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<blockquote data-quote="mossy_oak23" data-source="post: 715454" data-attributes="member: 13509"><p>Just a quick question about stocker operations. I'm reading a document that states the following:</p><p></p><p>"Stocker operators buy 300- to 500-pound feeder calves from cow-calf farmers. Then, the stock operators put an additional 300 to 400 pounds of weight gain on the calves and sell them as feeder cattle, <strong>thereby increasing their value in the marketplace</strong>. Feedlots buy the feeder cattle, feed grain to finish them, and sell them at about 1,100 to 1,300 pounds to a meat packer"</p><p></p><p>Do some cattle farmers keep there calves and put on that 300-400 pounds of weight rather than selling them to stockers and handing over the supposed "increase in the market value"? I don't see why you would sell your cattle prematurely so to speak if there is still an oppurtunity to increase the profit per head?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mossy_oak23, post: 715454, member: 13509"] Just a quick question about stocker operations. I'm reading a document that states the following: "Stocker operators buy 300- to 500-pound feeder calves from cow-calf farmers. Then, the stock operators put an additional 300 to 400 pounds of weight gain on the calves and sell them as feeder cattle, [b]thereby increasing their value in the marketplace[/b]. Feedlots buy the feeder cattle, feed grain to finish them, and sell them at about 1,100 to 1,300 pounds to a meat packer" Do some cattle farmers keep there calves and put on that 300-400 pounds of weight rather than selling them to stockers and handing over the supposed "increase in the market value"? I don't see why you would sell your cattle prematurely so to speak if there is still an oppurtunity to increase the profit per head? [/QUOTE]
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