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<blockquote data-quote="Stocker Steve" data-source="post: 608604" data-attributes="member: 1715"><p>Corn is less but not cheap and I suspect most feedlots are still losing money.</p><p>There should be some profit in taking calves to grass next spring. Price roll back looks like 0 to 10 cents per pound.</p><p>With the 2008 price of chemical fertilizer - - buying in hay and by products to feed short term cows looks reasonable IF you have an effective use for the manure fertility.</p><p></p><p>- Seems like an old time livestock/crop rotation is the way to go if you like dirt farming. Oats was the 2008 money crop here.</p><p>- Seems like freezer beef is the way to go if you like marketing. We sell grass feed beef for $2.25 per pound.</p><p>- Seems like buying short term cows is the way to go if you want to gamble on a turn around. The 1100 to 1250# cows have been running $450 to $550 per head here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stocker Steve, post: 608604, member: 1715"] Corn is less but not cheap and I suspect most feedlots are still losing money. There should be some profit in taking calves to grass next spring. Price roll back looks like 0 to 10 cents per pound. With the 2008 price of chemical fertilizer - - buying in hay and by products to feed short term cows looks reasonable IF you have an effective use for the manure fertility. - Seems like an old time livestock/crop rotation is the way to go if you like dirt farming. Oats was the 2008 money crop here. - Seems like freezer beef is the way to go if you like marketing. We sell grass feed beef for $2.25 per pound. - Seems like buying short term cows is the way to go if you want to gamble on a turn around. The 1100 to 1250# cows have been running $450 to $550 per head here. [/QUOTE]
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