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<blockquote data-quote="BC" data-source="post: 1019549" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>I wear two hats. I have a small cow-calf operation so I see your point and fully understand your position on not doing this for nothing. My other hat is as a part time order buyer making two sales a week (my hunting, fishing or golf). It is hard to find customers willing to gamble on stockers right now (go back to your burnt child theory). I got 7 steer/bull calves for a customer yesterday that averaged 498 @ $143.89. These were 1 1/2 upgradeable type calves.</p><p></p><p>Box beef prices have risen nearly $20 per cwt over the last month and reached a record high of $208 this week, yet the packers are stuck on offering $125 cwt on fats. They are telling cattle feeders that the meat isn't moving. They tell feeders that their kill slots are filling up and if the feeder wants to get them off the feed bill here is what the packer will give. We do see consumer resistance when fat cattle get to $129 to $130 per cwt.</p><p></p><p>As to holding animals off the market or reducing our numbers to make them worth more, that isn't working. Look at our total cow numbers and sale barn runs now compared to pre-2011. Feedlot placements were up in April. Where are the cattle coming from?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BC, post: 1019549, member: 67"] I wear two hats. I have a small cow-calf operation so I see your point and fully understand your position on not doing this for nothing. My other hat is as a part time order buyer making two sales a week (my hunting, fishing or golf). It is hard to find customers willing to gamble on stockers right now (go back to your burnt child theory). I got 7 steer/bull calves for a customer yesterday that averaged 498 @ $143.89. These were 1 1/2 upgradeable type calves. Box beef prices have risen nearly $20 per cwt over the last month and reached a record high of $208 this week, yet the packers are stuck on offering $125 cwt on fats. They are telling cattle feeders that the meat isn't moving. They tell feeders that their kill slots are filling up and if the feeder wants to get them off the feed bill here is what the packer will give. We do see consumer resistance when fat cattle get to $129 to $130 per cwt. As to holding animals off the market or reducing our numbers to make them worth more, that isn't working. Look at our total cow numbers and sale barn runs now compared to pre-2011. Feedlot placements were up in April. Where are the cattle coming from? [/QUOTE]
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