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Summer Stocker Cattle Returns
2014-05-27 16:05:00| Beef
By: Matthew A. Diersen, South Dakota State University Department of Economics professor A look back at past price relationships during May sheds some light on the gross margin of running stockers. This spring the gross margin and feed costs have again changed suggesting implications for several different prices. In May a stocker can be purchased in South Dakota and turned out on grass or fed to gain 200 lbs. over a 4.5 month period. read more
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