average in the 90's. The premium for AAA's sounds like it is going down which will sting-there is no longer a 7 cent premium on Y3 AAA's which is probably a god thing in the long run but this set of cattle might have to get killed a bit quicker to avoid them. I guess that's the way ranching is about the time you think you have it figured out something changes lol. were sending out sme more cattle on Friday-they should do good on this barley that's priced like caviar.
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