The Cattle Thread

[GrandpaSmurf825]

I don't know anything about the "designer" breeds but have a friend who is selling fat cattle at the highest prices he ever has. They run a large feedlot (12,000 head) and custom feed for other producers in addition to their own cattle. Some weeks they will ship out 6 semi loads to slaughter and then it might be a couple weeks or even 3 before they ship again. He has showed me sales slips of some loads and it's crazy the prices that they bring. The other thing that is crazy is there is a Tyson slaughter house less than a 100 mile away. Sometimes the buyer isn't Tyson but a slaughterhouse in Pennsylvania. They will be high bidder and then pay $5,000 per load to ship them 900 miles.

 

[LHF2019]

Processing in my area is well past a buck a pound.
The last time I check a $1.10 was the least expensive, with one at $1.72/pound. Then add a $25 kill fee, and a $20-$35 waste disposal fee.

This springs pricing in my area. Price includes everything including trucking. The heavier the animal the lower the price.

Our main butcher came in at $1.30-$.135/lb

USDA butcher for the For Sale label $1.76/lb However we paid our hauler generously as he struggles.

The new butcher we started so we have options. $1.30/lb. If he was closer savings would be significant. Trucking was by mileage. $150