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<blockquote data-quote="lcc" data-source="post: 675193" data-attributes="member: 9117"><p>There are two differences between pigs, chickens and dairy. First cattle can graze and they can take the protein of the land and turn it into great amounts of food. Second big corporations cannot afford the capital it takes to own big ranches. There are millions of acres still out in the USA that a pig, chicken, or a dairy cow can't do a thing with. Push come to shove cattlemen can sell a great product right off the cow wieghing 600 lbs. Now I know what everybody is thinking . Dressing percentage, cost of production .We've killed calves at this weight that dress at 65%. This is young beef and should sell for $1.45 at todays market or better . This will bring $565.50 per calf. Our production cost per calf weaned is $510. The problem is to get this killed and into the market. And now we get into the problem with big corporations because they own 98% of the kill plants.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lcc, post: 675193, member: 9117"] There are two differences between pigs, chickens and dairy. First cattle can graze and they can take the protein of the land and turn it into great amounts of food. Second big corporations cannot afford the capital it takes to own big ranches. There are millions of acres still out in the USA that a pig, chicken, or a dairy cow can't do a thing with. Push come to shove cattlemen can sell a great product right off the cow wieghing 600 lbs. Now I know what everybody is thinking . Dressing percentage, cost of production .We've killed calves at this weight that dress at 65%. This is young beef and should sell for $1.45 at todays market or better . This will bring $565.50 per calf. Our production cost per calf weaned is $510. The problem is to get this killed and into the market. And now we get into the problem with big corporations because they own 98% of the kill plants. [/QUOTE]
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