The Cattle Business Weekly
For cattlemen, by cattlemen is this podcast bringing you the latest in cattle industry headlines straight from the news desk of The Cattle Business Weekly in South Dakota. It's a dose of what's happening in markets, on the ranch and in Washington, D.C. It's news about everything that impacts a cattle operation's bottomline (aka profit). Listen to us in the feed truck, on the way to a cattle sale or on the porch with a beer! We promise you won't go away without having learned something.
The Cattle Business Weekly
Weigh-up Cow Prices are Up, Way Up!
By Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Livestock Educator Weigh-up cow prices have increased dramatically over the last two years and are now currently at prices that are close to double the average price of what they were just 3 years ago in 2022. To put this in perspective, the average annual weigh-up cow prices per CWT were .05 in 2020, .40 in 2021 and .12 in 2022, as reported by USDA Market News at the Joplin Regional Stockyards in Missouri. This chart shown by the Livestock Market Information Center shows just how dramatically market prices have increased. Income from Breeding Stock...