Brenda Battelle
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 16 Jul
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A feedlot is basically where the animals are going to go in order to be able to be finished.
They are typically in a confined area.
They're given unfinished grains until they hit a certain weight.
And then once they hit that certain weight, they're taken to the packers for harvesting.
They can arrive anywhere from 400 pounds to around 800 pounds.
And typically around 1,500 pounds is what we're going to be looking at to finish.
They are up considerably.
If you're looking at feeder steers in the southern plains and you're looking at about 700 to 800 pound animals, they're up about 28 percent relative to what they were last year.
Last week, they averaged three hundred and eighty one dollars.
On July 2nd of 2026, we sold cattle for $255.25 per hundredweight.
Last year on this date, it was $233.00.
in 21, they were 126.
So since 21, we've had 103% increase in prices.
If I was looking at the industry as a whole right now, the ones on an aggregate level that would be seeing the greatest profit potential are
would be the cow-calf producer.
Then we'd look at where the cattle feeders have the next greatest potential.
And then I'd say the packers.
And the packers are where they've been experiencing a lot of red lines right now, just simply because of the high prices that they're having to pay.
The beef prices are up 13% to 16%, but that calf that you're selling is up almost 28% to 30%.
So the ones who are bearing the brunt would be the packers.
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