This is just my opinion...It's been expensive for so long now, that on the consumer end, we really don't notice an upward trend very much. I bought a brisket last week for $51.?? and thought that was pretty cheap.Beef is going to be real expensive soon enough.
People are starting to talk about low numbers
I'm starting to really wonder (maybe more than I ever have) if anyone really has any idea how many cows are in the country. You would think we would start seeing smaller sales but it's been quite the opposite the last couple years.I heard that they had 900 cows preg check and still more to do for the sale tomorrow. And it wasn't an advertised bred cow sale. Going to be interesting how high they go.
Same thing here!I'm starting to really wonder (maybe more than I ever have) if anyone really has any idea how many cows are in the country. You would think we would start seeing smaller sales but it's been quite the opposite the last couple years.
In this case 850 of these cows are coming from 2 different dispersal. As B said they are probably waiting until after the first of the year to put the income on 2025 taxes. One is 400 cows owned by a big family owned logging company from over on the coast. My guess is the management has changed and they are not interested in running cows clear across the state. The other is a huge investor type outfit. I see their main place is for sale for a couple jillion dollars. They probably sold one of their smaller ranches so they are selling 450 cows from that place.I'm starting to really wonder (maybe more than I ever have) if anyone really has any idea how many cows are in the country. You would think we would start seeing smaller sales but it's been quite the opposite the last couple years.
I've been wondering a lot about how messed up some of the environmental logic is and how agriculture has been forced to change over several years. The Netherlands getting rid of livestock, and Sri Lanka ending the use of commercial fertilizers and ruining their production, going from a net exporter to a net importer. And anti-meat laws in Germany and other countries considering them.Same thing here!
Everyone says there's a shortage. Then 500 more cows roll in. And they just keep coming. Me thinks the ones who know, don't know anything. Why I'm surprised I don't know!
Last I checked hides and offal were running in the $10-$11 a hundred range. That was a couple of weeks ago.I have not checked lately but the ''drop'' value has to be going up for these high prices to work.Tripe, lips, sweetbreads and kidneys are the same price as rib-eyes when they are sold live.